Information for journalists

We welcome media enquiries, and journalists may report on complaints that are made to the LECC.

We publicise our work when it is in the public interest to do so. However, disclosing information about a current complaint or investigation may jeopardise the investigation, a potential prosecution or risk prejudicing a person's reputation and right to a fair trial.

For this reason, we won’t comment on whether we have received a complaint or are investigating a matter unless a report is made public or it’s in the public interest to do so.

We may decide not to comment on a matter we’ve publicly commented on before if:

• releasing information may jeopardise the investigation
• the information may prejudice a person's right to a fair trial
• a law or a court order prevents us from doing so.

We report on the outcomes of investigations through public reports and private reports.

Public reports

We will release a public report if we hold a public examination. We may also release a public report of a private examination or about the systemic work we do.

These reports are tabled before both Houses of Parliament with a recommendation it be made public. Once we have been given approval to make a report public, we will post it on our website.  We usually issue a media release for any public report.

Private reports

If we decide a report should be private we’ll only share it with the Minister of Police, the person who made the complaint and the Commissioner of Police.

We won’t discuss the contents of a private report with the media.

You can contact us on 0425 317 535 or at media@lecc.nsw.gov.au to request a comment or to get more information.

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