No point to red light area—Premier
NZPA Sydney There was no point in setting up a "red light" district in Sydney’s inner suburbs any more than in legalising prostitution, the New South Wales .Premier, Mr Neville Wr'an. said yes-' terday. ' But he said that the State's Attorney-General. Mr - Paul Landa, would introduce laws aimed at getting prostitutes off the streets and out of residential areas. The Government's decision to review legislation relating to prostitutes comes after a report from the state’s Ombudsman. Mr George Masterman, Q.C. The report strongly criticised the Citv Council’and the
police for failing to control prostitution in residential Darlinghurst and east Sydney. -Sydney's Lord Mayor. Aiderman Doug Sutherland, said that the - state Government was to blame for the problem and it was up to it to solve it and not the City .Council and the police. Mr Wran said that there was no point in solving the problems of Darlinghurst if that meant prostitutes would move to other residential areas and create similar problems. He said that Mr Landa's proposed legislation was aimed at giving some peace to people in all residential areas.
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Press, 26 February 1983, Page 8
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