MEDIA RELEASES

Sex workers celebrate coming of age in the parliament house thatgranted bipartisan reprieve from police corruption. Sex Workers andsupporters from around Australia meet to remind government thatdecriminalisation works. Four generations of speakers tell of lifebefore...

Experts will gather on 3 November in Perth to present on the outcomes of sex work regulation internationally (New Zealand and Sweden) and from around Australia, urging the WA Government to consider the evidence from comparison of different models of regulation and...

Scarlet Alliance holds a media conferenc at the UN Department of Public Information Non-Government Organisation Conference advocating on behalf of sex workers as a community affected by HIV and traffickingg. Elena Jeffreys is a sex worker in Australia and is also the...

For over a decade police have collected personal information on sex workers working at legal escort agencies in the Northern Territory. The information is then kept on a life-long police register. “The Prostitution Regulation Act does not require Police to...

Sex workers in Australia will join thousands of other sex workers around the world to celebrate and commemorate the 35th anniversary of International Whores Day the 2nd June. A diverse range of events are being held around Australia over a week of celebration. On...

Comments this week by Lisa Singh MP that violence is not acceptable anywhere in ourcommunities, including the workplace are a timely reminder for Tasmanian sex workers thatthey too have the right to feel safe at work.Thursday December 17th marks the 8th International...

In Darwin there will be a gathering of speakers about law reform in the Northern Territory and a call to the new Police Commissioner to abolish registration of sex workers. A sex worker film called “Comparing Countries Compassion” will also be shown....

Sydney sex workers make one minute's noise outside Downing CentreCourts to protest recent "not guilty" verdict in assault case on the7th International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Dec 172009.DATE: Thursday, 17 December 2009TIME: 11amPLACE:...

Reclaim the Night is a worldwide event acknowledging the issue of women’s safety in their communities. It has been running in Adelaide for more than 30 years and the 2009 event takes place next Friday the 30th of October. The philosophy of Reclaim the Night...

“Up until now the Australian Government’s response to trafficking has been focussed on surveillance, detection and prosecution of trafficking.” said Elena Jeffreys, President, Scarlet Alliance. “It is vital that Australia makes the shift to a...

As part of International Whores Day celebrations, Adelaide sex workers and their supporters’ including other sex industry staff, health professionals, friends, family and clients of sex workers will take to the streets of Adelaide on Friday afternoon 5th June...