BBC
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Australian states and territories have been under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14.
Last year the NT became the first jurisdiction to lift the threshold to 12 years old .
It has argued that returning the age to 10 will ultimately protect children.
Doctors, human rights organisations and Indigenous groups disputing that logic.
The NT already jails children at a rate 11 times higher than any other jurisdiction in the country.
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