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Australian territory resumes jailing 10-year-olds
short by Shreyasi Banerjee / on Saturday, 19 October, 2024
The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12. NT has also introduced penalties for "posting and boasting" about crime on social media. "We [are]...delivering on our commitments to reduce crime," NT CM Lia Finocchiaro said.