http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/frances-simmons/ Frances Simmons is a lawyer representing trafficked people in immigration and compensation matters as part of the free legal service provided by Anti-Slavery Australia. Visit http://www.antislavery.org.au.  en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/slavery-in-australia-goes-beyond-the-sex-trade/ The kneejerk response to stories about sex trafficking is to ramp up criminal laws and crackdown on the sex industry. We need a more nuanced approach. Last night I watched the Four Corners special on ‘sex slavery’. I work as a lawyer representing women and men who have been trafficked to Australia but most of the time I’d rather watch YouTube videos of cats yowling than a sex trafficking doco. Still, I turned on Four Corners to hear the story of two Chinese women who had been trafficked into the sex industry. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Frances Simmons) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/slavery-in-australia-goes-beyond-the-sex-trade/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/slavery-in-australia-goes-beyond-the-sex-trade/#item6898 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:45:40 +0000 Frances Simmons | Author bios | The Punch