Prostitutes working in pairs will not be able to use a receptionist or employ a security guard for protection under amendments to the Sex Industry Bill proposed by Attorney-General Judy Jackson. Ms Jackson said yesterday that the changes to the bill were necessary to...
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Cheers and Jeers over brothel ban, Michelle Paine, Tasmanian Mercury, 7 Oct 2005
ANTI-Prostitution lobbyists were jubilant yesterday over Attorney-General Judy Jackson's backflip on sex worker regulations.Tasmania's brothels - of which there are between 15 and 50 - have been warned of $50,000 fines and five-year jail terms. Coalition Against...
“Volunteer Awards” Northern Territory News 21/09/05
Two Territory organisations have takenout categories in the 2005 National AustraliaBank Volunteer Awards.YMCA of Katherine won the Educationand Youth Development category andScarlet Alliance won the Health andWellbeing category. Both will receive $7000.The...
“Gong for Volunteers” Darwin Palmerston Sun 21/09/05
The Scarlet Alliance NT - working to improve the lives of sex workers - were named state winners in the National Australia Bank Volunteer Awards. Alliance secretary Alina Thomas said it was great the alliance was being acknowledged. The Scarlet Alliance represents sex...
“NT volunteers help put sex workers first” National Australia Bank 19/09/05
Without a dedicated and passionate group of volunteers, the Scarlet Alliance would never have got its start in life – an important fact when you consider the significance of what they do, working to improve the wellbeing of sex workers throughout Australia.That...
“Sex and the city” by Erin O’Dwyer, 11/09/05, Sun Herald
What you see in celluloid is a far cry from the reality when it comes to sex workers. Erin O'Dwyer goes beyond the red light to explode the myths.THE BROTHEL owner sits cross-legged on the floor, wearing Buddhist prayer beads and quoting Shakespeare. "The...
Sex Work Laws Changing in Northern Territory
Melinda James from Stateline, ABC Darwin, reports on sex industry laws in the Northern Territory, and interviews Janelle Fawkes, Scarlet Alliance President, and Alina Thomas, SWOP NT spokesperson. Broadcast 3 December 2004. Sex workers are unhappy with current level...
Sex Workers Demonstrate AIDS protection
Australian sex worker, Janelle Fawkes,and her unidentified compatriotwho dressed as a male client,show hot to put on womanprotection gear to delegates at the 15thInternational AIDS Conferencein Bangkok, Thailand Thursday,July 15, 2004. Fawkes demonstrated howto check...
Zi Teng; “Prostitution ‘just another’ job’ May 3 2004
KELVIN CHAN, South China Morning PostThe world's oldest profession should be decriminalised, speakers told Hong Kong's first international conference on sex workers' rights yesterday. Prostitutes, unionists, activists, academics and legislators from around the world...
Sex Workers Gather To Denounce New Laws November 21 2002
Angry sex worker representatives from around Australia will join a protest in Perth tomorrow against planned changes to WA’s sex industry laws. Members of the national sex worker body, Scarlet Alliance, have denounced the proposed new sex industry laws as the...
Sex Workers Protest Proposed New Laws 23 June 2002
Sex worker representatives fear prostitutes could be forced onto the streets if the proposed changes to WA sex industry laws come into effect. Scarlet Alliance and other sex worker representatives joined forces yesterday to speak to journalists of their concerns about...
South Australian Magistrate Should Be Dismissed Say National Drug User and Sex Worker Organisations May 2003
Janelle Fawkes, President of Scarlet Alliance stated that “people who engage in street-based sex work are doing so to support themselves financially. It is clear the offensive comments directed at Tashara are a result of incorrect and ill-informed...