ACSOL 2021 Monthly Phone Conference Meetings
ACSOL holds monthly phone conference meetings, usually the third Saturday of each month at 10 am Pacific Time. They last 2 to 3 hours. They are recorded and posted here within…
Australia: Up to 3 years in prison for not reporting a “belief of sexual offending against a child”
Source: lexology.com 7/7/21 In brief - important development in Queensland's child protection laws will take effect in term three. Recently, the Queensland Government, through the Criminal Code (Child Sexual Offences…
Australia: Judges push for more powers to control who is placed on sex offenders register
[theage.com.au - 4/13/21] A group of County Court judges is urging the state’s law reform body to give judges more discretion over who is placed on the sex offenders register.…
Australia: Alleged sex offenders to lose anonymity under changes to South Australian law
[msn.com - 5/7/20] South Australian legal reforms that strip alleged sex offenders of their right to anonymity have been hailed as an important safety measure by the victim of a…
Australia: Police to review policies as footage emerges of bikie attacking child sex offender in watch house
[abc.net.au - 11/4/19] SA Police is reviewing its security practices as CCTV footage of a bikie attacking a child sex offender at the Adelaide City Watch House is posted online.…
Australia: WA’s sex offender laws ‘as tough as they can be’, says Premier Mark McGowan
[http://brandsauthority.com - 10/7/19] Premier Mark McGowan says WA laws are as tough as they can be in dealing with dangerous sex offenders following the release of a notorious paedophile.________, a…
AUS: Child Sex Offender Register Could Become Reality After Coalition’s Shock Win
Following Coalition’s shock election victory, a public sex offender register posited by the political alliance in Australia could soon become reality. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton suggested in a January news release that…
Australia: A public register of child sex offenders will do more harm than good
[smh.com.au - 4/4/19] If politicians are looking for a sure fire vote winner then anything that punishes people convicted of sex offences does the trick. So there is likely…
Australia: Federal Budget dedicates $7.8 million for child sex offender list
[news.com.au - 4/3/19] 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…
Australian girl, 12, ‘had no idea about pregnancy’ until childbirth at home
[tert.am - 1/26/19] A 12-year-old girl who gave birth at a home in Western Australia could be charged over the pregnancy - along with the baby's father. Youth Legal Service…
Kat’s Blog: Blimey, Who Does Australia’s Fact Checking?
Peter Dutton, Minister for Home Affairs in Australia wants to be the white knight riding in to save his constituents from “sex offenders” by proposing a National Public Registry. “Thwarting…
AUS: Lawyer fears sex offender list would lead to jury bias
[pressreader.com for Courier-Mail, 1/14/19] Veteran criminal lawyer Chris Nyst says a public register for child sex offenders could result in unfair convictions from biased jurors, if they were given easy…
AUS: Peter Dutton proposes public register of child sex offenders
Child sex offenders could have their names and photos uploaded to a public register in what is being described as the "toughest crackdown on paedophiles" in Australian history. Full Article…
Australia: _____loses bid to halt deportation over criminal convictions
[smh.com.au - 8/7/18] A middle-aged man who has lived in Australia for 50 years has lost a court bid to halt his deportation after his visa was cancelled on character…
AUS: Do public sex offender registries work? ‘Surprise’ findings in Australian study
Public sex offender registries designed to shutdown pedophiles and rapists will not stop recidivism, while a searchable database could see house prices in some neighbourhoods drop by up to 8…
Australia: What impact do public sex offender registries have on community safety?
[aic.gov.au 5/22/18] Abstract: Sexual offending has a significant impact on victims and can cause considerable angst within the community. The effective management of sex offenders in the community is of…
Australia: Tougher punishment needed for child sex crimes
[theage.com.au 5/16/18] Should child sex offenders be named and shamed, and their locations placed on a public register after they are released from prison? Raping or otherwise sexually assaulting a…
Australia: Overhaul of suppression order laws could see sex offenders identified
[theage.com.au] The identity of some of the most dangerous sex offenders could be revealed under reforms to the state's suppression order laws being considered by the Victorian government. An independent…