Calls to lift criminal responsibility age

By Aaron Bunch
Updated May 19 2021 - 11:39am, first published 11:35am
Children as young as ten can be arrested, strip-searched and locked in prison cells in Australia.
Children as young as ten can be arrested, strip-searched and locked in prison cells in Australia.

Dozens of legal, health and community organisations have again called on all levels of Australian government to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years.

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