Greens secure amendment to youth justice bill days after Allan government criticised for scrapping commitment to raise age to 14Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe use of spit hoods on young people in Victorian prisons will be banned, after the Greens secured changes to a state government bill that will see the age of criminal responsibility raised from 10 to 12.The upper house passed the 1,000-page youth justice bill about 2am on Friday, which includes a range of measures targeted at lowering the number of young people committing crimes.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2024-08-16 03:27:24
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Spit hoods for children to be banned as Victoria gets closer to raising age of criminal responsibility to 12
