Victoria’s sex offenders registration scheme should have a greater focus on protecting children from sexual abuse, a report says.
The Victorian Law Reform Commissions’s report, Sex Offender’s Registration, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, contains 79 recommendations to make the scheme more effective to shield children from sex abuse.
Last year, an Ombudsman’s report found Victoria Police failed to inform the Department of Human Services of more than 300 sex offenders who were living with children or had unsupervised contact with them.
Under the current scheme, all adults who sexually offend against children are automatically registered for periods of time.
In the seven years the scheme has operated, more than 4000 people have been placed on the register, with the number expected to reach 10,000 by 2020.
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