Victoria dumps public drunkenness crime

Updated August 23 2019 - 9:13am, first published 9:10am
Victoria's government has announced public drunkenness will be decriminalised in the state.
Victoria's government has announced public drunkenness will be decriminalised in the state.

The family of an Aboriginal woman who died in police custody say it's about time Victoria abolished public drunkenness as a crime ahead of a coronial inquest into her death.

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