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Australia: Northern Territory Returns Jailing Age to 10

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

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  • 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.The new Country Liberal Party government of Australia's Northern Territory (NT), which was elected in August, has brought the minimum age that someone can be jailed back down to 10.

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