In short:
The Northern Territory has passed new laws that lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10, about two years after the previous government raised the age to 12.
It comes a day after the Country Liberal Party government pushed through tougher bail legislation and extra powers for police as part of a suite of law and order changes.
What’s next?
New laws on public drinking and assaults on workers are expected to pass when parliament resumes next week.
Excellent, crime is out of hand up here.
I was talking with a police officer who was in a pursuit where the kids chased the police cars and kept trying to ram tyne police. When they finally stopped tyne pursuit the driver was 11 years old so that took the kid home to his parents. Then an hour later arrested the same kid again for trying to steal another car.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Locking kids up is definitely going to solve the underlying causes of youth crime!
It seems like Liberal parties only have interest in treating the symptoms, but not the disease. Similar to Panadol, Codral and Vick’s etc.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
You’re missing the point, they can make money out of locking up kids. Turn a problem into a resource, then mine it. Probably get tafe money and work programs happening next.
NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org 4 weeks ago
This not the nine o’clock news sketch is as always relevant. It’s easy to be prophetic about people who are only looking to the past I guess.
youtu.be/pXxyDZRUTDQ