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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

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

Victorian police officers walk among crowds at a  festival in Melbourne
Being intoxicated in public will no longer be a criminal offence in Victoria from 7 November. Instead, outreach teams are to transport people to a sobering-up facility if required. Photograph: Joe Castro/AAP

It’s been almost six years since Tanya Day hopped on a train to Melbourne but never made it to the city.

The 55-year-old Yorta Yorta woman was arrested for being drunk in public on 5 December 2017 after she fell asleep. She was placed in a police cell to sober up, suffered a head injury and later died.

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