The industry is full of especially Asian female migrants and international students, lured by the promise of easy money to provide massage with "extra" services.
"When I was in Thailand, I never thought I would end up offering dodgy massage. When I first started working as a masseuse, I was actually surprised to know that this kind of service existed. But after so many clients asked me, I thought to myself, 'Okay, I'll do it,' because I get a lot of money and it is less tiring than normal massage."
Joy#, a Thai masseuse in her 30s in Sydney who is in Australia on a student visa, studying English and accounting.
Should 'happy ending massages" be outlawed in Australia? What do you think?
#Joy's name and other details have been changed to protect her identity.