Jacinta Allan was asked three times whether she remained committed to lifting the minimum age to 14 by 2027, but refused to be drawn.
Premier Jacinta Allan has walked back support for Victoria to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 by 2027, after weeks of renewed focus on youth crime in the state.
“We know that building on the youth justice bill that’s in the parliament we need to take additional measures. Now I am not going to pre-empt that conversation with colleagues, but we know we need to do more.” On Sunday, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service chief executive Nerita Waight said the group trusted the premier “will keep her promises”.
Opposition leader John Pesutto said the Coalition did not support raising the age from 10. He called on the premier to walk away from her commitment. Allan said while the bill would give police and the courts more tools to tackle youth crime, the government also understood it needed to look at “what more we must bring to this task”.
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