Victoria’s first sobering-up centre will be in Collingwood, with the government expecting it to be open before new public drunkenness laws come into force in November.
The state government will open a 20 bed sobering up centre at 3 Cambridge street in Collingwood.
From 7 November it will no longer be a criminal offence to be intoxicated in public in Victoria, instead it will be treated as a medial issue with diversionary pathways to outreach services. From November 7 it will no longer be a criminal offence to be intoxicated in public in Victoria. Drunkenness will instead be treated as a medical issue, with diversionary pathways to outreach services.Loading
The government said that for most people that would be their own home or that of friends or family, but for others it would be the sobering-up centre in Collingwood.
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