Read between the lines. This is re-regulation of the sex industry from a Government that believes in small government and de-regulation. It is a way for the Christian majority in the Government to restrict the sex industy.

It is a formula to drive sex work underground and produce a much larger unsafe, un-regulated illegal industry, Safe for workers? Safe for operators? Safe for punters?

And a note on massage: any massage that performs HJ or B2B under a massage license is already an illegal premise. That puts 99% of massage shops in the illegal brothel category. You can imagine the number of retail shops coming on the market, the number of overseas students having to go home through lack of funds, and the increase in private workers working secretly below the radar as a result of licensing.

Does not bode well for Sydney.