THERE are no "significant concerns" about high risk sex offenders currently on parole in NSW, a review has found.
It was carried out after a convicted murderer on parole allegedly tried to rape and kill a Sydney woman last week.
Attorney-General Greg Smith on Friday released the findings of a review into the management of sex offenders on parole.
"The findings give me some comfort that recent events represent an isolated case," he said in a statement.
But the review, which won't be released for security reasons, identified the need to increase the verification of information provided by parolees.
It also called for case plans to be updated in a timely manner.
Mr Smith said the Corrective Services commissioner had assured him these issues were being addressed "as a matter of urgency".
He conceded there was no fail-safe way of predicting the behaviour of human beings.
"(But) those high risk violent and sexual offenders who have shown no sign of rehabilitation, can be detained in custody, or kept under strict supervision orders."
In the last year, 3.4 per cent of sex offenders on parole were charged with further sexual offences, according to the review.
It found all of the offenders on parole had their risk assessments completed and had appropriate case management plans.
The frequency of contact with parolees had increased by an average of 16 per cent for sex offenders and 22 per cent for high risk offenders over the past three months.
This means 92 per cent of the offenders met their required contact frequency.
The remaining eight per cent of cases were within a few days of meeting the required frequency.
Mr Smith said the government was still awaiting a broader review of the parole system, and a separate review into last week's attack.
"I want to be absolutely sure that community safety is paramount in decisions regarding the granting of parole," he said.
"I also want to be certain that the processes for deciding who is ready to be released, and under what conditions, are sound."
Last week, 46-year-old Terrence Leary allegedly grabbed a woman and forced her to the ground as he tried to undress and rape her.
The woman screamed for help and tried to fight him off but was stabbed in the shoulder with a pocket knife.
The attack happened at a Hunters Hills bus stop 10 months after Leary was released on parole for the 1991 for the murder of 17-year-old Vanessa Hoson.
He has now been charged with eight offences including grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, inflicting actual bodily harm with intent to have sex and assaulting police.
Corrective Services commissioner Peter Severin said any offender who does not adhere to their parole conditions risks having it revoked.
"I want to make it clear that any failure to comply with the requirements of a supervision order will result in immediate breach action," he said.
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