The Victorian Premier has responded to police fears for this year’s Melbourne Cup after the state changed its public drunkenness laws.
Government documents revealed that being drunk in public will no longer be an offence when the laws are scrapped on November 7.
Premier Daniel Andrews has welcomed the decriminalisation of public intoxication as a"long overdue" change. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty“This is a reform that is long overdue.” The change coincides with the Melbourne Cup which is typically a busy day for police who deal with thousands of drunk punters at the horse racing event.
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