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Scarlet Alliance rejects call to ban new strip clubs
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, rejects calls to ban new strip clubs from opening and the suggestion that strip clubs are responsible gender inequality and disrespect of women. Quotes attributable to Mish Pony, CEO of Scarlet Alliance: "Banning...
Stakeholder comment on Government Response to the Nixon Review
“Government raids on workplaces is not a solution to exploitation, trafficking or modern slavery.” Scarlet Alliance, Human Rights Law Centre and Anti-Slavery Australia Stakeholders call for more transparency in the development of immigration policy, clearer...
Unpacking the proposed criminalisation of clients in South Australia
The Bill introduced on the 30th of August by Nicola Centofanti, MLC, titled “Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023”, re-visits a legislative framework first implemented in Sweden in 1999. The Bill criminalises clients of sex workers and would...
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About Scarlet Alliance
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association is the national peak body representing sex workers and sex worker organisations and projects in Australia. We aim to achieve equality, social, legal, political, cultural and economic justice for sex workers.
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Briefing Paper
Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Australia

Briefing Paper
Anti-Discrimination & Vilification Protections for Sex Workers in Australia

Briefing Paper
Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Australia

Briefing Paper
Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Australia
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