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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

The Facts

  • 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.

  • The move comes after the previous Liberal government, which lost to the Country Liberal Party in the August election, had raised the age from 10 to 12.

  • Newly elected Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro argued that Labor had raised without also implementing a system to hold 10 and 11-year-olds accountable for their actions. She said a "judge's discretion" will allow "authorities to intervene early in their lives."

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