The first sitting of the Northern Territory Parliament under the new Finocchiaro Government will begin on October 15 and run for two weeks, with the government saying it will
- Introduce its promised bail reforms.
- Decrease the age of criminal responsibility from 12 back to 10.
- Bring in minimum mandatory sentences for assaulting frontline workers.
That is all in the first week of the new parliament.
Oversights in the past?
Legislative sense at last.
Frontline workers? Covid?
I believe that the established penalty is fair, but detaining in prison in precarious conditions or much worse, only increases the anger that, sooner or later, will explode. In my opinion, we should re-educate, valuing the person: learning love.