Freed pedophiles will be allowed to ‘self-report’ under Palaszczuk’s soft laws
The Palaszczuk Government has today refused to allow the LNP’s tough laws to protect Queenslanders from all violent serious sex offenders to be debated by Parliament.
While blocking debate, the panicking Palaszczuk Government said it would press ahead with its own weak legislation, which will rely on pedophiles to ‘self-report’ to police on release.
Labor’s draft amendments will allow violent sexual predator Robert John Fardon to be released unsupervised into the community on October 3 should the appeal to continue his supervision order fail.
Liberal National Party Leader Deb Frecklington said Annastacia Palaszczuk was failing Queensland’s democracy and failing to protect vulnerable Queenslanders.
“The Palaszczuk Government is now so arrogant that it will not even allow alternative legislation to be discussed in Parliament – the forum of our democracy,” Ms Frecklington said.
“What are they so afraid of? This gutless Government won’t even let MPs discuss an LNP Bill.
“Labor’s soft laws won’t cover all violent sexual offenders, they won’t keep Queenslanders safe.
“I also want mandatory GPS tracking of offenders from the day they are released to the day they die, because I don’t trust pedophiles to ‘self-report’ to police.
“These weak laws are not good enough – Queenslanders deserve proper protection.”
