Age Of Criminal Responsibility
Lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 will not reduce crime in the NT, Malarndirri McCarthy warns. Speaking on ABC radio in the wake of the Country Liberal Party legislation which passed t...
Legislation to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10 has passed Northern Territory parliament, despite experts arguing it will only further the Territory's incarceration crisis.
Independent NT members of parliament have warned the Country Liberal Party's "rushing through" of the Criminal Code Amendment Bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10 will cause "irrevoc...
Despite going against the recommendations of experts and the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, breaches of bail by children as young as ten in the Northern Territory will now be a cr...
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress has urged the Northern Territory government to reconsider its plans to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 12 years to 10 years.
Independent NT MP Yiŋiya Guyula has warned the new Territory government against rushing its 'tough on crime' law changes. Mr Guyula, who represents the people of Mulka in East Arnhem land, said o...
Two Australian Human Rights Commissioners have called on the Northern Territory government to reverse their plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility, arguing it will not help community safety...
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has written to the new Northern Territory Chief Minister, Lia Finocchiaro, calling on her to be "a champion of child health" throughout the Territory and e...
A planned crackdown on youth crime by the new Northern Territory government has stirred controversy but the voices at the centre of the debate are missing.
The representative authority to the Uluru Statement from the Heart has warned plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility in the Northern Territory will "widen the gap further".
The Northern Territory's largest Indigenous legal organisation has become the latest group to criticise the new government's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility.
Amnesty International Australia has warned the incoming Northern Territory government that its 'tough on youth crime' approach must not breach human rights law, as the Country Liberals promise to lowe...
Justice and mental health advocates have condemned the incoming Country Liberal Party government's 'law and order' plans for the Northern Territory, including lowering the age of criminal responsibili...