E-Mails as forwarded to all stakeholders

Dec 2018 and including March 2017

Amending the Queensland Prostitution Act

Where it all began.  www.aartbrons.com

01-12-2018. 

I Aart Brons have been the founder and still am the owner and licensee of Northern Belle Pty Ltd  https://www.northernbelle.com.au 

From 2006 till 2018 I have been proven to be of good character according to the Queensland Prostitution Licencing Authority.

The reason for this submission is that I feel that we brothel owners cannot get a hearing and be taken for its word. 

Examples below.  

Refer to: https://cmc.aartbrons.com/pdfs/Brothel%20%20Northern%20Belle%20%20Cairns%20Queensland%20outstanding%20Co-respondence%20from%20C.E.O%20Aart%20Brons.pdf  

Part “A” of my submission to the then CMC, refer to: 

https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Aart-Brons-Submission-to-cmc-17-12-2010.html

Would put a stop to refer to: 

https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/brothel-madam-made-18-million-in-months-as-court-details-her-booming-business/news-story/f4cb69106db0b9d007dc3cbda238b295  

Please Read further as in E-Mails below. 

Outstanding Co-respondence:   

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Att: (1)  The Hon Pauline Handson “Leader One Nation”

       (2)  Queensland Leader and Senate Candidate The Hon Steve Dickson.

Dear Ms Handson/Mr Dickson. 

This is to follow up and to be read in conjunction with the emails I sent you 

yesterday the 30th November 2018. Refer to:

https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Re-Cairns-Brothel-Pass-The-Aart-Brons-Parcel-Mark2-November-2018.html

I do go back in time somewhat but hope that “If justice prevails” there will be a future.

I also find it important to keep you in the loop, as my submissions do need bipartisan support. 

Hoping also that this important information will be received in good faith and with an open mind. 

Yours sincerely 

Aart Brons. 

Brothel Owner & Licensee. 

www.northernbelle.com.au

To all licensees and managers 

I hope this information will get to most of you as it has been some time and 

some email addresses would have changed and might not be current. 

The failure of our committee under the watchful eye of Chair Susan Wood 

got us nowhere. 

I however have not given up and have pushed the issue to the forefront once more. 

Refer to emails below. 

If you agree please forward this information on to your local MP so to lobby 

Him or Her up and or to at least keep them in the loop just like I have done. 

Thanks 

Kind Regards 

Aart Brons 

Brothel Owner & Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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Att: The Hon Mark Ryan. 

Dear Mr Ryan. 

This is a desperate attempt to get your attention. 

E-Mails as in set out below to be read in conjunction with E-Mails sent to you on the 14th November 2018.

Refer to: https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Re-Cairns-Brothel-Pass-The-Aart-Brons-Parcel-Mark2-November-2018.html

Please take E-Mails below into consideration. 

Yours sincerely 

Aart Brons 

Brothel Owner & Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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Dear Mr Marshall, 

I Repeat. 

As having been the Chair of the P.L.A. Will you now also bring this important issue to the forefront with the C.C.C Chair Mr Alan MacSporran, QC

And together put it to the attention of The Minister for Police the Hon Mark Ryan.

Please refer to: https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Re-Cairns-Brothel-Pass-The-Aart-Brons-Parcel-Mark2-November-2018.html

Kind regards 

Aart Brons 

Brothel Owner & Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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To whom this may concern at the committee of the P.L.A. 

Att: “1” To the Hon chair of the P,L,A. Mr Walter H Tutt. 

      “2” Chief Executive Director the Hon Margaret Izaac 

For your information and in accordance with the Prostitution regulations, 

and that is “to keep you informed”.

Kind regards 

Aart Brons. 

Brothel Owner & Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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Att: (1)  The Attorney General and ALP “Member, Committee of the Legislative Assembly” 15 Dec 2017

               The Hon Yvette D’Ath.

        (2)  The Hon Mr Jarrod Bleijie LNP “Member, Committee of the legislative Assembly” 15 Dec 2017.

Dear Yvette/Jarrod 

I am sorry for taking up more of your time, but this is in our view a urgent 

STATE ISSUE that can now no longer be delayed. Refer to:

https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Re-Cairns-Brothel-Pass-The-Aart-Brons-Parcel-Mark2-November-2018.html

I am therefor putting these emails below from the past to you, 14 March 2017. 

as it were front runners to the emails, sent to you currently, on the 30th of October 2018.

