Behind the News |
Raise the Age?
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Right now there’s a lot of debate going on about the age of criminal responsibility in Australia and whether kids under 14 should be put in detention. We meet Dujuan, an 11-year-old Arrernte/Garrwa boy who’s passionate about the subject and who, last year, took his argument to the United Nations.
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Questions
1. What did the BTN Raise the Age story explain?
2. Dujuan is from Arrernte and Garrwa Country. Find these areas on a map of Australia.
3. Where did Dujuan travel to, to speak to the United Nations Assembly?
4. Who does Dujuan want to run his school?
5. Complete the following sentence. Dujuan wants the age limit for kids put in jail raised from 10 to _____.
6. What is a youth detention centre?
7. What impact can being put in a youth detention centre have on kids aged 10-13?
8. The government council decided not to raise the age. True or false?
9. What ratio of kids younger than 14 in youth detention centres are Indigenous?
10. How did this story make you feel?
2. Dujuan is from Arrernte and Garrwa Country. Find these areas on a map of Australia.
3. Where did Dujuan travel to, to speak to the United Nations Assembly?
4. Who does Dujuan want to run his school?
5. Complete the following sentence. Dujuan wants the age limit for kids put in jail raised from 10 to _____.
6. What is a youth detention centre?
7. What impact can being put in a youth detention centre have on kids aged 10-13?
8. The government council decided not to raise the age. True or false?
9. What ratio of kids younger than 14 in youth detention centres are Indigenous?
10. How did this story make you feel?