Raise The Age
Australia's human rights framework — which allows children as young as 10 to be incarcerated in most jurisdictions — has been sharply criticised by the international community, with critic...
The United Nations Human Rights Council has criticised Australia for the "almost constant increase" in the number of people held on remand and the country's "very low age of criminal responsibility"...
Serious concerns persist over the incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, children, and migrants, despite Australia's criminal justice system's safeguards against arbitrary dete...
The Prime Minister must take leadership to stop state and territory governments from passing laws that put more children in prison, the peak body for Indigenous legal organisations says.
Legal experts say the Commonwealth has the constitutional authority to raise the age of criminal responsibility nationwide, as states and territories continue resisting Closing the Gap incarceration t...
Australia's National Children's Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner are backing calls from child health and legal experts for the Northern Territory gove...
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) has called for the suspension of Commonwealth funding for remote policing and justice operations in the Northern Territory, warning it is the onl...
Whilst revelations of institutional police racism in the Kumanjayi Walker inquest rightly dominated headlines last week, another pressing and ongoing issue was again thrust into the spotlight: the Nor...
Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia has welcomed the ACT government's decision to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 years, describing it as "a significant and long-overdue step t...
With the ACT becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14 on Tuesday, Indigenous legal groups say it stands in stark contrast to regressive poli...
With children aged 10 to 13 responsible for only a very small proportion of crime, Victoria's Acting Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People says there is "no reason why we should not see...
Raising the age of legal responsibility to 14 is a "common-sense" step for both children and the broader community, the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT says.
The ACT will make history on Tuesday by becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14, in line with expert advice.