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Australia’s youth justice system is under fire from a new senate report revealing shocking disparities and calling for evidence-based reform—not political panic. Despite media hype, youth arrests dropped 5% last year, continuing a 20-year decline in offending. The report urges politicians to stop chasing fear and start listening to data, warning that outdated policies are harming kids—especially First Nations youth, who are 24 times more likely to be locked up. With bipartisan support, a new national task force will unite police, education, health, and legal sectors to overhaul the system. While the ACT has raised the age of criminal responsibility to 14, most states still prosecute children as young as 10—a global outlier. The push is on to end systemic injustice, reduce trauma-driven incarceration, and build safer communities through real, coordinated reform.

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