Daniel's Law

The new Queensland Government has introduced Daniel’s Law, delivering the State’s first public child sex offender register.

Daniel’s Law establishes the Queensland Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register, allowing parents to access vital information to help keep their children safe.

The law honours two decades of extraordinary advocacy from Bruce and Denise Morcombe, whose tireless efforts following the tragic abduction and murder of their son Daniel in 2003 have driven lasting change to protect children across Queensland.

Queenslanders will be able to access the information they need to protect their children through a three-tiered disclosure framework:

• Tier 1: A public website listing reportable offenders who have breached obligations and whose whereabouts are unknown to police. The offenders full name, photograph and year of birth will be accessible by members of the public.
• Tier 2: An online application for Queensland residents to view photographs of reportable offenders living in their local area.
• Tier 3: An online application for parents and guardians to check if a person who has had, or will have, unsupervised contact with their child is a reportable offender.

To ensure register information is not misused, three new offences have been introduced with penalties of up to 10 years imprisonment for acts of vigilantism.

Daniel’s Law marks a major milestone in restoring safety where you live.

Now, parents have something they’ve never had before: the power to know and the power to act.

This new law empowers Queenslanders with the information they need to keep their families safe.