Decriminalisation of public drunkenness: motions

The question put

That this house: (1) expresses its concern that the Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation of Public Drunkenness) Act 2021 will increase risk to members of Victoria Police, people in a vulnerable state and the community, noting that: (a) the Victoria Police training video to leave an intoxicated female in a public area places the female at risk; (b) there is a health crisis in Victoria and these laws will increase pressure on regional hospitals and remove staff from struggling emergency rooms; (c) Victoria is the only state that has introduced laws to decriminalise public drunkenness that has not given police increased move-on laws or powers of arrest to ensure community safety is the priority; (2) calls on the government to postpone the commencement of the Summary Offences Amendment (Decriminalisation of Public Drunkenness) Act 2021 until: (a) move-on laws are introduced to ensure police have the powers to put community safety first; (b) the government establishes at least three trial sites that operate for a 24-month period and a report on this trial is tabled in Parliament; and (c) the Victoria Police training video is withdrawn and reissued with due consideration to the