South Australia's Attorney-General has said she will look at "tightening" sentencing laws if notorious paedophile Colin Humphrys is released into the community.
On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Trish Kelly approved Humphrys' release from prison into the Bowden-Brompton area in Adelaide's inner-north.
That decision was made despite the recommendation of the parole board which found he was at high risk of reoffending.
Humphrys has an extensive history of sexual offending against children, including the abduction and sexual abuse of a boy in the early 1990s, and the sexual assault of a boy in a Port Adelaide toilet block in 2003.
Federal Labor MP Kate Ellis and state Labor's leader-in-waiting Peter Malinauskas had written to Attorney-General Vickie Chapman asking she urge Director of Public Prosecutions Adam Kimber to appeal against his release.
Ms Ellis, who is a former federal minister for childcare, said both she and the local community were angry the convicted paedophile's release had been approved.
"If you have a look at the judgment in this case, there is a phrase that keeps coming up and it is 'significant risk of reoffence'," Ms Ellis told ABC Radio Adelaide.
"We're just sick and tired of the rights of convicted paedophiles ... being placed ahead of the rights of the families, of young children who live in Bowden and Brompton.
"We're determined that this is not going to happen.
"We do not want this bloke living here and frankly I don't want him living in anybody's local community."
'Manipulative' paedophile concerns parole board
Ms Ellis has previously lobbied the State Government to prevent the release of paedophile Gavin Shaun Schuster to live in Kilburn in Adelaide's north.
Although her advice was rejected by her state Labor colleagues, Schuster's release was later vetoed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, which ruled the now-retired Justice John Sulan had not properly considered the risk.
Parole board chair Frances Nelson said while the conditions of Humphrys' release were "unusually strict", there was a concern he might later try to have them eased.
"Humphrys is quite a manipulative, intelligent man ... we're very familiar with his modus operandi and we would be very concerned if those conditions were relaxed," she said.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman confirmed she had received the letter from Ms Ellis and Mr Malinauskas, who is also the MP for Croydon which covers the Bowden-Brompton area, and understood the concerns raised.
Ms Chapman said she would "review the legislative options" if the DPP did not proceed with an appeal, or if such an appeal failed.
"The priority for the new government is clearly to keep our community safe [and] that is what is paramount, that is what is required in the legislation," she said.
"What was before [Justice Kelly] was comprehensive and repeated evidence from experts that [Humphrys] should not be released so that is a matter, given her determination, which will need to be reviewed for identified appeal matters.
"If [community safety] requires legislative amendment, that is what we will do."
Commissioner for Victims' Rights Michael O'Connell said Humphrys' most recent victim had been consulted about the location of his release.
