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Anyone convicted of child-sex offences will be banned from applying for jobs where they may cross paths with children, it was learned last night. The Northern Territory News has learned that under tough new legislation to be introduced to Parliament later this week, child-sex offenders will be forced to give their personal details to police for entry into a database. The Child Protection Offender Reporting and Registration Bill 2004 will place employment, and in some cases travel restrictions, on convicted pedophiles, with offenders staying on the database for up to 15 years. The new legislation would make it illegal for those on the database to hold jobs that would bring them into contact with children. The crackdown would even extend to the job of taxi driver because of the likelihood that at some point the offender may have children as passengers, the Northern Territory News has been told. Anyone on the database even caught applying for child-related jobs would face a two-year jail term. Police Minister Paul Henderson said. "For as long as a person is on the database they will be banned from being employed in any job that will bring them into close contact with children, including as a teacher, child care worker, taxi driver, and in sporting clubs and religious associations," Mr Henderson said. "Sexual offences against children are truly despicable, and as many offenders re-offend it's right that we put these special measures in place to protect our children." The new legislation is part of a commitment made by all police ministers last year to push ahead with a national sex offenders register. The Territory's proposed legislation is believed to be the toughest outlined in the country and is understood to be modelled on Victorian legislation. Under Victorian laws sex offenders would be tracked for the rest of their lives on a sex offender register. Those registered on the mandatory database have to tell police personal information. Sex offenders are not allowed to move, change their names, buy cars or travel interstate without telling police. news.com.au (23-8-2004) Edith Bevin |
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