News by Hayden Johnson
Premium Content  Paedophile safety is being prioritised above community concerns while the State Government stands firm on its refusal to sign up to a National Child Sex Offenders Register, a Coalition MP has declared. The Queensland Government is yet to throw its support behind the Morrison Government s $7.8m register - which would reveal an offender s name, photograph, nature of offending and general locality - citing a lack of evidence it would be effective in improving community safety. Queensland Coalition MP Julian Simmonds has lashed out at the State Government, accusing it of failing community expectations. Labor is putting these heinous criminals ahead of our kids safety and it s simply unbelievable, he said.
News by Hayden Johnson
Premium Content  Paedophile safety is being prioritised above community concerns while the State Government stands firm on its refusal to sign up to a National Child Sex Offenders Register, a Coalition MP has declared. The Queensland Government is yet to throw its support behind the Morrison Government s $7.8m register - which would reveal an offender s name, photograph, nature of offending and general locality - citing a lack of evidence it would be effective in improving community safety. Queensland Coalition MP Julian Simmonds has lashed out at the State Government, accusing it of failing community expectations. Labor is putting these heinous criminals ahead of our kids safety and it s simply unbelievable, he said.
Crime by Kay Dibben
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Subscriber only A man who bought three life-like child sex dolls from China has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence, with immediate release. The dolls depicted real children aged, four, five and eight to 10 years, Brisbane District Court heard. Terry John Dunnett, 46, today pleaded guilty to attempted possession of a child sex doll, two counts of possession of a child sex doll and possession of child exploitation material. It is the first time a Queensland person has been convicted and sentenced for possession of child sex dolls since new laws came into effect in 2019, as part of the Federal Government s Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation.