Tag Archives: brothels

  • Saturday, 2 April 2011 4:28

    MR: Tas Govt right to link legal brothels to demand for prostituted women

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    For release: Saturday April 2, 2011 Today’s report that the Tasmanian Labor Government’s Attorney General David Bartlett does not favour legal brothels because they increase demand for prostituted women and don’t protect the vulnerable shows political leaders are waking up to the failure of normalising the sex trade in other States. The Australian Christian Lobby’s Continue Reading

  • Thursday, 27 January 2011 4:00

    New Tasmanian premier behind laws of concern to Christians

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    Tasmania’s new Premier Lara Giddings is the architect of a raft of proposed law changes of concern to Christians. As Attorney General, she flagged surrogacy for same-sex couples, euthanasia, a charter of rights and legal brothels for Parliamentary debate this year.

  • Thursday, 21 October 2010 1:49

    Parramatta’s stand a ray of hope amid tragic news of underage prostitution

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    Amid more tragic news about underage girls being forced into prostitution comes a ray of hope this week, with Parramatta City Council deciding to defy the NSW Government by voting to ban all brothels and sex-related services as an acceptable land use. ACL is urging all other Australian councils to follow their lead – click Continue Reading

  • Tuesday, 19 October 2010 3:00

    All councils urged to follow Parramatta’s lead in banning brothels

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    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) today congratulated Parramatta City Council for voting to ban all brothels and sex-related services as an acceptable land use and urged all other Australian councils to follow their lead. ACL’s spokesperson on women’s issues, Michelle Pearse, said Parramatta City Council had taken a clear stand in favour of the best Continue Reading

  • Wednesday, 28 July 2010 5:38

    Underage prostitution case raises questions about brothel’s role

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    The appalling news that a mother has been charged with sending her 16-year-old daughter to work as a prostitute at a brothel in Sydney’s eastern suburbs raises serious questions not only about the depths society is sinking to, but also the role of the brothel in this issue. Please click here to read more details Continue Reading

  • Monday, 21 June 2010 1:43

    WA Government has not done its homework on dangerous brothel trade

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    Media Release June 21, 2010 The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) is not satisfied the Barnett Government has met its election commitment to properly investigate the Swedish model of prostitution regulation, ACL WA Director Michelle Pearse said today. With the Attorney General Christian Porter announcing today that brothels would be legalised in industrial and commercial areas, Continue Reading

  • Wednesday, 9 June 2010 8:44

    Legalising NT brothels a green light to harm and trafficking of women

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    The Northern Territory Government should not be beguiled by sex industry lobbies with benign sounding names into legalising brothels in the Top End, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) said today. Responding to a call from the NT Sex Workers Outreach Program for brothels to be opened, ACL Managing Director Jim Wallace said this has been Continue Reading