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Fact: 
We had 1,746 complaints and other contacts on hand at 30 June 2012, up from 1,359 the previous year.

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Find recent Ombudsman annual reports and statements of intent below.  Older reports can be found by searching our online library Liberty.  You can also read our protocols and memoranda of understanding with government agencies.


Annual reports

Read recent Ombudsman annual reports.


Statements of intent

Read recent Ombudsman statements of intent.


Protocols with agencies

Read our protocols and memoranda of understanding with government agencies.


Disabilities Convention annual reports

Read annual reports of the Independent Mechanism monitoring the Disabilities Convention.


OPCAT annual reports

Read recent annual reports of the National Preventive Mechanisms under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture.


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