About: Age of criminal responsibility in Australia

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The age of criminal responsibility in Australia is the age below which a child is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. In legal terms, it is referred to as a defence of infancy. All states and self-governing territories of Australia have adopted 10 years of age as a uniform age of criminal responsibility, although As of October 2022 some jurisdictions have made moves towards raising the age to 12 or 14.

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  • The age of criminal responsibility in Australia is the age below which a child is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. In legal terms, it is referred to as a defence of infancy. All states and self-governing territories of Australia have adopted 10 years of age as a uniform age of criminal responsibility, although As of October 2022 some jurisdictions have made moves towards raising the age to 12 or 14. Concerns have been raised about the effects of criminalisation of such young children, and in particular the effects on Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander people, who are disproportionately represented in the statistics, often reflecting as well as increasing a cycle of disadvantage. In 2019, the Council of Attorneys-General Age of Criminal Responsibility Working Group was tasked with considering submissions from a range of organisations and experts of various backgrounds regarding raising the age to 14. In mid-2020 they indicated that more work was needed to be done on alternative forms of punishment before they could make their recommendations, and in late 2021 the Council of Attorneys-General failed to reach a national consensus. (en)
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  • The age of criminal responsibility in Australia is the age below which a child is deemed incapable of having committed a criminal offence. In legal terms, it is referred to as a defence of infancy. All states and self-governing territories of Australia have adopted 10 years of age as a uniform age of criminal responsibility, although As of October 2022 some jurisdictions have made moves towards raising the age to 12 or 14. (en)
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  • Age of criminal responsibility in Australia (en)
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