Premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to start the process of raising the age of criminal responsibility within weeks if state and territory governments cannot reach a national consensus.
Andrews said he would give it one more shot to reach an agreement, but he was not prepared to wait until the next Council of Australian Governments meeting in April to begin the process of lifting the age of criminal responsibility from 10.
“The attorney ... speaks with her colleagues quite often, so it wouldn’t necessarily have to be a formal meeting. You can get on the phone and talk to people as well.” The Queensland government ruled out raising the age in the foreseeable future as part of its successful tough-on-crime election campaign in 2020.to raise the age without a national consensus during the first parliamentary sitting day after last year’s state election.
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