"Ethical" brothel struggles to find staff- CathNewsNZ and Pacific

“Ethical” brothel struggles to find staff

Monday, May 15th, 2017

The owner of Whangarei’s new ethical brothel has hit out at Work and Income New Zealand for blocking her efforts to find would-be sex workers from the ranks of the unemployed.

Antonia Murphy who opened The Bach, in Whangarei, four months ago asked if it was morally better to sell 40-plus hours a week of your time at a tedious job, to earn the same money you can make in three hours doing sex work. Continue reading

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