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Coles has announced it will remove kitchen knives from all its stores.
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Coles will stop selling kitchen knives nationwide after an employee was stabbed at work

Coles has announced it will remove kitchen knives from all its stores after a 63-year-old employee was allegedly stabbed in Ipswich, Queensland by an underage customer.

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Queensland Government passes ‘adult time, adult crime’ laws

Queensland’s Government passed its ‘adult time, adult crime’ laws on Thursday to address what it’s called the state’s “youth crime crisis”.

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Brisbane teen charged over an alleged terror plot on a school

Brisbane teen has been charged over an alleged terror plot on a school in the city’s north, suspected of trying to buy a gun online.

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Victoria walks back commitment to raising age of criminal responsibility to 14

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has been accused of walking back a State Government commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.

Queensland’s Coalition Opposition has announced plans to charge children found guilty of serious crimes, including murder, manslaughter, and robbery, as adults.
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Queensland Opposition wants to sentence serious child offenders as adults

Queensland’s Coalition has promised to legislate the proposed policy if it wins the state election in October.

Human Rights Watch has criticised Australia for its children in detention laws.
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Victoria set to raise age of criminal responsibility to 12

The Victorian Government is set to raise the age of criminal responsibility in the state from 10 to 12, under a new bill.

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Minns launches knife crime crackdown

New knife laws for NSW will allow police to conduct searches with metal-detecting wands in areas where recent weapon offences have occurred.

A 16-year-old boy has been killed by WA Police after stabbing a member of the public. Police confirmed the boy was part of a program for young people radicalised online.
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“Radicalised” boy killed by police in Perth after stabbing

Police confirmed the boy was part of a program for young people radicalised online.

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