Review of the service system and implementation requirements for raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility

The minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) is 10 years of age across Australia. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommends the MACR be raised to at least 14 years of age and children under 16 years not be placed in detention. Experts and groups across the human rights, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, youth advocacy and legal sectors have called on the ACT Government to raise the MACR to 12 or at least 14 years of age in line with significant evidence across the following areas