The Latest Breaking News from Tanya Day

Sobering-up centre to close after drunkenness shift

The plug will be pulled on a sobering-up centre within four years of a state decriminalising public intoxication following an Aboriginal woman's death.

AAP · May 18

‘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 · Jan 26, 2024

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.

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 7, 2023

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.

The New Daily · Apr 13, 2023

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.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

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.

AAP · Apr 12, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Jan 17, 2023

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 · Jan 17, 2023

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.

AAP · Jan 16, 2023