Australians will soon have access to a wealth of information about convicted paedophiles across the country after the Federal Budget allocated $7.8 million for a “name and shame” list.
The Budget 2019-2020 provides $7.8 million to establish a National Public Register of Child Sex Offenders, an initiative the government hopes will provide a “nationally consistent approach to the public release of information about child sex offenders”.
The register will allow Australians to see names, aliases and photographs of thousands of paedophiles, as well as their date of birth, physical description and the “general location and nature” of their crimes.
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A public register of child sex offenders will do more harm than good [smh.com.au – 4/4/19]
https://aic.gov.au/file/6621/download?token=3O03shs_
In spite of this👆🏼 amazing Australian study that was given to this politician about what an “abject failure” the US registry has been. It’s baffling me more and more how countries keep wanting to model this US EMPIRE so badly when it’s in a crisis and a moral decline and at a brink of losing its global influence.
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I live in Ventura County , I did not get a visit but I did get a phone call , did not recognize the number so I did not answer , he left a message which I recognized and called back . After confirming to him that yes that it is me , I still live here, still have the same phone # , he quickly realized that I did not want to talk to him and he went all apologetic on me and the call ended . For me I don’t know if this is the new SOP a… Read more »
How do they have your phone number? I don’t see phone number in the required information in PC 290.015.
@Junior
Look up Five Eye countries. That’s your answer to why AUS is in lock step.
Interesting how it say that it give a general idea where they are not their home address or the car and plate number to it.
Australia also removes people after 10 years.