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Tess Ikonomou

Youth crime reform on the cards: attorney

Mark Dreyfus is working with his counterparts to review raising the age of criminal responsibility. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says he is working with his state and territory counterparts to consider raising the age of criminal responsibility.

Independent MP Kate Chaney asked Mr Dreyfus in parliament if the government would release a council of attorneys-general report - finalised in 2020 but never published - which supported lifting the criminal age of responsibility nationwide to 14 from 10 years old.

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