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Children As Young As 10 Years Old Can Be Jailed In Australia Under New Law

Australia's Northern Territory lowered the age of responsibility from 12 to combat a 'crime crisis'

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Mike Pezzullo says being stripped of Order of Australia ‘does not amount to a hill of beans’ – as it happened

Pezzullo said the decisionmakers ‘presumably” believed the termination was ‘just and fair’

The Guardian - AU

Young children face jail again under controversial laws

The Northern Territory government has passed controversial laws to once again lower the age of criminal responsibility.

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Declan's Law: NT enshrines tough bail and weapon reform

Laws giving police in the NT powers to search and seize weapons from anyone over the age of 10 have passed in what the chief minister calls a "historic moment".

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Labor concedes voters lost faith as parliament resumes

The Northern Territory's parliament has been sworn in ahead of the government legislating to grapple with a "crime crisis".

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Spit hoods to return in youth detention changes

The use of spit hoods will be reinstated in NT youth detention centres and police watch houses, as part of sweeping changes to the justice system.

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Youth detention in spotlight amid child-crime 'crisis'

A child's life inside detention highlights Australia's need to learn from overseas justice systems as state and territory governments grapple with youth crime.

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NT government denies that planned crime reforms are form of ‘racial control’

Former NT attorney general alleges Country Liberal party is planning law-and-order changes aimed at controlling Indigenous people

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Drinking in public to become a crime again in territory

The Northern Territory government is planning the criminalisation of public drinking while also making alcohol cheaper to buy.

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Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Proposed laws to be introduced in the Northern Territory would mean children as young as 10 could be searched for knives while at school.

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NT won't waver on lowering criminal responsibility age

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has dismissed calls from medical, legal and social services to rethink her plans on criminal responsibility.

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Sweeping changes for public service under CLP

The Country Liberal Party ministry has been sworn in ahead of sweeping changes to the Northern Territory public service.

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NT plan to lower age of criminal responsibility to 10 could contribute to ‘child jail crisis’, advocate says

Chair of Indigenous legal service says policy is ‘really concerning’ and part of move towards more punitive policies across Australia

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'Better NT for everyone': leader unveils first cabinet

Community safety is the priority of the new Northern Territory government as Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro reveals her cabinet after sweeping to power.

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Final results give Country Liberals a thumping majority

A huge election win for the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party means the conservative party will be able to pass legislation almost uncontested.

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Justine Davis talked about keeping people out of prison – and still won a ‘tough on crime’ NT election

Independent in Darwin’s north says ‘if you spend time listening and talking’, people begin to think differently about law and order – and locking up children

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New chief plans to address NT crime at National Cabinet

Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro plans to raise a range of issues at her first National Cabinet meeting.

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NT's youth crime crackdown 'locking up a generation'

Legal and health experts have slammed the Northern Territory's plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility and reinstate the use of spit hoods.

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The NT Is Lowering The Age Of Criminal Responsibility Back To 10 Years Old

"We’re lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 10 so that young people can be held accountable."

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Country Liberals to lower criminal age to 10 years old in NT as Finocchiaro talks tough on law and order

Country Liberal party chief minister, Lia Finocchiaro, says parents of children who commit crimes may also have their government benefits cut

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New chief minister vows swift legislation to hit crime

The Northern Territory's chief minister-elect has vowed to quickly tackle youth crime by toughening bail laws and lowering the age of criminal responsibility.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Sydney’s ‘angel of death’ shot dead; Gerard Rennick’s new party plans; and a possible Oasis reunion

Tarek Ayoub, 29, gunned down in what police described as an ‘execution-style murder’ in Parramatta

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NT election: the Country Liberals claim a landslide victory in a contest decided in suburbia

The Northern Territory is a different place. On the day prior to this election, Speckles the Adelaide River crocodile was asked to predict the result of the election. He had replaced the previous crocodile, a spiv who got the 2016 and 2020 elections wrong.

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Storm warning for Melbourne as wild weather hits Victoria, NSW and South Australia – as it happened

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Libs' return to office brings familiar promises for NT

Labor's red sea across the Australian mainland is over after Lia Finnochiaro and the Country Liberals' thumping victory in the Northern Territory.

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