It’s one-all in the latest campaign to legalise prostitution. South Australia’s parliament voted down a proposed law to legalise, but the Northern Territory assembly voted in favour.
Now the Victorian government has announced that next year a six-month inquiry into the further liberalisation of the state’s prostitution laws will begin.
‘USA Today’ reported recently that the global sex trade was worth $99 billion – and it’s often impossible to work out the line between voluntary and coercive prostitution.
Canadian feminist and researcher Meghan Murphy is editor of the online journal ‘Feminist Current’ and host of the ‘Feminist Current’ podcast.
She has been following the campaign to legalise prostitution.
Source: Is selling sex just another job? – Religion and Ethics Report – ABC Radio National