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Friends and family of Kiwi drag queen Carmen Rupe gathered in Sydney today to farewell her.
As a gay rights advocate, Rupe led a very public life fighting for equal rights for a marginalised community.
Coco Devine, a friend of Rupe’s, said she encouraged other trans-gender people to stand up for what they believe in.
“She taught us to be people and remember who we are.”
Rupe died of kidney failure last Thursday.
Although her loved ones said goodbye to her today, Rupe’s influence still remains.
“It’s a good time to say goodbye to a woman who was a trailblazer in so many ways for rights for both trans-gender,” Pindi-Rochelle Hurring, a friend of Rupe’s, said.
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Returning to New Zealand in the late 1960s, she became an entrepreneur and owned several businesses in Wellington, including a notorious massage parlour. It was rumoured to be frequented by everyone from politicians to police officers.

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A Kiwi drag queen who became a familiar figure on Sydney streets will be buried there after dying of kidney failure.   The iconic transvestite and performer, Carmen, has died aged 75 in Sydney’s St Vincent Hospital.
A gay rights advocate, former Wellington mayoral candidate and former stripper, Carmen had battled with poor health for months before finally succumbing to kidney failure early today.
“Even as recently as Monday night she was lucid and coherent and had a strong will to live,” her close friend and guardian Jurgen Hoosma said.
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Returning to New Zealand in the late 1960s, she became an entrepreneur and owned several businesses in Wellington, including a notorious massage parlour. It was rumoured to be frequented by everyone from politicians to police officers.
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She will be buried at Sydney’s Rookwood Maori Cemetery.

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THE 14-year-old Australian boy caught with cannabis in Bali will be released from detention later today and is expected to arrive back in Sydney early tomorrow.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the teenager’s family had asked for details of his return to remain private, but it was ”welcome news” that the boy was hours from freedom.
”The family would prefer that details of his travel arrangements and release from custody remain private,” a spokeswoman said.
Before he boards a plane, however, the teenager will have to make a brief stop at the notorious Kerobokan jail where he will be required to be formally fingerprinted. He is then expected to be transported to Denpasar airport and held at an immigration detention cell before boarding an overnight flight.
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It it unclear how the boy will readjust on his return. The teenager was caught on October 4 outside a massage parlour in Bali’s popular Kuta Beach area with 3.6 grams of cannabis in his pocket.

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THE 14-year-old Australian boy caught with cannabis in Bali will be released from detention later today and is expected to arrive back in Sydney early tomorrow.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the teenager’s family had asked for details of his return to remain private, but it was ”welcome news” that the boy was hours from freedom.
”The family would prefer that details of his travel arrangements and release from custody remain private,” a spokeswoman said.
Before he boards a plane, however, the teenager will have to make a brief stop at the notorious Kerobokan jail where he will be required to be formally fingerprinted. He is then expected to be transported to Denpasar airport and held at an immigration detention cell before boarding an overnight flight.
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It it unclear how the boy will readjust on his return. The teenager was caught on October 4 outside a massage parlour in Bali’s popular Kuta Beach area with 3.6 grams of cannabis in his pocket.

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THE 14-year-old Australian boy caught with cannabis in Bali will be released from detention later today and is expected to arrive back in Sydney early tomorrow.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the teenager’s family had asked for details of his return to remain private, but it was ”welcome news” that the boy was hours from freedom.
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It it unclear how the boy will readjust on his return. The teenager was caught on October 4 outside a massage parlour in Bali’s popular Kuta Beach area with 3.6 grams of cannabis in his pocket.
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A TASKFORCE of police and immigration inspectors have raided Sydney brothels in the past month as part of a wide investigation into Asian women being trafficked into the sex industry.
Properties in Gladesville and Eastwood were targeted by a team of 18 investigators in a night operation on September 22. Both businesses – where at least 15 women worked – are suspected to have links to an organised crime gang based in Hong Kong.
The raids, which are part of an ongoing inquiry, come as figures obtained by the Herald show the issue of trafficking is a particular problem in NSW.
Raids … brothels have been raided in Sydney in what has been described as a wide investigation into Asian women trafficking. Photo: Reuters
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Last month’s operation was part of a crackdown on brothels and massage parlours being led by an inter-agency taskforce supported by a specialist local government investigator.

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A TASKFORCE of police and immigration inspectors have raided Sydney brothels in the past month as part of a wide investigation into Asian women being trafficked into the sex industry.
Properties in Gladesville and Eastwood were targeted by a team of 18 investigators in a night operation on September 22. Both businesses – where at least 15 women worked – are suspected to have links to an organised crime gang based in Hong Kong.
The raids, which are part of an ongoing inquiry, come as figures obtained by the Herald show the issue of trafficking is a particular problem in NSW.
Raids … brothels have been raided in Sydney in what has been described as a wide investigation into Asian women trafficking. Photo: Reuters
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Last month’s operation was part of a crackdown on brothels and massage parlours being led by an inter-agency taskforce supported by a specialist local government investigator.

See the full article from “Sydney Morning Herald”

BROTHELS in Gladesville and Eastwood were raided by a special task force last Thursday.
The joint operation involved the Gladesville Police crime team, officers from Ryde Council, Federal Police and the Department of Immigration.
The first raid at 5pm was at the approved brothel in Gladesville, where police found one of the women workers hiding under a bed.
A man claiming to be a security guard was found to have an expired visa.
Two owners and three other women were interviewed.
Infringement notices totalling $7500 were issued.
A few hours later, the team descended on an approved massage parlour in Eastwood where they arrested a man found in possession of a gram of cocaine.
A search of the premises turned up 83g of the drug “ice” with a street value of $20,000.

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SIX remedial massage parlours have been found to be operating as illegal brothels and have been ordered to stop.
Private investigators working for Holroyd Council found the massage parlours were trading outside of their consent by also providing sex services.
Three of the parlours are in Guildford, while the others are in Merrylands, Toongabbie and Westmead.
The council’s director of environmental planning services, Greg Raft said in an email that it had acted quickly.
“Private investigators (have) been able to establish sufficient proof that these services are being offered to clients to enable brothel closure orders to be served.
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Cr Mark Pigram recently alerted the council to suspicious activity at the Westmead massage parlour, based at the Oakes Shopping Centre on Hawkesbury Rd. The business is next to units, schools and churches.

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Commissioned by the Daily Telegraph, Seage’s firm: Brothel Busters, investigated bathe houses and massage parlours throughout Willoughby City.
A list of 21 allegedly illegal brothels was given to council and Daily Telegraph journalist, Nick Tabakoff, reported under the headline: “Blind eye on illicit brothels turns Chatswood into sin city.”
Seage says the issue of illegal brothels in Chatswood and throughout Willoughby City “is out of control.”
But other stakeholders don’t agree. Sex workers say agendas are at play in relation to reports of illegal brothels in Willoughby City. Investigations are ongoing however Council says it receives few complaints related to brothels.
Scarlet Alliance (Australian Sex Workers Association) CEO Janelle Fawkes, said: “We need to look at the agendas behind reports of supposed increases in brothels operating outside council guidelines. Brothel owners often see individual sex workers or small groups of sex workers working together as competition.”
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Police do not attend to enforce compliance from massage parlours operating outside council guidelines.

See the full article from “Reportage Online”