Tireless ‘name and shame’ campaigner Derryn Hinch has praised the Northern Territory as it becomes the first jurisdiction in Australia to introduce a public sex offender register, to be named after murdered Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe. Daniel was murdered in 2003, at the age of 13, by a man with a long history of abusing children. Hinch has urged other states that they must now follow in introducing a website that would include an image, physical description and regional whereabouts of convicted ‘serious sex offenders’. 'This is a crack in the wall. I thought it would be Queensland that became the first state to crumble. But now one has the others will fall in line too. It won’t happen overnight but it will happen,' Mr Hinch told Daily Mail Australia.’
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The NT will introduce a public sex offender register website
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New legislation will be named Daniel's Law after murdered Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe
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It is based on similar legislation in the United States, but unlike the American laws will not give the exact address of an offender
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People will be able to see an image, physical description and regional whereabouts of offenders in the Territory
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'Name and shame' campaigner Derryn Hinch wants a national register
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He does not believe vigilante action against offenders would be a problem
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'In Texas they have more guns than Tim Tams but the register works there,' Mr Hinch said
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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has indicated he's not in favour of the register
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