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Sex workers angry at manslaughter verdict in killing of Kimberly McRae
The Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP NSW) and Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, are shocked and disappointed that the court has found the accused not guilty of murder, but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. This verdict is extremely...
Vixen and Scarlet Alliance welcome the passage of the Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 but commit to continue to advocate for further reforms!
The passage of the Victorian Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 is an historic achievement for sex workers. Sex workers applaud the Andrews Labor Government recognition of sex work as work that should be regulated as any other business, and that sex workers should...
Vixen & Scarlet Alliance joint statement on funding for peer led sex worker organisation in Victoria
Victorian sex workers have been waiting decades for a funded peer-only organisation run by and for our community. Today we are proud and excited to announce that Vixen Collective, Victoria’s peer-only sex worker organisation, will be funded with auspicing by Scarlet...
QLD Decriminalisation review welcomed by sex workers
Respect Inc, DecrimQLD and Scarlet Alliance welcome the Palaszczuk government announcement that the decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland has been referred to the Queensland Law Reform Commission. The Commission is tasked with undertaking a review and drafting...
Scarlet Alliance and SIN joint statement
Scarlet Alliance, the Australian Sex Workers Association, and SIN, the South Australian peer sex worker organisation, refute the comments made by SAPOL commissioner, Grant Stevens, in the InDaily article published on the 19th August, 2021. In the article, as well as...
Sex workers, their organisations and the Scarlet Alliance condemn Canberra brothel owner’s disrespectful and deceptive behaviour
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, our member organisations and individual sex workers publicly condemn this week’s malicious, self-serving and ignorant commentary (Canberra Times, 18 August) by Canberra brothel owner Aaron Jones. Scarlet...
Scarlet Alliance and Vixen Collective joint statement
Scarlet Alliance and Vixen Collective are disappointed with the unnecessary focus on sex work in the recent reporting on Victoria’s COVID-19 infections. A sex worker in St Kilda was identified as one of the 24 new infections overnight in Victoria. This person...
Sex workers applaud Andrews Government’s decriminalisation announcement
Vixen Collective and Scarlet Alliance welcome the announcement by the Andrews government committing to decriminalise sex work in Victoria. The repeal of the Sex Work Act 1994 is a positive and urgently overdue change. The licensing framework it establishes for sex...
Sex workers condemn the passage of the Online Safety Bill, fear loss of access to essential harm reduction and workplace health and safety tools
The passage of the Online Safety Bill 2021 in the Federal Parliament earlier this week leaves the sex worker community fearing for further loss of essential tools that protect our livelihoods and safety. Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, along with...
Policing is not a public health strategy: Emergency funds for sex workers needed
Joint Statement from Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association; Respect Inc, QLD; SIN, SA; SWEAR, WA; SWOP ACT; SWOP NT; SWOP NSW; VIXEN Collective, VIC:- Scarlet Alliance, the peak body representing sex workers and sex worker organisations in Australia,...
Joint Statement on sex worker workplace closures
Joint Statement on Sex Work Workplace Closures from Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association; Respect Inc, QLD; SIN, SA; SWEAR, WA; SWOP ACT; SWOP NT; SWOP NSW; VIXEN Collective, VIC The Prime Minister of Australia issued a list of additional businesses to...
Sex Workers Celebrate the Passing of the Bill to Decriminalise Sex Work in the NT
Today, 26th November, 2019, sex workers in Northern Territory and throughout Australia celebrate the passing of the Sex Industry Bill 2019 in NT Parliament. This places NT as only the third jurisdiction in the world to decriminalise sex work. Significantly this bill...