The Court granted an application to suspend lifelong reporting obligations under s 39(2) of the Sex Offenders Registration Act 2004 (Vic) where comprehensive forensic psychological evidence established the applicant posed a low risk of sexual recidivism, 16 years had passed without further sexual offending, and the respondent did not oppose the application. The Court declined to determine whether the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) applied to the reporting obligations, noting the result would be the same regardless, but observed that other judges of the Court had deemed the Charter relevant. A pseudonym order was made under the Court's inherent jurisdiction rather than under the Open Courts Act 2013 (Vic), on the basis that it struck a proper balance between open justice and not undermining the applicant's progress.
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