Northern Territory passes legislation to lower criminal age of responsibility to ten-years-old

ABC NEWS (Australia) 2024-10-18

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The Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child says the Northern Territory has breached Australia’s international human rights obligations by lowering its age of criminal responsibility.
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