Disclosure powers for reportable offenders and criminal offences for harassing them
Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register (Daniel’s Law) Bill 2025
Private Member's BillAssembly
Introduced by: Daniel Purdie (LNP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Police Commissioner can publish photos and details of reportable offenders on a website if they break reporting rules and their location is unknown.
The Police Commissioner can give a reportable offender's photo to people living in the same area.
The Police Commissioner can tell parents or guardians if a person is a reportable offender if that person has unsupervised contact with a child.
The Police Commissioner cannot disclose details for offenders who were children when they committed their crime or have specific court protections.
It is a criminal offence to publicly intimidate or harass a person believed to be an identified offender.
It is a criminal offence to publish identifying information about these offenders without the Police Commissioner's written approval.
Courts cannot review or set aside disclosure decisions unless the Supreme Court finds a jurisdictional error.