Queensland Opposition Proposes ‘Daniel’s Law’, a Public Child Sex-Offender Register

Expert say public registration might be counter-rehabilitative and could increase the risk of reoffending.

A police sign outside a regional police station in Western Australia on April 19, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

The Queensland opposition has announced plans to create a public child sex offender register if the party comes to power in October.

Liberal National Party leader David Crisafulli proposed naming the register “Daniel’s Law,” after 13-year-old Daniel Morcombe, who was abducted and murdered on the Sunshine Coast in 2003.