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The ACT’s youth detention centre is Bimberi Youth Justice Centre. It houses children and young people between the ages of 10 and 21, who have been remanded or sentenced to detention. The centre is operated by the Department of Community Services, which has produced a Charter of Rights for Young People in Bimberi, which sets…

The ACT Parliament yesterday passed legislation that will make possession of cannabis legal, provided it is a small amount for personal use. The laws will come into effect on 31 January 2020. The change makes the ACT the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise personal use of cannabis, following 11 US states and numerous countries including…

The ACT’s Animal Welfare Act 1992 creates a number of criminal offences consisting of acts of cruelty to animals. The act applies to all vertebrates and cephalopods as well as to crustaceans intended for human consumption. The Act also regulates the treatment of farm animals and provides for codes of practice to be made to…

Laws surrounding abortion vary widely between different states and territories. Abortion was decriminalised in the ACT in 2002 and the ACT now has the most liberal abortion laws in the country. Women can obtain an abortion ‘on demand’ at any point in their pregnancy. The ACT has also enacted provisions making it a criminal offence…