consequent permanent disruption of bladder/bowel function (vesico-vaginal-rectal fistulae etc.)

Well Doug as a medico you will also know that this sort of injury can also be a result of child birth.

In a previous position the first time I actually heard of a women digitally penetrating a child, I didn't want to beleive it. It conflicted with everything I had been taught.

Since that time it nolonger surprises me to hear about women digitally penetrating children.

That is the sad side effect of being exposed to things on a regular basis that the public get to hear very little about.

As a constitutionalist, I view the Federal Government has nothing to do with child abuse issues, as they are a State/Territorian issue.
Neither should it have a register.

Now, lets see. My ex-wife attacked me with a long knife and pleaded GUILTY in Court. She got 6 months probation.
My ex-wife (past the six months period) had been found to have bashed some of the children for up to ten years with cricket bat (it broke), branches, pipes, etc and even tried to strangle one of the boys (this resulted the Children Court then placed the children in my care) and she was charged and pleaded GUILTY and got 6 months probation, despite that even in the police station she attacked one of the boys (who was asleep.
And other violent incidents were ongoing, being hit throwing hot water in the face of a train station staff member, etc.
No she is not on any register, regardless of nearly killing a child (medical reports indicated the child was nearly strangled to death).

Ok, now we have my daughter (not for this marriage) at age 7 being sexual abused. I report this. As a male I am the first to be suspected! So much reporting to try to get assistance! Sure, in the end it was clear I had nothing to do with it, but what was done about the culprit you wonder, well the Family Court made sure that my daughter would continue to go on access, and… well read the story on my blog at http://au.360.yahoo.com/profile-ijpxwMQ4dbXm0BMADq1lv8AYHknTV_QH and you may just discover that many are slipping through the cracks unpunished, and so would never end up in any event on any register and then what will happen to those who’s names are tarnished and afterwards are found to be innocent? By that time their names will be on numerous data bases and impossible to really ever become cleared.

I know from personal experiences what it is to have a child sexual abused (see my blog) and I for one see absolutely no benefit in having a register...

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as to sex offenders, rather it might mean Governments will be less inclined to do their job and parents may have false sense of security to not guard their children if no one is listed in their area.

And, if the attempt to kill a child is not worthy to a punishment, let alone on a register then what else could be worse? Mind you, my ex-wife was the school councils president and was already banned from going on excursion because of having violently attacked a pupil then! Still, she was the school councils president.
Once, I did make known to her she better get immediately rid of the gun she was looking after f for her boyfriend (as I was advised by one of my sons).
Then again she never had a conviction and so would never be on a register as she is not dangerous to children? Come on!

Being it sex offender, murderers or otherwise, I do view we have a legal system where a Court of law is to determine the punishment of the offender, and as with my ex-wife I wasn’t pleased at all that she got of twice, but I had to accept this was the decision of the court. Albeit I do suspect that if I had done the same I would have been long ago been imprisoned for it, as males generally are not getting this kind of “soft” treatment.
And, don’t forget plenty of women are sexual abusing children but that is something not very known to the community.
Also, many a father is accused (in particularly in custody disputes) of sexual abuse, regardless it never did occur!

Just consider, that one of your family members is perhaps wrongly listed on the register or was convicted only to have the conviction overturned as the court found he was innocent, only then for this family members for years to come having everywhere his name listed on numerous downloaded databases, that in effect can destroy his future, etc.

Remember, probation is not a conviction and no conviction no listing either.