An Australian politician has said that girls as young as nine are selling sex for drugs and alcohol.

Araluen MLA Robyn Lambley told Northern Territory Parliament that young children were roaming the streets of Alice Springs in the middle of the night and 'soliciting' their bodies for money, reports News.com.au.
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"If it's true what we hear ... this is unacceptable," she said.
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Lambley called for an emergency response similar to the federal intervention into Territory Aboriginal communities.