Our public consultations are published on the NSW Have your say website.
Open consultation
Review of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
We are seeking your feedback on the current operation of the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012 and its interaction with other child-safe practices to assess whether it provides a ‘fit-for-purpose’ framework for the protection of children in NSW.
To find out more, read the discussion paper. An Easy Read version of the discussion paper is also available.
Complete our short online survey on the NSW Government Have your say website.
For any questions about the consultation contact legreform@ocg.nsw.gov.au.
Consultation closes 5pm Friday 27 February 2026.
Easy read versions of the discussion paper translated into languages other than English:
Past consultations
Providers of overnight camps and the Reportable Conduct Scheme
We are sought your feedback on the scope of Schedule 5.10, item [5] - ‘providers of overnight camps’ - to help the OCG determine whether any changes are needed before these providers are brought within the Reportable Conduct Scheme (RCS).
Consultation closed 5pm Friday 5 December 2025.
Children's Guardian Act [Content no longer available]
We sought feedback on our discussion paper on the statutory review of the Children's Guardian Act 2019. Closed 19 August 2022.
Mandatory prescriptive requirements for voluntary out-of-home care [Content no longer available]
We sought feedback on proposed mandatory prescriptive requirements for voluntary out-of-home care. Closed 25 May 2022.
Child safe and voluntary out-of-home care
We sought feedback on a proposal to regulate voluntary out-of-home care under the new Child Safe Scheme. Closed 24 January 2022
Review of Children's Guardian accreditation and monitoring function
We reviewed the Children’s Guardian’s accreditation and monitoring functions relating to statutory out-of-home care and adoption service providers. Closed 8 December 2021
Reviewing out-of-home care accreditation standards
In late 2020, the Office of the Children’s Guardian conducted workshops with Aboriginal out-of-home care providers and Aboriginal staff employed in non-Aboriginal agencies, to inform the review of the NSW accreditation criteria for statutory out-of-home care and adoption service providers in advance of broader sector consultation.
