[UA] Greetings

[Timothy Ferguson]

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> From: ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu [mailto:ua-admin at lists.uchicago.edu]On
> Behalf Of Patrick O'Duffy
> Sent: Thursday, 17 May 2001 4:06 PM
> To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
> Subject: Re: [UA] Greetings
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Timothy Ferguson" <ferguson at beyond.net.au>
>
> > Actually it's illegal to make X rated material anywhere but in the
> > Australian Capital Territory, which is why when one of our chief censors
> > went to work in the porn industry, he was based in Canberra.
>
> Really? Hmmm. I've seen a lot of reportage of how the x-rated industry in
> QLD is booming - lots of films being shot on the Gold Coast, lots of
> websites - and nothing about illegality.

Patrick, it -is- illegal to shoot porn in Queensland.  The law was passed
under Joh and never rescinded, as far as I'm aware.  This doesn't stop
people all that much, though.

> I could be wrong, of course. Or perhaps it's legal to shoot the film stock
> outside the ACT, but only to edit/produce/sell the finished product from
> there.

It is illegal to shoot pornographic movies in Queensland, because it is
still living from the proceeds of prostitution and the charge used on madams
(is that profiting from prostitution?  I can't remember.) both of which are
still illegal (although prostitution itself has never been - and there is
now a caveat for registered boutique brothels, of which there are precisely
0 at this time.).


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