Legal confusion has forced some Melbourne councils to hire private investigators to have sex with prostitutes in illegal brothels to help shut them down, the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) said.
It was revealed today that at least six Melbourne councils had paid private investigators to receive "sexual services" from prostitutes to provide evidence against them.
In more than a dozen cases, investigators hired by Melbourne and Yarra city councils had sex with the prostitutes.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia at 4:25 AM EST
The Full story: The Australian
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Caesar, the blond, blue-eyed muscle hunk, took the gay porn world by storm. He spoke with Reg Domingo during his recent visit to Australia.
Caesar recalls his first on-camera sexual performance with a sense of dread....
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Porn & Sex Industry at 5:40 AM EST
The Full story: SX News
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A group of senior RailCorp managers including one who ran a prostitution service from Central Station headquarters, have been sacked for sexual harassment, pornography and other offences after a mammoth internal investigation.
The men's lewd behaviour has also prompted a massive crackdown on harassment and inappropriate behaviour within RailCorp.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Offbeat at 1:31 PM EST
The Full story: Daily Telegraph
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Some international students in Australia are being forced to work in the sex industry to pay for their expensive degrees.
The Students' Union says the women end up in the sex industry because their visa restricts them to working just twenty hours a week during any one semester and they need high paying jobs to survive.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Porn & Sex Industry at 6:26 AM EST
The Full story: ABC Australia
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A Company said today it was disappointed to be ordered to reinstate an employee it sacked for viewing and storing pornography on his work laptop computer.
In May, NSW Industrial Relations Commissioner John Murphy rejected an appeal by Richard Budlong, 56, for unfair dismissal by NCR Australia, over his breach of the company's code of conduct.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Legal Issues at 4:54 AM EST
The Full story: Daily Telegraph
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Like many people, I get about a dozen emails a day bearing news good and bad. The bad is that my penis is too small, too soft and lacking the endurance to satisfy a fruit fly. The good is I can build a longer, stronger and everlasting erection for a few hundred dollars — by taking miracle pills.
Example: "Get ready to be stopped by women in the street. Your entire image will emanate increased size! This is what you always needed to lead a happier, more fulfilling life."
Posted by Super Sub in: Society & Culture, Australia, USA at 1:14 PM EDT
The Full story: The Age
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FORMER internet porn baron Greg Lasrado was driving erratically and may have been under the influence of heroin when he caused a high-speed collision on one of the state's busiest roads, a court has been told.
Lasrado, the flamboyant businessman who made and lost millions of dollars from a chain of pornography websites, was unsteady on his feet, appeared dazed and had glassy eyes after the collision that caused a small car to overturn on the Pacific Motorway, near Mt Gravatt, in February last year.
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A FORMER computer porn king who became addicted to drugs has pleaded guilty in a Brisbane court to possessing heroin.
Greg Shiraz Lasrado, 35, of Kenmore Hills, in Brisbane's west, pleaded guilty in Brisbane Magistrates' Court today to one count of possession of a dangerous drug on February 16 this year.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Porn & Sex Industry at 6:37 AM EDT
The Full story: The Sunday Mail
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The former frontman of Australian pop group Savage Garden, Darren Hayes, has married his male partner of several years in a civil ceremony in London.
Savage Garden sold more than 20 million albums worldwide in the five years before the band split in 2001...
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Gay Issues at 6:25 AM EDT
The Full story: ABC News (Australia)
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If you subscribe to the theory that sex sells in advertising, Terry Richardson is definitely your man.
Best known for louche imagery that blurs the lines between photography and pornography, the 41-year-old American coaxes models into his studio to strike poses that no doubt shock their parents.
Posted by Super Sub in: Society & Culture, Australia, Media at 10:28 AM EDT
The Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
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CUT-price Asian sex workers were flooding Australia's sex market, stealing the "bread and butter" of more expensive local prostitutes, a Perth madam said today.
West Australian brothel owner Mary-Anne Kenworthy said she spent thousands of dollars investigating Asian women listing their sexual services in Perth newspapers.
Posted by Super Sub in: Society & Culture, Asia, Australia, Porn & Sex Industry at 8:52 AM EDT
The Full story: The Daily Telegraph
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North Queensland players and officials have taken the "unprecedented step" of publicly denying a Wayne Carey-type sex scandal took place within the NRL club.
Tired of vicious rumours being circulated throughout the rugby league fraternity, on Tuesday night the Cowboys released a one-page statement that was signed off by all management, staff and players.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Sex Scandals at 3:04 AM EDT
The Full story: The Age
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At 22, Sam Brett is one of Australia's most widely read writers. But it's not her insights into politics, the economy or even sport that have her readers hooked.
The pithy columns on Brett's blog are far more personal, delving instead into the intricacies of sex and relationships in the cyber-age
Posted by Super Sub in: Society & Culture, Australia, Internet at 10:16 AM EDT
The Full story: Mail And Guardian Online
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THE country's first sex slave case has been dropped after it was revealed the prosecution's key witness was the target of a major investigation into a global prostitution ring.
The Australian Federal Police hid from both the District Court and the Federal Director of Public Prosecutions that they had the woman and her boyfriend under surveillance for two years on suspicion of selling sex slaves to Australian brothels.
Posted by Super Sub in: Asia, Australia, Porn & Sex Industry, Legal Issues at 12:03 PM EDT
The Full story: The Daily Telegraph
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Death threats have been made against the people setting up an adult book shop in Shepparton, in north-eastern Victoria.
The Eros Foundation plans to open the Club X store in 12 months. It comes after the community took the business to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal to stop it being built in the city.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Porn & Sex Industry, Business at 4:05 AM EDT
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NETWORK Ten has escaped the communications watchdog’s wrath over its Big Brother TV show, but could soon face tougher rules covering the broadcast of reality programs.
Ten found itself in the middle of a furore over its hit program Big Brother this week after two male contestants were thrown off the show for alleged sexual misconduct.
While Ten did not broadcast footage of the incident on TV, subscribers to its Big Brother website saw it live early last Saturday.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Sex Scandals, Media at 12:30 AM EDT
The Full story: The Border Mail
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THE NSW Treasurer, Michael Costa, is suing the radio station Nova over a claim aired on its breakfast show that he had visited a prostitute.
Last month an anonymous caller to the program, who said she was a prostitute, alleged that she had "seen" Mr Costa.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Sex Scandals, Media, Legal Issues at 12:00 AM EDT
The Full story: Sydney Morning Herald
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OPTUS has had a damages payout reduced on appeal in a case which exposed its role as a key player in the global internet pornography trade.
The nation's second-biggest telco will now have to pay only a fraction of the original $11.5 million damages ordered by Supreme Court judge Robert McDougall in November 2004.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Porn & Sex Industry, Business, Internet at 3:15 PM EDT
The Full story: The Australian
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AUSTRALIA'S media watchdog has sought the removal of almost 250 pornographic web pages and other internet postings over the first four months of this year.
Official figures from the Australian Communications and Media Authority showed the watchdog received 293 complaints from January to April and acted on 236 of them.
Posted by Super Sub in: Australia, Internet at 3:07 PM EDT
The Full story: Courier Mail
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AUSTRALIAN women in their late 40s and early 50s are having more sex than younger women, many of whom say they're in the grip of a sexual drought.
A new survey of 659 women, conducted by independent researcher MarketTools,
Posted by Super Sub in: Society & Culture, Australia, Health at 10:56 AM EDT
The Full story: The Age
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