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November 3rd, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
WA’s suburban brothels will soon be banned following latest government move.
A major crackdown on suburban prostitution is all but guaranteed after the state government agreed to financially support sex workers leaving the industry and removed a requirement that those in brothels be individually registered.
Attorney-General Christian Porter said limited prostitution would be allowed in non-suburban areas, which would be strictly regulated, licensed and monitored, with heavy penalties for breaches.
In a move to appease opponents to the amended Prostitution Bill, an “exit program” would be established to use revenue from licensing fees, fines and confiscated property for education and counseling services to assist workers leaving the industry.
Under the proposed licensing laws, brothel owners would have to incorporate a health plan outlining a strategy for ensuring the sexual health of workers and controlling drug use.
“Any deviation from that plan will be something that could be taken into account and would trigger the loss of license,” Mr Porter said.
The amended Prostitution Bill is expected to go into its second reading in State Parliament today.
The government had faced a defeat without the changes announced today.
Mr Porter said he still anticipated “robust and vigorous” debate over the bill in parliament.
“There are as many different views on prostitution, almost, as there are individual members of parliament,” he said.
“It’s about trying to find a fair compromise.
“This bill is designed first and foremost to get prostitution out of the suburbs and to protect people’s homes.”
Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan said the new legislation would allow police to act on public complaints, whereas now their hands were often tied.
“One of the major complaints around prostitution is that we have a lot of micro-brothels operating in the suburbs and it’s not technically an offence if the person’s not living off the earnings,” Mr O’Callaghan told 6PR Radio.
“So this has become over the years a local government problem.
“People will ring us or local government and say there’s people turning up in the middle of the night, they’re waking them up, they’re parking their cars, some of them are drunk, can you do something about it?
“There’s not much we can do about it under the current arrangements. The proposed arrangements will put it squarely back in the hands of police and we can take action against the operators.”
Changes to the Prostitution Bill:
- An exit program and an exit fund for sex workers.
- Health workers allowed to enter all premises where legal or illegal prostitution is practiced.
- As part of brother license applications, potential owners must set out a detailed “health plan” for workers incorporating sexual health and controlling drug use.
- Individual prostitutes only need to be individually licensed if they work on their own within the permitted areas, but if they work at a licensed business they would be covered under that business’ license.
- The cap on licenses will be determined by the minister.
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