Your daughter?? Pimps would be legal under Mr Porter’s Prostitution Bill. They could approach teens in your family! Photo courtesy D Sharon Pruitt The Prostitution Bill was tabled in the WA Legislative Assembly on 3 November 2011 and could come to a vote soon. If the bill passes, pimps or madams could approach 18 year old girls like this one, offering them big dollars to work in a legal brothel. There would be nothing you could do to prevent it. The teens would discover – too late – that prostitution is a terrible trap few manage to escape. Your local state MP needs to know how you feel about this bill! Send him or her a brief email or phone their office ASAP (details overleaf). Be polite, and be sure to include your name and home address. Send a copy to Premier Colin Barnett and Attorney-General Christian Porter. Ask them to reject the Prostitution Bill. Briefly say why, including some points below (choose a couple) in your own words: In every Australian state that has legalised or decriminalised the sex trade there has been an upsurge in prostitution – in both legal and illegal brothels – and sex trafficking and slavery. It is “out of control” (The Age, 7/3/11; SMH, 13/10/11). Four Corners (ABC1, 10/10/11) showed scenes of pimping, sex trafficking and sex slavery in legal brothels in Victoria and NSW: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2011/10/06/3333668.htm Research shows that most prostitutes suffer mental ill-health, including post traumatic stress disorders, because of their experiences. Most take illicit drugs to dull their mental and physical pain. Many become addicted. Only Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway and Iceland) have been able to minimise sex trafficking – by banning procuring, pimping as well as the purchase of sex services. WA laws should be reformed in the same way – not by legalising brothels. The WA Prostitution Bill 2011 would allow pimps to offer jobs in legal brothels to immature 18 year old teens. The exit program would be like trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Prevention is better than cure. For more information, contact FamilyVoice Australia (ph 1300 365 965) or David Lowe [email protected] ‘A Christian voice for family, faith and freedom’: www.fava.org.au Jasd WA Legislative Assembly Ring 08 9222 7222 to find out who your local member is Name Electorate Postal Address Email Telephone Add MLA after name Mr Peter Watson Albany PO Box 5844 ALBANY 6332 [email protected] 9841 8799 Dr Janet Woollard Alfred Cove 1/30 Ardross APPLECROSS 6153 [email protected] 9316 1377 Dr Tony Buti Armadale 11/2756 Albany Hwy KELMSCOTT 6111 [email protected] 9495 4877 Hon John Kobelke Balcatta Locked Bag 5001 OSBORNE PARK 6017 [email protected] 9443 8477 Mr Martin Whitely Bassendean 6 Old Perth Rd BASSENDEAN 6054 [email protected] 9279 9871 Hon Christian Porter Bateman Locked Bag 2000 Booragoon 6954 [email protected] 9316 0666 Hon Eric Ripper Belmont 6/268 Belmont Ave CLOVERDALE 6105 [email protected] 9277 6898 Hon Terry Redman Blackwood‐Stirling PO Box 61 MT BARKER 6324 [email protected] 1800644811 Hon John Castrilli Bunbury PO Box 2009 BUNBURY 6230 [email protected] 9791 3636 Mr Bill Johnston Cannington PO Box 1171 CANNINGTON 6987 [email protected] 9356 5011 Mr Tony Krsticevic Carine 6/6 Davallia Rd DUNCRAIG 6023 [email protected] 9246 1800 Hon Brendon Grylls Central Wheatbelt PO Box 66 MERREDIN 6415 [email protected] 9041 1702 Hon Elizabeth Constable Churchlands 4/271 Selby St CHURCHLANDS 6018 [email protected] 9383 7120 Hon Fran Logan Cockburn PO Box 3483 SUCCESS 6964 [email protected] 9414 3266 Mr Mick Murray Collie‐Preston 76 Forrest St COLLIE 6225 [email protected] 