by Elena Jeffreys | Oct 11, 2023 | Media release, News
Government raids on workplaces are not a solution to exploitation, trafficking or modern slavery. Joint statement by Scarlet Alliance, Human Rights Law Centre and Anti-Slavery Australia Stakeholders call for more transparency in the development of immigration policy,...
by Elena Jeffreys | Oct 3, 2023 | Media release, News
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...
by Elena Jeffreys | Sep 1, 2023 | Media release, News
On Wednesday, the 30th of August, a Bill (Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023) was introduced to South Australian parliament by the Honourable Nicola Centofanti, MLC (Lib). This Bill seeks to shift criminalisation from the sex industry...
by Elena Jeffreys | Aug 9, 2023 | AMSWAG, Community Update, Media release, News
Recent media has reported on Border Force raids on sex worker workplaces in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin and regional Northern Territory. At least thirteen workplaces were targeted, and it has been reported that in a Sydney raid 25 officers including...
by Elena Jeffreys | Jun 27, 2023 | AMSWAG, News
Background Scarlet Alliance convenes the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group (AMSWAG), made up of Asian migrant sex workers and Asian migrant sex worker peer educators. AMSWAG centres the voices of Asian migrant sex workers in the development of Scarlet Alliance...
