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Australia: Northern Territory Returns Jailing Age to 10

Above: Then-opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro and then-Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler (not pictured) meet for a Sky News debate ahead of the NT general election to be held on August 24, on August 20, 2024 in Darwin, Australia. Image copyright: Pema Tamang Pakhrin/Pool via Getty Images

The Facts

  • The new Country Liberal Party government of Australia's Northern Territory (NT), which was elected in August, has overturned the previous government's policy of raising the minimum age for a prison sentence from 10 to 12 years old.

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