Senator Hinch said he would use his time in Parliament to push for a public register of convicted sex offenders, arguing everyone had the right to know who was living next door to them.
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In a lengthy and wide-ranging speech, Senator Hinch told the chamber he was “honoured” to be elected, and at times “gobsmacked”, and outlined his other priorities, including legalising voluntary euthanasia and establishing a “living will” to boost organ donation rates.
Derryn Hinch has lived up to his promise to name convicted sex offenders under parliamentary privilege during his first speech to the Senate.
Explaining the reason he ran for the Senate, the Senator rattled off the names of people he claimed were paedophiles, labelling them “human vermin”. Yahoo!7 can not publish the name for legal reasons.
The Victorian Senator said he had been contacted by a mother of one of the man’s victims after she discovered he was working at a local McDonald’s and Pizza Hut and her warnings were ignored.
He said the mother had tried to warn McDonald’s of the man’s history but had been turned away.
Senator Hinch congratulated McDonald’s on responding quickly to his office’s concerns.
“She went to politicians. Didn’t Pizza Hut? The answer was: no”.
Senator Hinch said the woman had spent five years lobbying politicians and “it all fell on deaf ears”, but after she wrote to him last month, he felt compelled to act and contacted the fast-food chain. The company is now implementing a compulsory criminal check of all job applicants over 18, with that to be rolled out nationally within the next two months.
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Comment was being sought from McDonald’s.
