Sobering-up facility not completed, emergency workers unclear about their role in new scheme – and it begins on Melbourne Cup Day
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.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.It’s been almost six years since Tanya Day hopped on a train to Melbourne but never made it to the city.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “It can be waiting with them while they get picked up, taking them to their parents or friend’s place, or to their home, and in very limited circumstances it’s about taking them to the place of safety.”
“It would be awful if you had a situation where someone was stumbling home and fell in front of traffic or was sexually assaulted,” he said. They said the training had been rolled out to most police and public service officers ahead of next week.
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