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‘This is massive’: hope and anger as thousands gather at Invasion Day events across Australia

Protesters brave heatwave conditions as rally speakers condemn incarceration rates and express solidarity with Palestine

The Guardian - AU

Victoria Has Decriminalised Public Drunkenness — Here’s How Its New Response Works Instead

Public drunkenness has been outlawed in three states already — here's why Victoria's reform is not only different, but better.

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Victorian government scrambling to prepare for long-planned end of public drunkenness laws

Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day

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Indigenous advocates and families say tallying Australian deaths in custody does not address fundamental causes

Indigenous advocates and families say however that tallying deaths in custody does not address the fundamental causes

The Guardian - AU

Public drunkenness is soon to be decriminalised in Victoria, but stakeholders say they are still waiting for clarity

Key unions and Aboriginal legal advocates fear tragic outcomes after the decriminalisation of public drunkenness, amid confusion over aspects of the new health-led response, due to be rolled out in just five months.

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Victorian chief commissioner apologises for treatment of Indigenous people by police at Yoorrook inquiry

Victoria's police chief Shane Patton apologises for actions that have traumatised Indigenous people at the state's truth-telling inquiry. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of people who have died.

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Public drunkenness laws lifted on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria will move to decriminalise public intoxication from November, with services to provide a health-based response instead of a criminal justice one.

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Victoria's public drunkenness laws to be lifted on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria's Police Association says the state's decriminalisation of public drunkenness, which comes into effect on Melbourne Cup Day, will leave officers powerless to act in some situations.

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Public drunkenness decriminalised on Melbourne Cup day

Victoria will move to decriminalise public intoxication from November, with services to provide a health-based response instead of a criminal justice one.

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Man claiming to be off-duty NSW police officer allegedly chased and hit Aboriginal boy with ute

Elijah Stevens’ father fears this additional trauma, on top of his son losing his grandmother, Tanya Day – who died in custody in 2017 – will send his son back to therapy

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Jim Molan and Renée Geyer die; Victoria decriminalises public drunkenness; and five-minute easy exercises

Liberal senator Molan dies at the age of 72 after a ‘sudden and rapid’ decline in health, while jazz and soul icon Geyer passes at 69 following hip surgery

The Guardian - AU

Victoria to end public drunkenness laws with no new arrest powers for police

Indigenous representatives celebrate decision not to replace law with police move-on powers

The Guardian - AU

Drunken arrests decision sparks division

The Victorian government will press ahead with decriminalising public drunkenness without giving police new powers in a decision that has divided organisations.

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Decision not to give Victoria Police new powers when public drunkenness is decriminalised draws union criticism

The decision to not give police new powers when Victoria decriminalises public drunkenness has been welcomed by Aboriginal groups, but unions say it will leave police unable to intervene until offences are committed and could see workloads fall to paramedics.

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Qld probes begging, public drunkenness law

As Queensland probes decriminalising public drunkenness and other low level offences, there are concerns the behaviour may instead attract more serious charges.

The Guardian - AU

From lock-up to sobering up: Victoria grapples with public drunkenness reform

Andrews government has delayed reform amid need to find compromise between police and Indigenous advocacy groups

The Guardian - AU

Decriminalisation of public drunkenness delayed by Victorian government

Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service ‘disappointed’ that official repeal will not occur in November

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