The laws would also give South Australia Police officers stronger powers to keep tabs on serious child sex offenders who may be at risk of further offending.

Under the Government’s proposal, South Australians would be able to apply for information about serious child sex offenders living in their area, and for parents to be able to check whether people who have unsupervised contact with their children have any history of child sex offences.

The three-tiered disclosure scheme would allow the Commissioner of Police to publish:

• Any or all personal details, including a photograph, of a registrable offender whose whereabouts is unknown and who has failed to comply with reporting obligations or has provided false or misleading information
• Photographs of dangerous and high-risk offenders living in the same suburb or town as an individual who applies for them
• Information about an individual who has unsupervised contact with a child in response to an application from the child’s parent or guardian.

The information would be made available through the planned Digital Police Station.