The government is preparing a major review and reform program to change the way criminals are sentenced in the ACT.
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A statement on the plans is expected by Attorney-General Simon Corbell on Friday.
The review has been described as "wide-ranging", and will take into account the findings of the sentencing inquiry in the ACT Legislative Assembly.
That inquiry received 17 submissions from various legal stakeholders, and was expected to deliver its report later this year.
Plans for the ACT Government's reform program were revealed in response to questions about a letter drafted by a group of Canberra mothers calling for an inquiry into the way repeat child sex offenders were dealt with.
Despite the concerns raised by the mothers, the government had been working on the reform package for some time and the group's demands were not linked to the review.
The group, named Canberra Mums, began campaigning on child sex offence laws after a man who molested a three-year-old girl in Belconnen Library last year got 7½ years' jail with a non-parole period of 4½ years.
The campaigners called on the ACT to consider introducing majority, rather than unanimous, jury verdicts for sex offences and mandatory non-parole periods.
Mr Corbell had not yet received his letter, but responded to questions on the issues on Thursday.
He said the planned review and reforms of sentencing would encompass child sex offences, but noted the ACT already had severe maximum penalties for those types of crimes.
He said the government was strongly committed to protecting children and already had strong child sex offender legislation and a tough system of reporting and monitoring.
The government had already made reforms to child sex laws, he said, by widening the types of offences that attracted a 17-year, rather than a 12-year, maximum prison term.
There were also prohibition orders, introduced in 2012, which were designed to reduce the chance registered offenders would commit more crimes.
That reform was accompanied by a toughening of penalties for 21 offences for failing to meet reporting obligations.
Mr Corbell said the government would not consider the use of majority verdicts.
Members of the Protect Our Children campaign met with Mr Corbell earlier this year, and this week wrote a public letter, raising a series of questions about the way child sex offenders were dealt with in the territory.
The letter urged the ACT government to hold an inquiry specifically into the sentencing of child sex offenders.
Such an inquiry would look at a series of issues, including the potential to set minimum non-parole periods for repeat offenders.
The group also wanted the inquiry to look at whether the recent toughening of penalties had been effective in deterring repeat offenders, and whether rehabilitation and treatment programs were working.
It should also investigate the impact of the court process on victims, the group said.
The letter was sent to Mr Corbell, the ACT Liberals, Greens, and the group was planning to write to the Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the federal opposition.
It posed questions about the use of police powers and the number of repeat sex offenders living in the ACT with little to no monitoring by authorities.
