Over the last few weeks I have had to sit through situations that have been highlighted to me by other professionals as hideous. The cognitive dissonance I feel is outrageous and now I have put it in the hands of the Ombudsman now. They can sift through this mess. As far as we can see, a fair deal has not been seen here with this situation.
Yesterday I tried to email the ombudsman's office with a great deal of material and it all came back to me so then I had to print it out and post it to the NSW Local Government Ombudsman's Office as per the phone call last week. Because of this I have written down the complete description here of their
capacity to act and who and what the ombudsman's office is.
The NSW Ombudsman
The NSW Ombudsman is an independent and impartial watchdog established by the Ombudsman Act 1974. We are the State’s Parliamentary Ombudsman. We are independent of the government of the day and accountable to the public through Parliament itself.
Our central goal is to keep government agencies and some non-government organisations accountable by promoting good administrative conduct, fair decision-making, high standards of service delivery and the protection of the rights of people in NSW.Images @ Melopopzdropz Flickr
Like many other Ombudsman around the world, our office was modeled on the Justitie-Ombudsman created in Sweden in 1809. The primary purpose of that body was to investigate complaints about government administration.
Loosely translated, the term Ombudsman means ‘the citizen’s defender’ or ‘representative of the people’.
The current Ombudsman is Bruce Barbour. He has been the Ombudsman since June 2000 and is the fifth person to hold that office.
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