In 1984 a Labor government legalised prostitution in Victoria and in their 2001 paper, "Legalising Prostitution Is Not The Answer: The Example Of Victoria, Australia", authors Jeffries and Mary Sullivan explained the legislative shift: "The prohibition of prostitution was seen to be ineffective against a highly visible massage parlour trade (a euphemism for brothels), increasing street prostitution, criminal involvement and drug use." The authors used the term "harm minimization" to describe the objective of the government at the time. When the oppositional Coalition government was elected in 1992 it decided to retain the legislation.