- Queensland to spend $10million on sex offenders registry
- David Crisafulli reveals details on ‘Daniel’s Law’
The Queensland government is forging ahead with $10million plans to create a public registry of child sex offenders a part of a crackdown on child sex crimes.
David Crisafulli pledged the registry, which will be known as Daniel’s Law, would be active before the end of the year.
Under the law, a public registry will feature photos, names, and locations of convicted sex offenders who breach their bail or are repeat offenders.
The premier told Sunrise parents ‘should be able to check’ on who has contact with their children.
‘I believe if somebody breaches their conditions, well, they lose their right to anonymity, and you should have a website that does that,’ he said.
‘If there are sex offenders in the area, parents deserve to know that.’
Mr Crisafulli said he had made a promise to the parents of 13-year-old abduction victim Daniel Morcombe.
Daniel was taken by sex offender Brett Peter Cowan in 2003.
Mr Crisafulli said he made a commitment to Denise and Bruce Morcombe to create the registry in their honour.
‘This is something they wanted … I promised them before the election we will do it. We’re fulfilling that,’ he said.
