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Australian of the Year Grace Tame praises ACT Government for moving to raise the age of criminal responsibility
Australian of the Year Grace Tame has praised the ACT Government for moving to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years.
But the Tasmanian Government will not follow the territory government, saying it wants to be part of a nationally consistent approach to the matter.
- Matt Maloney
- The Examiner
The ACT Government on Monday released a report on how it would reform laws that see children as young as 10 locked up in juvenile detention as part of an overhaul of its youth justice system.
It has pledged to next year bring a bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility to the Legislative Assembly.
Ms Tame on social media praised the…