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[Patrick O'Duffy]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Ferguson" <ferguson at beyond.net.au>

> > 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 under Joh and never rescinded, as far as I'm aware.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.

Fair enough then. I've been wrong before, and I'm sure I'll be wrong again.

> 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.).

Didn't one open up in Toowoomba late last year? And there's talk of doing a
_gigantic_ mega-brothel in Brisbane soon, about two suburbs away from me.

--
Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia

Brothers and sisters, I have a dream. Journalism is a ticket to ride, to
travel deep into the dark heart of the pictures you see on your TV and
feeds. And I'm going to take you on a ride with me. A short weird ride into
the heart of darkness.

 - Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #35


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