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Decriminalise Public Drunkenness

Australia (National)1991, ongoingAboriginal Legal Services, Public Health Association, civil liberties groups
Active
Goals

What this campaign seeks

Decriminalise public intoxication nationally — #1 recommendation of Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (1991). Still criminalised in QLD, WA, NT.

Tactics

How it works

Legal challenges. Policy submissions. Media campaigns. Linking to deaths in custody data.

Outcome and status

Where it stands

Victoria decriminalised 2023. QLD, WA, NT still criminalise. Campaign ongoing.

Issue areas

Categories

deaths-in-custodydecriminalisationindigenous-rights
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