The Victorian government's push to abolish the state's public drunkenness laws is facing concerns from unions worried it will leave police and paramedics struggling to manage issues in the community. 9News
and broader calls from Indigenous communities and organisations disproportionately affected by the existing legislation.
Police are particularly concerned new move-on powers for officers won't be brought in to fill any gaps in the laws. "These laws are about decriminalising public intoxication. They are not about diluting any further police powers," she said. Day's family, the Human Rights Law Centre and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service all welcomed the changes.falling and hitting her head in a police holding cellShe had been arrested for public drunkenness when she was found asleep on a train travelling from Bendigo to Melbourne.
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