Marisa interviews Tiffany Overall, Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Officer at Youthlaw about raising the age of criminal responsibility in Australia to at least 14, in order to reflect international medical standards.
They discuss the ongoing battle by various legal organisations in the space of youth incarceration in this country, including Youthlaw's submissions to a national review, a disappointing plan for a proposal by Attorneys-General to raise the age to 12 years.
Later, Marisa reads An Interview With the Jumbunna Institute’s Paddy Gibson by Paul Gregoire, from Sydney Criminal Lawyers, highlighting the level of intimidation by the far-right that's currently happening in activist spaces.
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