I know I don't speak for all of you, but I, for one, will not be so quick to jump into making judgements on those poor Nepali girls who have allegedly taken up prostitution.

As Maddog wrote above, desperate times call for desperate measures.  Maybe such were the situations for those ladies.  Legalities aside, they had to do what they had to do to survive.  Their activities have no bearing on my image of Nepal or Nepalis.

Sure, one could say that if they did not have enough money why did they come to Australia, or, for that matter, why don't they return back to Nepal?  But have you honestly experienced the economic condition of Nepal?  Forget thinking about future, it is hard to make ends meet in present for most people.  And when you make a significant investment in getting visa, buying air-ticket, arranging for initial expenses, in addition to the burden of high expectations from friends and family, would you really find the option of returning home empty handed with head hung low attractive? 

While it's easy for men to pass edicts and pontificate from the far safety of internet, it is not right to condemn or make fun of those girls without walking a mile in their shoes.