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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, now Chief Minister, and then-Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler (not pictured) meet for a Sky News debate on Aug. 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 new Country Liberal Party government of Australia's Northern Territory (NT), which was elected in August, has lowered the minimum jailing age back 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.


The Spin

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