NSW government launches review into age of criminal responsibility

A review is being conducted by the NSW government into the legal presumption that children aged 10 to 14 can’t be...

13 May 2025

By Grace Robbie

Legal organisations raise alarm over new ‘retrograde’ NT laws

The Law Council of Australia and the Law Society of Northern Territory have expressed strong opposition to the recently...

29 October 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘It will backfire’: Lawyers warn NT government about lowering age of criminal responsibility

Legal experts have expressed deep concern regarding the newly elected Northern Territory’s Chief Minister’s plan to...

06 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

Lawyers slam ‘unacceptable’ plan by incoming NT government to lower age of criminal responsibility

The newly elected Northern Territory Chief Minister’s plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years...

02 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘A betrayal of Victoria’s children’: Legal organisations condemn amendments to Youth Justice Bill

Legal organisations have expressed their disappointment with the Victorian government’s decision to retract its...

16 August 2024

By Grace Robbie

Victoria must raise age of criminal responsibility higher than 12 years

The Victorian government has proposed legislation to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 by the end of the...

24 June 2024

By Grace Robbie

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...

08 August 2022

By Jess Feyder

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...

15 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

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...

08 December 2021

By Naomi Neilson

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...

06 December 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Attorneys-general plan to #raisetheage is ‘half-baked’, legal organisations say

A number of legal bodies and organisations have raised concerns over the age of criminal responsibility after a meeting...

17 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

Age of criminal responsibility is ‘out of step with the rest of the world’

Following the release of its road map to raising the age of criminal responsibility, the ACT AG has pledged to...

09 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

ACT outlines plan to #RaiseTheAge

State and territory governments across the country are being urged to follow the lead of the ACT, after the release of...

13 October 2021

By Lauren Croft

Sweeping reforms recommended prior to raising the age of criminal responsibility

Prior to raising the age of criminal responsibility, a report commissioned by the ACT government has found that there...

11 October 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Current court system doesn’t ‘come close’ to upholding rights

“Deeply embedded” bad practice needs to be called out in order to protect children’s rights, according to one...

29 September 2021

By Lauren Croft