Queensland inquiry considers decriminalising public drunkenness and begging

Move comes 30 years after Aboriginal deaths in custody royal commission called for such offences to be scrapped

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Queensland has become the last Australian jurisdiction to consider the decriminalisation of public intoxication, in a move service providers say is long overdue".

At a parliamentary inquiry on Monday, human rights advocates and service providers expressed unanimous support for the decriminalisation of offences such as public intoxication, begging and urination.

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