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Politics • 08 August 2022
200,000 signatures to raise the age of criminal responsibility
On Thursday, 4 August, the Commonwealth government was given the #RaiseTheAge petition, for which over 200,000 Australians...
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Politics • 15 June 2022
NSW and ACT must follow Tasmania’s lead in raising the age of criminal responsibility
The Tasmanian government has made the decision to cease the incarceration of children under the age of 14 in a move that has...
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Big Law • 08 December 2021
Commitment to raise age of criminal responsibility does not go far enough: NLA
A national legal body has welcomed the commitment by attorneys-general to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to...
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Big Law • 06 December 2021
The health arguments for raising age of criminal responsibility
In an open letter, a coalition of health and medical organisations have called on the federal government to raise the...
Read MoreA number of legal bodies and organisations have raised concerns over the age of criminal responsibility after a meeting...
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Following the release of its road map to raising the age of criminal responsibility, the ACT AG has pledged to...
Read MoreState and territory governments across the country are being urged to follow the lead of the ACT, after the release of...
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Prior to raising the age of criminal responsibility, a report commissioned by the ACT government has found that there...
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“Deeply embedded” bad practice needs to be called out in order to protect children’s rights, according to one...
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