Youth offenders will find it harder to get bail under sweeping new NSW laws

Premier Chris Minns rules out raising age of criminal responsibility to 14 as he moves to criminalise teenagers ‘posting and boasting’ about offences on social media

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The New South Wales premier has ruled out raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 as he announced sweeping new laws that would make it harder for teenagers to get bail and would criminalise “posting and boasting” about offences on social media.

The Minns Labor government will this week introduce legislation to amend the laws along with a $26.2m package of initiatives it says will address youth crime in regional NSW.

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