This so that it may help glean the Queensland Prostitution Act correct. 

We do not want it to go back to the dark ages as projected by Refer to: 

https://www.change.org/p/queensland-parliament-do-not-make-us-relive-history-save-the-independence-of-the-cmc

This is highly important as the Queensland Prostitution Act is currently on the PLA agenda. Refer to:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-27/sex-worker-laws-in-queensland-under-review/10429522 

Detective Senior Sergeant Peter Jory,

who headed up Queensland's Prostitution Taskforce 

called to “advertise with a landline phone number only”

a “No brainer” at the time, in my office here at Northern Belle.

He would report on it, but to our disappointment never did.?????

I am of the strong opinion that it is well within the  P.L.A’s  jurisdiction to be able to implement this as

“advertising falls under their Jurisdiction”.

Part “A” of my submission to the then CMC, refer to: 

https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Aart-Brons-Submission-to-cmc-17-12-2010.html

Would put a stop to refer to: 

https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/brothel-madam-made-18-million-in-months-as-court-details-her-booming-business/news-story/f4cb69106db0b9d007dc3cbda238b295

Yours sincerely 

Aart Brons 

Brothel Owner &Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:45 AM

To: attorney@ministerial.qld.gov.au

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Att:  The Attorney General and Minister for Justice the Hon Yvette D’Ath. 

Dear Yvette, 

There is to be another Brothel Owners meeting to be held on the 19th of March. 

A response of some sort to our proposal is now urgently required. 

Please do not take this request as being pushy in any way, but as you would understand 

it is important to our “LEGAL INDUSTRY” as we do fear “Policy Failure”. 

To keep you informed I will send along with this request some latest E-Mails 

to be included within the hard copy file I sent you previously. 

I do understand that your time is precious, and I apologise for taking up some of it. 

I do however strongly believe, you also being the Minister for Justice that the words 

“ILLEGAL SEX INDUSTRY” should be taken seriously.

Thanking you once more. 

Kind regards. 

Aart Brons. 

Brothel Owner and Licensee. 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 6:11 PM

To: attorney@ministerial.qld.gov.au

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Att:  To the Attorney General and Minister for Justice the Hon Yvette D’Ath, 

Dear Yvette, 

I am putting this most important sex industry issue to you, only as a last

resort (Refer to E-Mails below) 

The reason is to help Glean “the Queensland Prostitution Act” and make it a “World Class Act”.

It is of course disappointing that the P.L.A. has again refused to implement 

our proposal. 

Our proposal is that “Prostitution advertising is to be done strictly with a

Queensland Land Line phone number only”.

( Whether that is in old copper, N.B.N or N.B.N to the Node.) 

If implemented it would work like a wrecking ball through the Illegal sex industry,

and would be a win, win, win, win for all, “with only one loser”:

1   The Queensland Prostitution Act. (As in making it a “World Class Act”) Win

2   Genuine Queensland Legal solo Operators. Win

3   Queensland’s Legal (Highly regulated) Licensed brothels.Win.

4   And the general public. Win

The only losers would be the illegal side of the industry

I am of the opinion that the P.L.A is well within there powers to implement 

this request as advertising falls under their umbrella of powers. 

I am also of the opinion that it is not up to the P.L.A to be the only one 

to decide on this effective, efficient, low cost proposal, as it could

put the P.L.A in a most controversial position. 

I therefore request the Hon Attorney General to put it in a bill to Parliament 

so that it can be voted on and put forth as an “Amendment to the Act.”

This would, in my humble view, be the most democratic way forward, as 

no one would hold sole responsibility or could be blamed, for implementing this most important item within the Act. 

I will be forwarding a hard copy file in support of our request in an 

overnight Post Bag. It is to be read in conjunction with the E-Mail’s below. 

I believe it will assist you in your understanding of this most urgent, important and pivotal

issue that the survival of the “Legal Sex Industry” depends on.

I fear that it will otherwise lead to a massive “policy failure.”

A petition signed by Co-Brothel owners in Queensland.

We propose that all prostitution is to be done strictly through a Queensland landline phone number only and that all mobile phone numbers used for advertising prostitution are to be banned and made illegal.

This petition will also be forwarded in the overnight bag as discussed above. 

I hope that this will be well received, as it is well intended. 

