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Raise the Age in NSW
We are a coalition of organisations committed to raising the age in NSW.
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Policing, arresting and locking up children causes them harm.
What we do now does not make our communities safer.
We can and should do better for children and for communities.
The NSW Government must raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14.
Raise The Age NSW in the News:
ABC Illawarra Mornings with Amy Duggan (at 41:05), Friday 24 November 2023.
The Guardian, Tuesday 31 October 2023.
ABC Sydney Mornings with Sarah Macdonald (at 1h37m), Thursday 26 October 2023.
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What should the NSW government do?
The NSW Government needs to do better for kids and communities.
One way to reduce crime and increase community safety is to limit the numbers of people, particularly children and young people, who come in to contact with the police and criminal justice system in the first place.
We need to invest in our communities.
Safe communities have infrastructure, resources and supports in place for all in the community.
Safe communities prevent crime by addressing its causes.
Safe communities work with young people and their families to stop kids offending or re-offending and limit the need for harmful contact with the police and criminal justice system.
We say Raise the Age in NSW
To do better for kids and communities the NSW Government should:
Resource and support Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to work with First Nations children, families, and communities.
Invest in services that prevent crime from the start like public health, public education from early childhood and beyond, and community-based child, youth and family services.
Fund targeted services and interventions that help kids learn to be accountable, and do better, when they go off track.
Be guided by evidence when it comes to children and contact with the police and justice system and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 without exception.
The Raise the Age campaign in NSW is one of many across Australia. For more information visit the national campaign web site.
