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

My question is to Senator Cash, who is representing the Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Dutton. Everybody in this chamber, and probably across Australia, knows I've campaigned for years on one issue—I've even been to jail over it!—and that's the need for a national public register of convicted child-sex offenders. I want to compliment the Morrison government for embracing my long campaign, and my thanks go to Mr Dutton for getting most, if not all, of what I wanted through cabinet. We now need the cooperation of state and territory governments, and my question is: what progress, if any, has been made, and is it now on the COAG agenda?