Australia Law – Evaluation confirms success of Victoria’s Public Intoxication Reform, calls for sustained care over criminalisation – Monash University
On 7 November 2023, Victoria decriminalised public intoxication, recognising a long history of over-policing and serious harm to First Nations and other vulnerable peoples, including deaths in custody. A new evaluation report from Monash University has found that the reforms have met their core intent: no person has died in police custody or been placed in a




