{"id":90675,"date":"2026-09-08T03:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/90675\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:26:12","slug":"three-child-sex-offenders-charged-in-first-eight-months-of-queensland-online-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/90675\/","title":{"rendered":"Three child sex offenders charged in first eight months of Queensland online register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three paedophiles have been charged with dozens of offences in the first eight months of Queensland’s public child sex offender register.<\/p>\n

The website, set up under Daniel’s Law in honour of murdered Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe, has had more than 400,000 visits since its launch in December.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It lists the photos and personal details of reportable offenders who fail to comply with their obligations or hide from police.<\/p>\n

Residents can apply to view images of sex offenders in their local area, while parents and carers can apply to the police to find out if an adult having unsupervised contact with their child is a reportable offender.<\/p>\n

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The site launched on December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

Deputy Police Commissioner Cheryl Scanlon said three people had been charged with dozens of offences, including 68 counts for allegedly breaching their reporting obligations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said one person had also been charged with two counts of indecent treatment of a child under 12 and possession of child exploitation material.<\/p>\n

“When you look at the opportunities for us out of that register and the work that’s being done in such a short space of time, it is paying dividends,” Deputy Commissioner Scanlon said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New Qld public child sex offender register live<\/a><\/p>\n

The government says the new public child sex offender register is prepared for high traffic following its launch.<\/p>\n

She said 19 reportable offenders had been identified as having unsupervised contact with a child following 231 applications submitted by parents and guardians.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In its first three months, the website had been visited more than 290,000 times and 38,800 locality applications were submitted.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the first six months, the website had been visited more than 381,591 times, with 44,472 locality search applications submitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, after eight months, the website has been visited 405,330 times and 46,428 locality search applications have been submitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Premier David Crisafulli said it showed what happened when parents were given information and tools to keep their kids safe.<\/p>\n

“This is about trying to shine a light on those monsters who try to lurk in the shadows, who try to run away from their past,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is about making sure that if people don’t uphold their end of the bargain, that they are able to be held accountable.”<\/p>\n

\"Denise<\/p>\n

Daniel’s parents Denise and Bruce Morcombe pictured with Dan Purdie and David Crisafulli at parliament last year. (ABC News: William Murray)<\/p>\n

Daniel Morcombe’s mother, Denise, said their foundation had been advocating for years for such a register.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It is just one tool in the toolbox for parents to look after their children,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daniel’s Law faced opposition when it was first introduced, including from the Queensland Council for for Civil Liberties, who said it may “create a false sense of security” as “most perpetrators of sex offences are known to their victims or their families”.<\/p>\n

The legislation introduced three new offences around prohibiting the misuse of information accessed or obtained from the public register, with penalties of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.<\/p>\n

In February, the first person to be charged over misusing the registry was given a six-month good behaviour bond,<\/a> with the magistrate warning against “vigilantism”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three paedophiles have been charged with dozens of offences in the first eight months of Queensland’s public child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,156645,156644,47695,156643,156642,1601,211,212,230],"class_list":["post-90675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-cheryl-scanlon","tag-child-sex-offender-register","tag-child-sex-offenders","tag-daniel-morcombe","tag-daniels-law","tag-david-crisafulli","tag-qld","tag-queensland","tag-queensland-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}