Under s 22 of the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), the risk assessment must focus on the risk of committing a 'serious sexual offence' as defined, not on the risk of offending generally. Offences of accessing, possessing, trading and selling child exploitation material, without more, are not offences 'against a child' and therefore not 'serious sexual offences' under the Act. A supervision order under the DPSOA is not a 'compact' between the prisoner and the community; it is imposed by the court in circumstances defined by statute. The characterisation in Attorney-General v Fardon [2011] QCA 155 is no longer to be followed.
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