A new law is set to be introduced in federal parliament ensuring paedophiles are locked behind bars

A new law is set to be introduced in federal parliament ensuring paedophiles are locked behind bars

How one in three child sex offenders don't spend a DAY behind bars - as the Government prepares tough new laws to jail paedophiles for LIFE

  • New legislation will be introduced in Australian federal parliament next week 
  • It will leave no choice for judges but to throw paedophiles behind bars
  • The maximum penalty for some child sex offences will be increased to life
  • The legislation aims to target those who use the internet to groom children
  • The Coalition tried to pass a similar law in 2017, but failed to get enough support
  • Attorney-General Christian Porter said sentencing of paedophiles needs an urgent overhaul

    Child sex offenders could face life behind bars under laws to be re-introduced to federal parliament next week, as it's revealed one in three don't spend a day in jail.  

    The draft bill means paedophiles face mandatory minimum sentences, while repeat offenders would find it much harder to get bail.

    Attorney-General Christian Porter said sentencing of paedophiles needed an urgent overhaul. 

    'It simply beggars belief that 28 per cent of all offenders sentenced last year (for federal crimes) were not required to spend a single day behind bars,' he said.  

    'And when jail terms were handed out, the average length of time that offenders spent in ..

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