Senators from the Liberals and Greens have joined forces to call for the age of criminal responsibility to be lifted, after a federal inquiry into the youth justice system found that incorrect media reporting was leading to an inconsistent treatment of children across states and territories.
The Senate committee report, released on Friday, made four recommendations, including for the federal attorney general to work with state and territory counterparts to introduce national minimum standards in relation to youth justice and establish a “National Child and Community Safety Taskforce”.
