Running a Legal Brothel Melbourne is like running any business\u2026almost<\/p>\n
Owning a legal brothel Melbourne<\/a> sounds like everyone\u2019s dream job \u2013 surrounded by beautiful, hot women and collecting money like a bandit. We investigated that reality and learned a few things.<\/strong><\/p>\n You\u2019ve seen them as you walk down almost any high street, probably even your own shopping centre has one – a \u201cmassage\u201d parlour that looks a little, well, seedy. The blacked-out windows, extended hours not to mention the give-away \u201csexy young Asian girls inside\u201d advertisement. It\u2019s highly likely this shop is one of the illegal brothels that infest Melbourne and seem to operate with impunity despite the \u201claw and order\u201d mantras trumpeted by our political leaders.<\/p>\n There are an estimated 500 illegal brothels in Victoria alone<\/a>. When you consider there are only 90 legal brothels, that\u2019s quite a discrepancy. And it\u2019s a fact that drives legal brothel owners crazy. Victoria was the first state to legalise brothels under the 1994 Sex Work Act and for many first-time licensees willing to go through the tortuous process of application, the high cost of the licence and the onerous regulation, then being banished to industrial wastelands to operate, it still seemed like a good business opportunity for some savvy business people willing to submit to the process.<\/p>\n