Daniel’s Law

Daniel’s Law: How it Will Empower Queensland Families

Passed by the Queensland Parliament – 30 October 2025

Introduction

Daniel’s Law is landmark legislation introduced by the Crisafulli Government as part of its first-year commitments.

The law establishes the Queensland Community Protection and Public Child Sex Offender Register, providing Queensland families with an important new tool for education, awareness, and child safety.

What Daniel’s Law Does

The register is designed to:

Increase community vigilance
Strengthen education and prevention efforts
Support parents and guardians to apply protective measures to keep children safe

How the Register Works

Daniel’s Law creates a three-tiered public child sex offender register, each serving a different purpose.

Purpose: Alerts the community when a reportable offender has breached obligations and cannot be located.

Includes:

Reportable offenders (including those on supervision orders for child sex offences) whose whereabouts are unknown
A unique single person identifier
Policelink contact details for reporting
Potential publication of: full name, photograph, year of birth, tattoos/distinguishing marks (at the discretion of the Commissioner)

Accessible to the public, who must agree not to misuse information

Purpose: Allows Queensland residents to check if a high-risk reportable offender lives nearby.

Residents can apply using:

Proof of Queensland residence

Tier 2 includes offenders who:

A driver licence, or

Are repeat offenders
Have lifetime reporting obligations
Are under Dangerous Prisoners Sexual Offenders Act 2003 supervision
Are considered by the Commissioner to pose a serious risk to children

Only relevant images from within the applicant’s locality are shown. Images are watermarked to prevent misuse.

Locality includes:

For regional areas: the town + adjoining towns

The applicant’s suburb + adjoining suburbs

Purpose: Gives parents, guardians, and those with parental responsibility the ability to confirm whether a person who has had — or will have — unsupervised contact with their child is a reportable offender.

Applies to all reportable offenders.

Unsupervised contact includes:

Physical contact
Time spent in close proximity
Communication in person or electronically
Contact without another adult present

The response is limited to ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

All applicants — even those who receive a ‘no’ — receive protective behaviour resources.

Additional Legislative Information

A reportable offence is defined in section 9 of the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004 and includes:
- grooming of a child under 16
- indecent treatment of a child
- making or distributing child exploitation material
When determining publication under Tier 1 or Tier 2, the Police Commissioner considers:
- known impacts on victims
- likelihood of identification
- risk of re-traumatisation
Daniel’s Law also establishes three new offences relating to misuse of information from the public register:

10-year maximum penalty for conduct intending to intimidate or harass an offender.
3-year maximum penalty for conduct likely to intimidate or harass an offender.
3-year maximum penalty for unauthorised sharing of register information.
Since WA introduced similar laws in 2012, there have been 14 incidents of vigilantism, with 4 prosecutions.
The legislation will undergo an independent review after 5 years.