#RaiseTheAge

Dr Tracy Westerman

1/Imprisoning 10yrs olds risks sig damage. Namely, they learn not 2 rely on close attachments 4 their emotional needs before they have developed fully as adults. Secure attachment bonds with

Dr Tracy Westerman

1/A child @10 does not fully understand consequences in the same way as an adult. They are rigid in understanding right & wrong & driven by external fear of punishment.

Isaiah Dawe ID. Know Yourself

On 27 July, all Australian Governments will consider whether to #RaisetheAge of criminal responsibility to 14 years of age.Archie Roach:"Children as young as 10 shouldn't be in jail, they should

Thread - why is it so important that MPs #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility to 14. 1. Getting hunted down by police for a 'crime' at 10 years old is dangerous

The Senate is about to pass a gutted Juvenile Justice Reform bill.@Willcsmithjr, @jwaldstreicher & Sen leader @SenBillFerg caved & removed all bipartisan, evidence-based recs made by a Juvenile Justice Reform

nevenaspirovska

The ‘Crossover Kids’ Report has been released by SAC today https://bit.ly/2UOYD9S It found:-Crossover kids are children known to child protection (CP) & the justice system-Nearly every crossover kid was involved with

After the 2016 election I got pretty into Shaun King's activism. It felt like adding my voice to a movement making an impact. I was wrong. A few years back

Hayley- RT PINNED

Thread of petitions regarding aboriginal lives matter #aboriginallivesmatter #BlackLivesMatter (Aboriginal is indigenous Australian)Please sign and share Stop first nations deaths in custody use post code 2000)https://www.getup.org.au/camp

[-0-] Robyn Oxley🏳️‍🌈

Ngumbi!! I would like to acknowledge the land on where my teaching, learning & research is undertaken - Wurundjeri Land, part of the Kulin Nations. I would like to pay

[THREAD] Today we released 'Critical Condition' - a report into the impacts of #COVID19au policies on First Nations people. We heard reports of over-policing, denial of basic sanitation in prisons

good morninghappySunday! Today on #Insiders are Niki Savva, murdoch columnist and former media advisor to Peter Costello (Liberal Party, Howard government treasurer, now ninefax chair); recently returned ABC Europe correspondent