The Northern Territory is this week set to become the first Australian jurisdiction to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years old.
The move has been praised by health organisations and Indigenous groups, who say it will prevent children from becoming trapped in the criminal justice system.
But the plan has also come under fire from the territory's opposition, who say it risks encouraging youth offenders, and from paediatricians who say the age should be raised even higher.
