The SA government is proposing to introduce a law that would make it illegal for anyone charged or convicted of child sex offences to work alongside children, after a man convicted of possessing child exploitation material continued to work at a supermarket.
In 2022, Brendan Nazer, then 21, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of possessing child exploitation material.
Despite being charged, Nazer continued to work at a McDonald's outlet until he was sentenced, and later moved on to a Coles supermarket, where many of his colleagues were under 18.
His case sparked the retail worker's union, the SDA, to push for legal changes to make it a criminal offence to work with children or anyone charged or found guilty of a child sex offence.
"[Nazer] continued to work with children, continued to manage children for months and months and months whilst his matter was before the courts," SDA State Secretary Josh Peak said.
"It was only once he was convicted that the employer found out about it, and was able to remove that potential predator from the harm's way of working with fellow workers."
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