Inquiry calls for Queensland to decriminalise public intoxication
by Joe Hinchliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#659NY)
Committee recommends removing three offences disproportionately affecting First Nations people
Queensland should join other Australian states and decriminalise public intoxication while removing criminal offences for begging and public urination, a parliamentary inquiry recommends.
In a report tabled to state parliament on Monday the committee's chair, Labor's Corrine McMillan, said the three offences disproportionately affected the most marginalised Queenslanders".
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