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Australia: Up to 3 years in prison for not reporting a “belief of sexual offending against a child”

·July 8, 2021
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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…

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Australia: Judges push for more powers to control who is placed on sex offenders register

·April 12, 2021
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[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.…

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Australia: Alleged sex offenders to lose anonymity under changes to South Australian law

·May 7, 2020
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[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…

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Australia: Police to review policies as footage emerges of bikie attacking child sex offender in watch house

·November 5, 2019
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[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.…

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Australia: WA’s sex offender laws ‘as tough as they can be’, says Premier Mark McGowan

·October 8, 2019
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[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…

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AUS: Child Sex Offender Register Could Become Reality After Coalition’s Shock Win

·May 19, 2019
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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…

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Australia: A public register of child sex offenders will do more harm than good

·April 4, 2019
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[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…

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Australia: Federal Budget dedicates $7.8 million for child sex offender list

·April 2, 2019
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[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…

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Australian girl, 12, ‘had no idea about pregnancy’ until childbirth at home

·January 27, 2019
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[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…

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Kat’s Blog: Blimey, Who Does Australia’s Fact Checking?

·January 15, 2019
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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…

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AUS: Lawyer fears sex offender list would lead to jury bias

·January 14, 2019
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[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…

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AUS: Peter Dutton proposes public register of child sex offenders

·January 10, 2019
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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…

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Australia: _____loses bid to halt deportation over criminal convictions

·August 10, 2018
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[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…

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AUS: Do public sex offender registries work? ‘Surprise’ findings in Australian study

·June 4, 2018
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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…

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Australia: What impact do public sex offender registries have on community safety?

·May 22, 2018
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[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…

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Australia: Tougher punishment needed for child sex crimes

·May 18, 2018
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[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…

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Australia: Overhaul of suppression order laws could see sex offenders identified

·March 30, 2018
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[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…