Lawyers condemn move to hold 10-year-old terror suspects

By Michael Koziol
Updated October 7 2017 - 9:08pm, first published 9:04pm
President of the Law Council of Australia Fiona McLeod SC at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 16 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
President of the Law Council of Australia Fiona McLeod SC at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday 16 February 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Lawyers have sounded the alarm bells over an agreement allowing children as young as 10 to be held without charge for up to two weeks on suspicion of terrorism offences.

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