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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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As young indigenous children around Australia continue to face inhumane jailing policies, politicians still seem determined to go against the evidence and keep the in place. Indigenous communities have proven that their separate justice programs work well, but they can't implement them if the goverment keeps putting their children in jail.

The Northern Territory voted overwhelmingly for the Country Liberal Party because they were tired of crime taking over their communities. Not only did voters want the jailingage brought down to10, but also for police to be given the resources and moral support to do their jobs once again—policies that Chief Minister Finocchiaro is already implementing.


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