Derryn Hinch (Victoria, Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:

(a) acknowledges that:

  (i) it has been almost 15 years since Daniel Morcombe, a 13-year-old boy with his entire life ahead of him, was abducted and murdered by a serial predator with an extensive history of sexually abusing children,

  (ii) at the time of committing this heinous crime, this paedophile, Mr Brett Peter Cowan, was out on parole, amongst an unsuspecting community with no knowledge as to the extent of his criminal history, and

  (iii) one child becoming the victim of a known sex offender is a child too many; and

(b) notes that:

  (i) the community deserves strengthened measures aimed at better protecting children from known child sex offenders, including detailed consideration of the merits of a publically accessible National Sex Offender Registration Scheme, and

  (ii) a national registration scheme may act as an increased deterrent to potential sex offenders and may decrease recidivism.