NT passes law to lower age of criminal responsibility to 10 years

NT passes law to lower age of criminal responsibility to 10 years old

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The Chair of the United Nations committee on the Rights of the Child says she'll write to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Northern Territory's new law lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10, but the new NT government says they have a mandate to deliver on an election promise.

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