Visa for sex workers?

What d'you reckon, d'you think Oz has a shortage of 'legal' 'skilled' sex workers?

The Scarlet Alliance migration program manager, Jules Kim, said sex workers were just as skilled as other workers allowed to fly into Australia on the four-year work visas.

"The (Immigration Department) considers that sex work is not a skilled occupation and so they've been excluded,'' she told News Limited yesterday.
"That's discriminatory and we want equal rights.''
The Immigration Department already lets Australian companies "import'' overseas workers to fill 624 types of jobs.
The skilled occupations include massage therapists, gardeners, florists, cooks, dog handlers, fashion designers, bed and breakfast operators, entertainers, dancers, recreation officers, makeup artists, jockeys, gymnastic coaches and horse riding instructors.
Scarlet Alliance has told a Senate inquiry into 457 visas that "sex work is no less skilled than other occupations" on the official skills-shortage list.

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What a great idea, we should get all our sex workers to emigrate.

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I would like to give my opinion on this Maggis but that link isn't working for me .

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Hasn't Australia got enough prostitutes Maggis?

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love it Wrinkly.

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I read a book about this girl who had been duped to go to Amsterdam with regard to a fictitious job. She was kidnapped and made to work as a prostitute and plied with drugs to keep her dependant. Based on a true story and was horrendous. She was treated like an animal. So maybe they should consider them as 'skilled workers' where they can be looked after and have rights just like others, else they only end up in ruthless criminal hands.

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Do the Australian authorities recognise it as a legal occupation?

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- Scarlet Alliance Australian Sex Workers Association
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Don't blame me I was only being helpful, and I haven't actually read it, I didn't know it would come up with a working link, they don't as a rule when I post them, so apologies if it's inapprpriate, but I'm adding this as an edit so couldn't get it out if I wanted.
2nd edit it's not there so it's OK but the answer seems to be Yes it's legal in parts.

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It's decriminalised in a few areas but not here in SA altho' there are lots of them here and we certainly wouldn't need to import any from other countries and I reckon it would stop the 'slave trade' if it were made legal, I'm all for the idea of compulsory health checks etc and doing away with pimps

Darn! I only read the story this a.m. and now can't find it, sorry, but the gist of it is that they want to import even more workers on this scheme ( back door immigration?) and we don't need them(imo)

Thanks Hazel

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I dislike the thought of the sex trade and wish it didn't exist but I know it always will and for those who need it, this:

is what changes my mind - it should be made a legal occupation and given all the protection that other workers have (as long as they pay tax and NI (or the Ozzie equivalent))