Yours sincerely 

Aart Brons 

Brothel owner and Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: PLAstandard

Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 11:29 AM

To: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Subject: RE: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Dear Mr Brons 

Thank you for your email. The PLA has previously responded to the correspondence and/or referred you to the relevant agency for their reply. 

Yours sincerely 

Margaret Isaac 

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Att:  Executive Director: Margaret Izaac. 

Dear Margaret, 

There is to be a meeting held by Brothel Owners on the 19 Feb 2017, 

as in E-Mails below. 

It is now critical that I get a response to my E-Mail sent to the P.L.A 

on the 30 Dec 2016. 

Thanks 

Regards 

Aart Brons 

C.E.O. Northern Belle Pty, Ltd 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 11:40 PM

To: qldbrothelowners@gmail.com

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Hi Laurence, 

I am forwarding you this E-Mail I put to the ABC. 

I do’nt think it would hurt to have a reporter at the meeting. 

Hoping it will all put some meat on the bone so to speak. 

I also do’nt know their reaction, we will see. 

I will keep you posted 

Kind regards 

Aart 

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Monday, February 06, 2017 10:47 PM

To: ABC Corporate_Affairs1

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Dear Ruth McQuire, 

Thank you for your response to my request. 

Seeing that the Hon Peter Beattie is not contracted to the ABC at the moment 

I would not think it appropriate to put this “State Issue” to him while on the 

1018 Commonwealth Games Committee. 

I do however think the “Queensland Prostitution Act” is in so much trouble as in 

“Policy Failure” that it may be worth putting this most important issue to the

Chief Editor of your ABC four Corners program. 

There is to be a Qld brothel owner meeting to be held on the 19th of February 

At 2.00pm at the Lord Stanley Hotel, 994 Stanley St, East Brisbane QLD 4169.

I would like to put forward and would much appreciate for an investigating 

reporter to be present and maybe do a story on this most important pivotal 

issue to the “Legal industry’s survival’. 

I will also forward an additional E-Mail to confirm this meeting. 

Thank you for your time once again. 

Kind regards 

Aart Brons 

Brothel owner & licensee. 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 8:21 PM

To: qldbrothelowners@gmail.com

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Dear Laurence, 

Can you please forward the E-Mail’s in this file to all stakeholders. 

It is important that we do not cross messages. The most critical points to the 

Minister will be the two outstanding recommendations from the C.M.C. 

1  P.L.A’s policy on advertising. 

    (My recommendation)                    “To advertise prostitution

                                    STRICTLY WITH A QUEENSLAND LANDLINE PHONE NUMBER ONLY”

2  A interim committee reporting directly to the minister.

    (My recommendation)             “So that Brothel owners and Managers

                                                  Can have an official recognised input”

The most important file to find and click on to in  https://www.cmc.aartbrons.com/ is

                                                  “Aart Brons Submission to C.M.C. 17-12-2010”

I will end by saying if you find it important to support the above then 

I most welcome your letter or E.Mail of support stating so. 

So that it can be forwarded along with my own submission to the Minister. 

Kind Regards 

Aart “The Aardvark” Brons 

Brothel owner and Licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Friday, December 30, 2016 4:00 PM

To: plaadmin

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

We at Northern Belle wish the P.L.A and all its staff a happy New Year full of good will. 

Att:    The Chair: The Hon Marshall Irwin. 

         Executive Director: Margaret Isaacs.

         Policy Director: Bob Wallace.

         And the Board.

I am Requesting the Board to put the last two recommendations by the C.M.C 

Back on the agenda, as explained in E-Mails below, and as put to the P.E.T.F. 

and to the A.B.C News 24 Recipient: Audience & Consumer affairs. 

Quote: 

My name is Aart Brons, C.E.O of Northern Belle PTY. LTD. First legal brothel

in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. 

Please refer to  https://www.cmc.aartbrons.com/.

I request for you to provide me with a path to put this most important “State Issue”

to the Ex Queensland Premier the Hon Peter Beattie. He is at present a political 

commentator on you network. It was during his watch that the 

“Queensland Prostitution Act” was introduced and enacted, calling it a “World Class Act”.

We at Northern Belle fear “Policy Failure” as the number of legal brothels have droppedaccording to the P.L.A’s 2016 report from 27 to 22 due to “Viability Problems”

There are approx 90 brothels needed in Queensland so that the “Act” can be “Self Funded”through there licence fees. (5 times approx $40,000.00=$200,000.00 less in the kitty againleading to “Policy Failure”.

