NT's lowering of criminal age to 10 'contravened' global treaty obligations, says UN official

In short:

The UN Rights of the Child committee chair is writing to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about the Northern Territory's move to lower the age of criminal responsibility, which she says "contravenes" global treaty obligations.

The NT's new conservative Country Liberal Party government legislated a new criminal age of 10 years old during its first parliament sittings this week.

Australia's Children's Commissioner is also calling on Mr Albanese to make child welfare and justice a national cabinet priority.