Commentary on Ombudsman function and related issues

2000 - present

  • Barbour, B, ‘The Ombudsman and the Rule of Law’ (2005) 44 AIAL Forum, 17
  • Barbour B, ‘What are the Essential Features of an Ombudsman?’ in Creyke R & McMillan J (eds) Administrative Law: the Essentails (AIAL 2002)
  • Del Villar, K, ‘Who guards the guardians? Recent developments concerning the jurisdiction and accountability of ombudsman’, (2003) AIAL Forum 25
  • Groves, M, ‘Ombudsmen’s Jurisdiction in Prisons’ (2002) 28 Monash University Law Review 181
  • Petre, C, ‘The Future of the Relationship Between Parliamentary Ombudsman and Industry Ombudsman’ (2003) AIAL Forum 63
  • Reif, LC, ‘Building Democratic Institutions: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in Good Governance and Human Rights Protection’ (2000) 13 Harvard Human Rights Journal 8
  • Stuhmcke A, ‘The Commonwealth Ombudsman: Twenty Five Years on and No Longer Alone’ (2003) AIAL Forum 54
  • Stuhmcke, A, ‘The rise of the Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’ (2002) 26 Telecommunications Policy 69

1990 - 1999

  • Burton, G, ‘A Banking Ombudsman for Australia’ (1990) 1 Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice 29
  • Cameron, A, 'The Role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman in the 1990s’, presentation to the New South Wales Chapter of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, 11 April 1991
  • Cameron, A, 'Administrative Law: Does the public benefit? Future directions in administrative law', Administrative Law Forum, 28 April 1992
  • Cameron, A, 'Lion Hunter', presentation to the Australian Institute of Administrative Law, Canberra, 26 September 1991
  • Coates, J, ‘Parliamentary review of the Ombudsman’ (1991) 66 Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 149
  • Everett, D, ‘Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman’ (1990) 5(10) Banking Law Bulletin 213
  • James, R, Private Ombudsman and Public Law (1997) Dartmouth
  • McAllon, P, ‘When the business of business is government: the role of the Commonwealth Ombudsman and administrative law in a corporatised and privatised environment’ (1999) 23 AIAL Forum 31
  • Miller, R, ‘Joint Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman’ (1991) 59 The Table 46
  • Pidgeon, S, ‘The Ombudsman and the Protection of Individual Rights’ in Administrative Law: Does the Public Benefit? McMillan J (ed) Canberra 1992, 75
  • Rose, A, ‘The Role of Administrative Review Bodies’ (1999) 58(1) Australian Journal of Public Administration, 65
  • 'Senate Committee compares Parliamentary reports on Ombudsman's Offices in Australia, Quebec’ (1992) 11(11) House Magazine 5
  • Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, Review of the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman AGPS, Canberra, December 1991
  • Smith, A, ‘Why ombudsman are better than lawyers’ (1999) 26(11) Brief 42
  • Stein, P, ‘Can review bodies lead to better decision-making? Part 1’ (1991) 66 Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 118
  • Stuhmcke, A, ‘Privatising administrative law: the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman scheme’ (1998) 6 AJAL 15
  • Stuhmcke, A, ‘The Role of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman’ (1998) 21 UNSWLJ 807-834
  • Tracey, D, ‘The Council’s Multicultural Australia Project: A new role for the Commonwealth Ombudsman’ (1991) 29 Admin Review 34
  • Twenty years of the Commonwealth Ombudsman 1977-1997, Commonwealth Ombudsman's Office, Canberra, June 1997
  • Weerasooria, WS, ‘The Australian Banking Ombudsman scheme - recent developments’ (1992) 2 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 225
  • Wentworth, E, ‘Australian Banking Ombudsman: consideration of Family Court matters’ (1997) 38 Victorian Family Lawyer 26

1980 - 1989

  • ‘Appointment of new Ombudsman’ (1986) 8 Admin Review 119
  • ARC 22: ‘The Relationship between the Ombudsman and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal’, (1985)
  • Bakewell, R D, ‘The Ombudsman and politics’, (1986) 45 AJPA 47
  • Bradley, A W, ‘The role of the Ombudsman in relation to the protection of citizens' rights’ (1980) 39 Cambridge Law Journal 304
  • Evans, R, ‘Ombudsman under fire’ (1996) 31 Australian Lawyer 8
  • Gwyn, W B, ‘The Ombudsman in Britain: a qualified success in government reform’ (1982) 60 Public Administration 177
  • Jones, M, ‘The local ombudsmen and judicial review’ [1988] Public Law 608
  • Katz, L, ‘The Commonwealth Ombudsman's power to compel testimonial activity for the purpose of an investigation’ (1980) 11 Federal Law Review 321
  • Kramer, L, ‘The Ombudsman’s Jurisdiction in Professional and Academic Matters - Some Comments’ (1985) 12 Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 257
  • Morris, PE, ‘The Banking Ombudsman-1’ (1987) Journal of Business Law 131
  • Mowbray, A, ‘The Parliamentary Commission and administrative guidance’ [1987] Public Law 570
  • Newcity, M, ‘Ombudsman heal thyself’ (1984) 9 Legal Services Bulletin 175
  • Richardson, JE, 'The Australian Commonwealth Ombudsman: State of the Institution' , International Ombudsman Institute Conference paper, Canberra, 1984.
  • Richardson, JE and Sainsbury, K, ‘The Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Australian Taxation Office’ (1985) 20 Taxation in Australia 299
  • Selby, H, ‘Ombudsman Inc: a bullish stock with a bare performance’ (1989) 58 Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 174
  • Stark, G, ‘Establishment of a non-governmental national banking ombudsman system’ (1989) 63(7) Australian Law Journal 454
  • The Ombudsman through the Looking Glass, Proceedings of a Seminar at the Law School The Australia National University, 7 September 1985
  • Woldring, RL, ‘Local government and the New South Wales Ombudsman: a case study’ (1981) 40 AJPA 128

1970 - 1979

  • Bentil, JK, ‘Concept of "administrative action" and the ombudsman’, (1976) Australian Current Law
  • Collins, B, ‘Ombudsmen - Knights or Knaves?’, (1979) 4(4) Legal Service Bulletin 130
  • Danet, B, ‘Toward a Method to Evaluate the Ombudsman Role’ (1978) 10(3) Administration and Society 335
  • Maher, LW, ‘Complaining to the Ombudsman’ (1976) 2(1) Legal Services Bulletin 11

1960 - 1969

  • Caiden, NJ, ‘The Ombudsman and the Rights of the Citizen’ (1964) Australian Quarterly
  • Sawer G, Ombudsmen, 2nd ed, Melbourne University Press, 1968