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Indigenous activists say Australia must stop jailing children as young as 10

Child advocacy group Save the Children argues the minimum age of criminal responsibility should be lifted by four years to 14.

Child advocacy group Save the Children argues the minimum age of criminal responsibility should be lifted by four years to 14. Source: Getty Images

Australia still puts children as young as ten years of age behind bars despite a long running campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility.


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By Nakari Thorpe

Presented by Louie Tolentino

Source: SBS



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Australia still puts children as young as ten years of age behind bars despite a long running campaign to raise the age of criminal responsibility.



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