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The Victorian parliament is set to decriminalise public drunkenness on Thursday - 30 years after it was first recommended by the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody. In Australia, Victoria is one of only two states yet to act on the recommendation of the Royal Commission to decriminalise being intoxicated in public - the other being Western Australia. Following the death in custody of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day in 2017, the Victorian Government committed to repealing public drunkenness laws in 2019 after immense campaigning from Ms Day’s family and the Victorian Aboriginal community. Ms Day was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place in December 2017. Soon afterwards, Ms Day died in police custody. ....