Raise the Age
Media and commentary about our work to Raise the Age, because children belong in schools and communities, not prisons.
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B&T: “That Night Nearly Destroyed Me, But It Also Lit A Fire Inside”: What UnLTD’s Adland Bail Out Taught Me About Justice, Hope & Shame
UnLtd’s Bail Out event gave advertising execs an experience being locked up and raised over $100,000 for the NSW Raise the Age campaign.
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Little Black Book: UnLtd’s ‘Raise the Age’ Campaign Achieves 45% Awareness Boost
The Raise the Age NSW Campaign’s advertising campaign is raising awareness and changing sentiment.
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ABC Illawarra Drive: New public campaign to raise the age in NSW
Raise the Age NSW Campaign Manager Emily Mayo spoke about why the advertising industry has joined the campaign.
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Mumbrella: Industry calls on NSW Government to raise age of criminal responsibility with new campaign from UnLtd
The marketing and creative industry has given the Raise the Age NSW Campaign its support.
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Newcastle Herald (ACM): Children as young as 10 can be imprisoned. Advocates say it isn’t working
Emily Mayo, Raise the Age Campaign Manager, explained how ‘tough-on-crime’ approaches were failing.
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2SER: The need for justice reform to Raise the Age
Raise the Age Campaign Manager Emily Mayo joined 2SER to explain why new stats show the need to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
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The Guardian: New figures show NSW children are being ‘criminalised for their disadvantage’, advocate says
Jonathon Hunyor, the chief executive of the Justice and Equity Centre, said the report “confirms that children are being criminalised for their disadvantage”.
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BOCSAR Report shows children are being criminalised for disadvantage
A concerning report provides more evidence that the NSW Government must raise the age of criminal responsibility.
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Coalition of experts call on NSW government to raise age of criminal responsibility
Lead campaigner for Raise the Age, Emily Mayo, says criminalising children not only causes them harm, but hurts other children, families and the community. “Services, communities and workers are coming together in NSW to support raising the age because we know the issues, understand the problems and can build the alternatives,” she said. “The NSW…
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Renewed push for NSW to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14
More than a dozen organisations have formed a coalition to push the New South Wales government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14, arguing the status quo is harming young people and entrenching social issues. … The lead campaigner for Raise the Age NSW, Emily Mayo, said the change…