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Published 5 Nov 2025

The NSW CDRT's Child Deaths in NSW 2022 and 2023 Biennial Report to Parliament was tabled in the Parliament of NSW yesterday

The report concerns the 885 children who died in NSW in 2022 and 2023 and includes information about longer term trends in child mortality between 2009 and 2023.  

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Published 29 Oct 2025

NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2024-25 tabled

The NSW Ombudsman has tabled its NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Annual Report 2024–25 in the Parliament of NSW today.  The Ombudsman is the convenor of the State’s Child Death Review Team (CDRT).

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Published 30 Oct 2024

NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2023-24 tabled

The NSW Ombudsman tabled its Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Annual Report 2023–24 in Parliament on 31 October 2024.

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Published 26 Nov 2023

NSW infant and child death rates are declining overall but there are inequalities for some groups of infants and children

The Biennial report of the deaths of children in New South Wales: 2020 and 2021, incorporating reviewable deaths of children, has been tabled in Parliament and today. The report details how infant and child mortality rates in NSW fell between 2007 and 2021.

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Published 29 Oct 2023

NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2022-23 tabled

The NSW Ombudsman and Convenor of the NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Paul Miller tabled the NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2022-23 in Parliament today.

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Published 23 Oct 2022

NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2021-22 tabled

The NSW Ombudsman and Convenor of the NSW Child Death Review Team (CDRT) Paul Miller tabled the NSW Child Death Review Team Annual Report 2021-22 in Parliament today.