Raising The Age Wrap Dress By Koori Threads

This Raising The Age Wrap Dress By Koori Threads is a powerful story is about the decisions being made in Australia to detain children as young as 10!

The ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia to make a commitment to bring its laws in line with United Nations standards by working to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14.

Now it's time for the rest of the country to follow this leadership Did you know that The ACT has raised the age to 12 and will raise the age to 14 by 2025. The Northern Territory Government raised the age to 12 in August this year The Victorian Government has committed to raise the age to 12 in 2024.

But outside of the ACT, no other state or territory has committed to raising the age to 14 in law.

That is almost ten years of a childs life that removes all ability to learn, to grow, to laugh, to make mistakes, to love, and to be loved

This is a recipe to grow ongoing domestic violence through denial of culture, to remove connection to country, to culture is to remove a childs rights to grow into a young man or woman, this is the story of "Raising the Age"

The Black is our mobs from Each State, from every mob, paying my respects to our many families who have been impacted by a system not designed for our children

The NT is; the largest mob, where 100% of children being detained are Aboriginal, they are somebody's baby!

Each of the White lines are for our babies who have been incarcerated across each state under the age of 18, with many aged just 10 and 12 years of age

The Missing Lines are for all of our babies lost to the system & who went back to the dreamtime way too soon, & to pay my respects to each of our families out there whose hearts are heavy, and voices have not been heard

The Cream is our government systems, our jails, our realities, surrounding every community across every state

The Black mobs are from Each State, & The NT is painted as the largest mob, with 100% of children jailed being Aboriginal

The White lines are for each our babies who have been incarcerated across each state under the age of 18, with many aged just 10 and 12 years of age, left without water, left without food, left without family and left without hope

So how can we ask them to become young men and women, when this is what they know?

The Missing Lines are for all our babies lost to the system & who went back to the dreamtime way too soon, & to pay my respects to each of our families out there whose hearts are heavy, and voices have not been heard

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