Review on Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility
The Councils of Social Service Network has made a joint statement to the Council of Attorneys-General (CAG) Working Group in response to the review on raising the age of criminal responsibility. The statement highlights that the laws dictating the age of criminal responsibility in all states, territories and the Commonwealth need to be reformed in line with key principles, the first being that the minimum age of criminal responsibility should be raised to at least 14 years.