BOOTH v DILLON (No 1)VR 291
Administrative law - Ombudsman - Jurisdiction - Power "to investigate any administrative action in any Government Department" - "Administrative act" includes "any action relating to a matter of administration" - Complaint by prisoner in a gaol of assault on the prisoner by prison officer in presence of senior officials - Whether Ombudsman has jurisdiction to investigate complaint - Ombudsman Act 1973 (No. 8414) s2, s13, s14, s23, s27.