9734 2073 Hon Colin Barnett Cottesloe 12/589 Stirling Hwy COTTESLOE 6011 [email protected] 9383 1505 Mr Tony Simpson Darling Range PO Box 56 BYFORD 6122 [email protected] 9525 4822 Hon Kim Hames Dawesville PO Box 5551 FALCON 6210 [email protected] 9534 3200 Hon Graham Jacobs Eyre PO Box 1394 ESPERANCE 6450 [email protected] 9071 6555 Mr Andrew Waddell Forrestfield PO Box 2269 HIGH WYCOMBE 6057 [email protected] 9454 6415 Ms Adele Carles Fremantle Shp1 Queensgate,William St FREMANTLE 6160 [email protected] 9336 7000 Mr Ian Blayney Geraldton Shp 2/5 Chapman Rd GERALDTON 6530 [email protected] 9964 1640 Ms Margaret Quirk Girrawheen PO Box 6085 GIRRAWHEEN 6064 [email protected] 9247 2477 Mr Chris Tallentire Gosnells 1/314‐316 Spencer Rd THORNLIE 6108 [email protected] 9493 2223 Hon Rob Johnson Hillarys 2/32 Endeavour Rd HILLARYS 6025 [email protected] 9307 8311 Mr Joe Francis Jandakot PO Box 130 BULLCREEK 6149 [email protected] 9310 8777 Mr Tony O'Gorman Joondalup PO Box 1034 JOONDALUP 6919 [email protected] 9300 3990 Hon John Day Kalamunda PO Box 610 KALAMUNDA 6076 [email protected] 9293 4747 Mr John Bowler Kalgoorlie PO Box 10406 KALGOORLIE 6433 [email protected] 9021 6766 Mrs Carol Martin Kimberley PO Box 1433 BROOME 6725 [email protected] 9368 6270 Ms Andrea Mitchell Kingsley PO Box 464 GREENWOOD 6924 [email protected] 9309 2666 Mr Roger Cook Kwinana PO Box 428 KWINANA 6966 [email protected] 9439 6444 Mr David Templeman Mandurah PO Box 1509 MANDURAH 6210 [email protected] 9581 3944 Ms Lisa Baker Maylands PO Box 97 INGLEWOOD 6932 [email protected] 9370 3550 Hons Michelle Roberts Midland PO Box 1792 MIDLAND 6936 [email protected] 9274 8811 Mr John Quigley Mindarie PO Box 2024 CLARKSON 6030 [email protected] 9407 8600 Hon Grant Woodhams Moore PO Box 1487 GERALDTON 6531 [email protected] 9921 4818 Mr Ian Britza Morley Box 126, Galleria Shpng Ctr MORLEY 6062 [email protected] 9375 5800 Mr Michael Sutherland Mount Lawley 2/58 Walcott St MOUNT LAWLEY 6050 [email protected] 9473 0800 Mr Murray Cowper Murray‐Wellington PO Box 480 PINJARRA 6208 [email protected] 9531 3155 Hon Bill Marmion Nedlands Shop 1, 160 Hampden Rd NEDLANDS 6009 [email protected] 9386 3064 Ms Janine Freeman Nollamara PO Box 669 MIRRABOOKA 6941 [email protected] 9345 2005 Mr Vincent Catania North West PO Box 1000 CARNARVON 6701 [email protected] 9941 2999 Mr Albert Jacob Ocean Reef PO Box 47 JOONDALUP 6919 [email protected] 9305 4099 Mr John Hyde Perth 446 William St PERTH 6000 [email protected] 9227 8040 Hon Tom Stephens Pilbara PO Box 2667 SOUTH HEDLAND 6722 [email protected] 9140 1711 Dr Michael Nahan Riverton Shp P05, Stockland, High Rd RIVERTON 6148 [email protected] 9457 1282 Hon Mark McGowan Rockingham PO Box 5324 ROCKINGHAM BEACH 6168 [email protected] 9192 3111 Mrs Liza Harvey Scarborough 197 Scarborough Bch Rd DOUBLEVIEW 6005 [email protected] 9204 2777 Mr John McGrath South Perth 8/219 Canning Highway SOUTH PERTH 6151 [email protected] 9592 7422 Mr Peter Abetz Southern River 4/2 Furley Rd SOUTHERN RIVER 6110 [email protected] 9256 4900 Mr Frank Alban Swan Hills 3/28‐32 Main St ELLENBROOK 6069 [email protected] 9296 7688 Mr Troy Buswell Vasse PO Box 516 BUSSELTON 6280 [email protected] 9752 1949 Mr Benjamin Wyatt Victoria Park PO Box 4373 VICTORIA PARK 6949 [email protected] 9361 1777 Hon Terry Waldron Wagin PO Box 430 NARROGIN 6312 [email protected] 9881 1225 Mr Paul Miles Wanneroo PO Box 225 WANNEROO 6946 [email protected] 9405 1244 Mr Paul Papalia Warnbro PO Box 8443 WARNBRO 6169 [email protected] 9523 4770 Ms Rita Saffioti West Swan PO Box 2656 MALAGA 6944 [email protected] 9248 3822 Mr Peter Tinley Willagee PO Box 124 HAMILTON HlLL 6963 [email protected] 9331 8015.