❓ Mr. Baker asks about the results of the Prostitution Act since its enactment. Mr. Prince details enforcement statistics and accuses the Labor Party of obstructing the Bill's passage, claiming the Act improves life quality in affected areas.
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The prostitution Act has been law since 1 July 2000. What results have the police to report on concerning its use to date? Mr PRINCE
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The prostitution Bill came into this House and was agreed to, particularly by the member for Midland - and I applaud her for doing so - and other members, although there was vigorous debate here and Labor Party members attempted to change it. It went to the other place and was changed extensively and then came back here. The Labor Party basically did everything it could to stop that Bill going through and ran an extensive interference campaign. Notwithstanding that, the Bill passed and became law on 1 July. The police set up an operation that started around then and as at 10 October have laid 54 charges for offences against that Act; nine against the Criminal Code, eight against the Misuse of Drugs Act, six against the Police Act, two against the Road Traffic Act and six against the Bail Act. Six summonses have also been issued. Move-on notices have been issued under the Act and are a relatively new exercise, particularly for this State. Some 180 move-on notices and 40 cautions have been issued, which is a total of 220 contacts with people on the streets. Three restraining orders have been sought, three search warrants have been issued, and a whole series of liquor cautions, traffic cautions and property receipts have been issued, and so on. The effect has been to take the most offensive and objectionable parts of prostitution, that were making the lives of the people of Highgate and other parts of Northbridge, particularly the Town of Vincent, absolute misery - Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Mr PRINCE replied: The prostitution Bill came into this House and was agreed to, particularly by the member for Midland - and I applaud her for doing so - and other members, although there was vigorous debate here and Labor Party members attempted to change it. It went to the other place and was changed extensively and then came back here. The Labor Party basically did everything it could to stop that Bill going through and ran an extensive interference campaign. Notwithstanding that, the Bill passed and became law on 1 July. The police set up an operation that started around then and as at 10 October have laid 54 charges for offences against that Act; nine against the Criminal Code, eight against the Misuse of Drugs Act, six against the Police Act, two against the Road Traffic Act and six against the Bail Act. Six summonses have also been issued. Move-on notices have been issued under the Act and are a relatively new exercise, particularly for this State. Some 180 move-on notices and 40 cautions have been issued, which is a total of 220 contacts with people on the streets. Three restraining orders have been sought, three search warrants have been issued, and a whole series of liquor cautions, traffic cautions and property receipts have been issued, and so on. The effect has been to take the most offensive and objectionable parts of prostitution, that were making the lives of the people of Highgate and other parts of Northbridge, particularly the Town of Vincent, absolute misery - Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
The prostitution Bill came into this House and was agreed to, particularly by the member for Midland - and I applaud her for doing so - and other members, although there was vigorous debate here and Labor Party members attempted to change it. It went to the other place and was changed extensively and then came back here. The Labor Party basically did everything it could to stop that Bill going through and ran an extensive interference campaign. Notwithstanding that, the Bill passed and became law on 1 July. The police set up an operation that started around then and as at 10 October have laid 54 charges for offences against that Act; nine against the Criminal Code, eight against the Misuse of Drugs Act, six against the Police Act, two against the Road Traffic Act and six against the Bail Act. Six summonses have also been issued. Move-on notices have been issued under the Act and are a relatively new exercise, particularly for this State. Some 180 move-on notices and 40 cautions have been issued, which is a total of 220 contacts with people on the streets. Three restraining orders have been sought, three search warrants have been issued, and a whole series of liquor cautions, traffic cautions and property receipts have been issued, and so on. The effect has been to take the most offensive and objectionable parts of prostitution, that were making the lives of the people of Highgate and other parts of Northbridge, particularly the Town of Vincent, absolute misery - Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Mr PRINCE replied: The prostitution Bill came into this House and was agreed to, particularly by the member for Midland - and I applaud her for doing so - and other members, although there was vigorous debate here and Labor Party members attempted to change it. It went to the other place and was changed extensively and then came back here. The Labor Party basically did everything it could to stop that Bill going through and ran an extensive interference campaign. Notwithstanding that, the Bill passed and became law on 1 July. The police set up an operation that started around then and as at 10 October have laid 54 charges for offences against that Act; nine against the Criminal Code, eight against the Misuse of Drugs Act, six against the Police Act, two against the Road Traffic Act and six against the Bail Act. Six summonses have also been issued. Move-on notices have been issued under the Act and are a relatively new exercise, particularly for this State. Some 180 move-on notices and 40 cautions have been issued, which is a total of 220 contacts with people on the streets. Three restraining orders have been sought, three search warrants have been issued, and a whole series of liquor cautions, traffic cautions and property receipts have been issued, and so on. The effect has been to take the most offensive and objectionable parts of prostitution, that were making the lives of the people of Highgate and other parts of Northbridge, particularly the Town of Vincent, absolute misery - Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
The prostitution Bill came into this House and was agreed to, particularly by the member for Midland - and I applaud her for doing so - and other members, although there was vigorous debate here and Labor Party members attempted to change it. It went to the other place and was changed extensively and then came back here. The Labor Party basically did everything it could to stop that Bill going through and ran an extensive interference campaign. Notwithstanding that, the Bill passed and became law on 1 July. The police set up an operation that started around then and as at 10 October have laid 54 charges for offences against that Act; nine against the Criminal Code, eight against the Misuse of Drugs Act, six against the Police Act, two against the Road Traffic Act and six against the Bail Act. Six summonses have also been issued. Move-on notices have been issued under the Act and are a relatively new exercise, particularly for this State. Some 180 move-on notices and 40 cautions have been issued, which is a total of 220 contacts with people on the streets. Three restraining orders have been sought, three search warrants have been issued, and a whole series of liquor cautions, traffic cautions and property receipts have been issued, and so on. The effect has been to take the most offensive and objectionable parts of prostitution, that were making the lives of the people of Highgate and other parts of Northbridge, particularly the Town of Vincent, absolute misery - Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Dr Gallop: What about the finance broking industry? You sat there and went along with the finance broking industry. The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
The SPEAKER: Order! Although I allow interjections, I reminded members yesterday, and I do so again today, that interjections must relate to what is being discussed and the question that is being answered. They are not meant to be an opportunity for people to sling mud across the Chamber during the answering of other questions. If members wish to do so, they must move a motion. Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
Mr PRINCE: Many members in this place - for example, the member for Perth and the member for Midland - have brought petitions into this place from the residents of those areas, asking the Parliament to do something. Against opposition from the Australian Labor Party, we did it. The Act is now in operation, so women and children can go to and from their houses without being harassed by kerb crawlers, and other people in the area are not harassed by prostitutes and their pimps. The legislation works and is being well enforced - against what the Labor Party wanted to do.
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