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Federal member Dan Purdie proposed new laws that give the Parole Board the power to make a declaration against child killers and other ‘worst of the worst’ offenders.
This will stop them from applying for parole for up to 10 years after their eligibility date.
This comes after a promise to the family of the child murdered by convicted child killer Barrie Watts' by Minister Dan Purdie, and a petition that was successful with 72,000 signatures.
This issue has been piggybacked after people were outraged after Barrie Watts, whose past parole breach allowed him to murder Sunshine Coast schoolgirl Sian King, is now wanted in WA for said historical parole breach.