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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Catie McLeod and Tamsin Rose

Youth offenders will find it harder to get bail under sweeping new NSW laws

NSW premier Chris Minns described his government’s proposed new laws as a ‘critical intervention’.
NSW premier Chris Minns described his government’s proposed new laws to address youth crime as a ‘critical intervention’. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The New South Wales premier has ruled out raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 as he announced sweeping new laws that would make it harder for teenagers to get bail and would criminalise “posting and boasting” about offences on social media.

The Minns Labor government will this week introduce legislation to amend the laws along with a $26.2m package of initiatives it says will address youth crime in regional NSW.

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