No More Green Lights to the Red Light Industry

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
J Grant
23 Rhyde Street
TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350
Total Signatures - 5
Sponsoring Member: Mark McArdle
Posting Date: 23/8/2005
Tabled Date: 23/8/2005
Responded By: Margaret Keech on 6/10/2005
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

The alarming recommendations of the Crime and Misconduct Commission’s
report entitled "Regulating Adult Entertainment: A review of the live
adult entertainment industry in Queensland". Some of these
recommendations, if adopted, will further erode community values and
expand and normalise the activities of the exploitive and regarding "sex
industry".

Your petitioners therefore request the House to reject any
recommendations within the report which expands the scope of this
industry through legalisation of illegal activities, including:

• Recommendation 7, which proposes the establishment of Adult
Entertainment Licence Special Permit 1, legalising acts involving graphic
full nudity including self-penetration and lesbian/group simulated sex
acts.
• Recommendations 12, 15 and 26, which weaken the regime of probity
checks and criteria for suitability of persons to hold an Adult
Entertainment Licence.
• Recommendation 18, which permits a holder of Adult Entertainment
Licence Special Permit 2 to provide ‘noncontact dating’ services to
clients, creating a potential front for the provision of prostitution in
an illegal manner.

Furthermore we request the House to endorse recommendations from the
report which protect minors and the community through enhanced
regulation, enforcement and penalties.