CANBERRA -- Policing of paedophiles is being swept into the 21st century, including covering social media "grooming" and live streamed child abuse.

Justice Minister Michael Keenan on Tuesday announced a swathe of proposed laws targeting all aspects of the child sex offender cycle.

In the package, which passed the Government's joint party room, there would be a presumption for what the Minister describes as the worst offenders against bail and for imprisonment. As well, paedophiles would face mandatory minimum sentences, similar to the sentencing for terrorists and people smugglers.

In this case, an enforced sentence which is 25 per cent of the maximum sentence that is available for the crime.