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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n Save this article for later<\/p>\n Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n Got it<\/p>\n Almost 105,000 Queenslanders have accessed the state\u2019s register of child sex offenders since it went live last week, Police Minister Dan Purdie announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n The register, known as Daniel\u2019s Law after slain Sunshine Coast schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, went live on New Year\u2019s Eve<\/a>.<\/p>\n On it, photos of dangerous child sex offenders have been made available to the public under strict access guidelines.<\/p>\n Speaking at Queensland Police headquarters on Sunday, Purdie said there were no \u201ctier 1\u201d \u2013 missing reportable offenders \u2013 anywhere in the state.<\/p>\n He said there had been almost 22,000 completed \u201ctier 2\u201d applications for locality-based searches \u2013 enabling Queenslanders to find out about any high-risk offenders in their area \u2013 and 60 \u201ctier 3\u201d applications.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re those applications that a parent and a caregiver can make to the police to find out if someone that has unsupervised access to their child is a registered child sex offender,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Acting Police Commissioner Cheryl Scanlon said, from the 60 tier 3 applications there were four \u201chits\u201d on a reportable offender with whom someone was thinking about letting their children have contact.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no offences detected by any of those individuals \u2013 reportable offenders \u2013 but it was great for us to be able to reach in, connect with those families, go through preventative strategies, and give them the confidence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n But it has not all been smooth sailing.<\/p>\n Related Article To access the register, community members were required to prove their identity, and were warned it was a criminal offence to share the photographs provided, or to intimidate or harass a suspected offender, with possible penalties including imprisonment.<\/p>\n This was ostensibly to prevent or discourage acts of vigilantism.<\/p>\n Scanlon said police had \u201cdealt with\u201d one person who released information obtained through the database.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a really good result for us that only one person has done the wrong thing,\u201d she said, adding that the individual had been given a notice to appear in court.<\/p>\n Purdie said the Crisafulli government looked at similar systems rolled out in other states, which have also reported instances of information being shared.<\/p>\n \u201cOverwhelmingly, communities in WA and elsewhere have used it wisely, and we\u2019re seeing that here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe said before the election that we trusted people with that information, and we looked at offences that were embedded in other states that we hoped would act as a deterrent.\u201d<\/p>\n Scanlon said the volume of interest had been a \u201cbig load\u201d on the system, and had required technical support from other areas of government, such as the Department of Transport and Main Roads.<\/p>\n Start the day with a summary of the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. Sign up for our Morning Edition newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Police](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/847689954f3ad47b29b437111010141c853865445a9c87c4583c1e330a819fcd.jpeg\")
Police Minister Dan Purdie says people have overwhelmingly been using the register wisely.Catherine Strohfeldt<\/p>\n![\"Queensland\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/a629b71e4e448b07fd5dc2cb8c4d99fd0c8db3e7.jpeg\")
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