Category: public drunkenness

‘Big Shift’ as Australian State Moves to Decriminalise Public Drunkenness

April 14, 2023
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the state’s new public drunkenness laws arguing that the move to decriminalise public intoxication will not add an extra burden for police officers—despite unions arguing otherwise. “Will it be easy? No. Of course, it’s a big shift,” the premier said on April 13. “This is a reform that is…

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Public Drunkenness Decriminalised After Indigenous Death, Police Warn Results ‘Won’t Be Pretty’

January 16, 2023
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Ambulance and health workers will shoulder the burden of dealing with rowdy drunks as the Victorian Labor government looks set to sideline police officers from handling intoxicated individuals. The move from the Andrews government comes in response to the death of Indigenous woman Tanya Day in the state of Victoria in Australia. The Yorta Yorta…

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