Country Liberals to lower criminal age to 10 years old in NT as Finocchiaro talks tough on law and order

Country Liberal party chief minister, Lia Finocchiaro, says parents of children who commit crimes may also have their government benefits cut

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Northern Territory criminal law faces an overhaul with repeat and violent alleged offenders to be refused bail and the age of criminal responsibility lowered again to 10, in what the incoming Country Liberal party chief minister, Lia Finocchiaro, says are her priorities after a landslide victory in Saturday's territory election.

Finocchiaro met the territory's police chief, Michael Murphy, and top official, Ken Davies, on Sunday and announced on Monday that she expected parliament to resume in mid-to-late October, with a tightening of bail laws her first order of business.

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