Top medical, legal bodies renew calls to lift Australia's criminal age from 10 to 14

The Australian Medical Association and Law Council of Australia have issued a joint statement called for the minimum age of criminal responsibility to be increased from 10 to 14.

Sixty organisations want Victoria to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14. (AAP) Source: AAP

The country’s peak medical and legal bodies have renewed calls for Australia to cease the “national tragedy” of jailing children as young as 10 years of age.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and Law Council of Australia (LCA) released a joint statement on Tuesday, urging all governments around the country to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 14.

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