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NT passes law to lower age of criminal responsibility to 10 years old (www.abc.net.au)

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In short:

The Northern Territory has passed new laws that lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10, about two years after the previous government raised the age to 12.

It comes a day after the Country Liberal Party government pushed through tougher bail legislation and extra powers for police as part of a suite of law and order changes.

What's next?

New laws on public drinking and assaults on workers are expected to pass when parliament resumes next week.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Using gaol to try and improve outcomes for 10 year olds is like using a machine gun to hammer in nails.

The criminal justice system is absolutely not correct tool for the job. It is a massive problem in our country that there's massive amounts of money to spend on someone in gaol once they've broken some laws but very little before that point.