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Australia: Northern Territory Returns Jailing Age to 10

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  • #Crime & justice
Australia: Northern Territory Returns Jailing Age to 10
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OCT 2024
Above: Then-opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro, now Chief Minister, and then-Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler (not pictured) meet for a Sky News debate on Aug. 20, 2024 in Darwin, Australia. Image copyright: Pema Tamang Pakhrin/Pool via Getty Images
story last updated OCT 2024

The Spin

Right narrative

The Northern Territory voted overwhelmingly for the Country Liberal Party because they were worried about crime taking over their communities. Not only did voters want the jailing age brought back to 10, but also for police to be given the necessary resources. Chief Minister Finocchiaro is making decisions on behalf of her constituents and is pursuing a wise policy during a youth violence crisis.

Australian

Left narrative

As young Indigenous children around Australia continue to face inhumane jailing policies, politicians still seem determined to go against the evidence and keep inhumane criminal justice laws in place. Indigenous communities have proven that their separate justice programs work well, but they can't implement them if the government keeps putting their children in jail.

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