Debunking the Porn Panic Webinar
The media is full of assumptions about the relationship between pornography and sexual violence, but where is the evidence? How do these conversations impact sex workers and how can we have more constructive conversations around these issues moving forward?
Exclusion of access to sex work services under the NDIS
Scarlet Alliance and Touching Base unequivocally reject Minister Bill Shorten’s public declaration to exclude access to sex work services under the NDIS. We are currently engaging with allied peer and peak disability organisations, policy makers and media…
Deepfake Politics
Following the announcement of new Commonwealth criminal laws to ban the non-consensual sharing of sexually explicit material, including digitally manipulated deepfakes, sex workers and human rights advocates are left with more questions than answers.
Porn in the Media
Porn, age verification and gendered violence has been in the media a lot recently. In response we’ve launched our Porn and Age Verification page. Check it out for our position on porn and age verification, and what the implications for sex workers are.
Virtual elimination of HIV transmission within reach after Budget
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association and the National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) strongly endorse the Albanese Government's Budget commitment to drive the virtual elimination of HIV transmission and improve quality of life for...
AMSWAG Statement on the ‘Rescue Industry’
The ‘rescue industry’ – including multiple rescue organisations – seek to use our experiences to campaign against sex work, earning legitimacy by using our stories and competing for funding that could have gone to peer organisations such as Scarlet Alliance and Vixen. Sex worker-led spaces are safe places for our community, whereas rescue organisations are not.
SWOP NSW and Scarlet Alliance condemn gratuitous and irresponsible reporting on sex work
There is a current and deeply concerning media trend that places excessive, unnecessary, and stigmatising focus on sex work, at the expense of meaningful discussion about the significant issues that Australia is currently facing.
Open letter to All About Women re: Is it time to rethink porn?
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association; and the Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP NSW) are deeply concerned about the session ‘Is it time to rethink porn?’ at the upcoming All About Women Festival.
Sex workers welcome WHS protections over criminal penalties
DecrimQLD, Respect Inc and Scarlet Alliance welcome the introduction of the Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 today. We congratulate the Miles Government and Attorney-General Hon. Yvette D’Ath for progressing this essential reform.
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.