The national children’s commissioner is calling for the NT chief minister to meet with her before introducing laws to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10. Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says the law change will give the government power to intervene with children earlier, including through diversionary programs. By Lillian Rangiah for ABC News Northern Territory Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-10/nt-lower-age-criminal-responsibility-legislation-evidence/104455222 ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Follow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Follow ABC News on X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/abcnews Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia #ABCNewsNT