Please provide me with YOUR and or the Hon Peter Beattie E-Mail address so that I can 

send through some more MOST IMPORTANT PIVOTAL INFORMATION.

Kind regards. 

Aart Brons. 

Brothel owner and Licensee. 

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 1:35 PM

To: hogan.gerardp@police.qld.gov.au

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Dear Gerard, 

Information as discussed during our licencing interview. 

Regards 

Aart Brons 

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From: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 3:33 PM

To: aart.brons@bigpond.com

Subject: Fw: Request for you to put the "Queensland Prostitution Act" back on the agenda.

Att: The Hon Peter Beattie. 

Dear Peter, 

My name is Aart Brons and am the C.E.O of Northern Belle PTY, LTD. 

First legal brothel in Cairns. https://www.northernbelle.com.auestablished in 2006.

I hope this e-mail finds you in good stead and wish you and your family 

a Merry Christmas, and a happy and prosperous New Year. 

I also congratulate you on your t/v program during the year on channel 24. 

I am putting this important “State Issue” to you as a last resort as to help

and glean the “Queensland Prostitution Act” correct, as to prevent policy failure.

You having been the Premier of Queensland at the time to have implemented 

the “Act” and called it “World class”.  

Most submitters agree that 90% of the business is taken up by illegal prostitution.

Please refer to https://www.cmc.aartbrons.com

These most important issues urgently need to be put back on the agenda and was wondering and 

hoping that in someway it could be done through your program on T/V? 

This was also offered to Jessica Van Vonderen of the A.B.C to be read in www.cmc.aartbrons.com

on the right hand side of the page, she did not take it up and did not respond. 

Please also click on to “Aart Brons submission to cmc 17-12-2010”

I realize that every Act evolves and needs amending from time to time. 

but the two recommendations outstanding from theC.M.C in there report of 2006

and again in 2010 have still had NO outcome. These recommendations are in our

and the C.M.C’s opinion pivotal to the industries survival.

In the P.L.A report of 2016 licenced brothels went from 27 to 22 

(Five closed it doors this year alone as being not viable) 

They are threatening to go down even further if everybody keeps sitting on there hands.

This can only lead to policy failure as we need about 90 licenced brothels paying approx $40,000.00

per annum to be self funded and not rely on any subsidy from government to pay for the 

most important safety net. 

I greatly admired your premiership, and hope this plea will find you of good will.

Kind regards 

Aart Brons 

Brothel owner and Licensee 

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From: Northern Belle

Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 5:49 PM

To: plaadmin; police@ministerial.qld.gov.au; mailbox@cmc.qld.gov.au

Cc: Harris.JamesJ@police.qld.gov.au

Subject: Fw: Request for the P.L.A, - P.E.T.F, - C.M.C & Minister for Police the Hon John Dempsey "To take note"

Att: 1  Executive Director of the P.L.A Margaret Isaac. 

      2  The Chairman Manus Boyce and the Board.

This letter Plus attachments will also be forwarded to the P.E.T.F,  C.M.C, and the Minister for Police The Hon John Dempsey. 

In accordance with our brothel license regulation, I (your Licensee) am reporting again the repeated threatagainst our viability and that is  “Illegal prostitution being allowed to flourish in Cairns”.

Reluctant measures to our viability haveagain been taken as of 17-03-20014.

1  Northern Belle directors have taken a pay cut of approx $800.oo per week (Gross) 

2  Made redundant manager M J Skulander and added those hours to my wife en Co Licensees input. 

    Saving approx $1500.oo per week (gross)

We at Northern Belle eagerly await the last two recommendations 

made by the C.M.C in their 2006 report to be implemented. 

1  P.L.A’s policy on advertising. 

    “As the current one is absolutely not working.” (as per Attachments)

    Please put advertising strictly with landline phone number onlyon the agenda as submitted.

2  A interim committee reporting directly to the Minister for Police. 

    “ So that brothel owners may finally have a recognised input”.

If none of the above is forthcoming Northern belle sees a bleak future

As put to the P.L.A in our submission to Bob Wallace in 2007.

Refer to:

(1 )https://www.cmc.aartbrons.com/

(2) https://cmc.aartbrons.com/Re-Cairns-Brothel-Pass-The-Aart-Brons-Parcel-Mark2-November-2018.html

Regards

Aart Brons 

Brothel owner & licensee 

www.northernbelle.com.au