Honey Birdette, the sex shop masquerading as a high-end lingerie store has a long history of using pornographic images of women in their shop front advertising. And they've been getting away with it- for years.

Click here to read the Ad Standards Board case report

Our Queensland Volunteer Coordinator Angela shares her experience of a two year long fight trying to get a strip club billboard taken down. While the Advertising Standards Board upheld complaints, the strip club owner refused to take it down- and the current system of advertising (self) regulation means he doesn't have to, and that there are no penalties for non-compliance.

“…not sexually explicit or suggestive, or inappropriate in the circumstances”

- Advertising Standards Board, March, 2016 Case Number 0089/16 

And the Brisbane City Council doesn't care

Melbourne strip club 'Sin City' (formerly Shoop) has often made use of mobile billboards to advertise its 'product' to an all-ages audience.

Click here to read the submission

Click here to lodge a complaint with Advertising Standards Board about this billboard on Hoddle Street Melbourne (In front of Hungry Jacks).

To see more information on the harms of objectification and sexualisation see here. 

“Their passports are taken. They are told they are here to undertake sexual services and they will not be paid."

As published at Melinda Tankard Reist

AFP reveals sex trafficking based in Sydney brothels

How can the sex industry continue to deny the reality of trafficking in this country? Of course it is in their interests to play it down, given their brothels are hungry for as many women as possible to meet demand. The AFP has provided evidence of trafficking in NSW brothels to a parliamentary inquiry. 

Click here to read submission (PDF)