Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, calls for changes to S. 25 of the ACT Prostitution Act and an investigation into actions by health officials in relation to this case. Today, the ACT Magistrates Court heard charges against a sex worker under...

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Recently a male sex worker was charged in the ACT under the Prostitution Act on two accounts. “At this stage we do not know if the person is guilty of the charges laid. Mr Scott has pleaded not guilty and deserves and is entitled to a fair trial.” Janelle...

The 5th International Day To End Violence Against Sex Workers is being marked in Australia with sex workers speaking out against contemporary brothel closure laws, introduced in NSW in July, and currently being discussed in Victoria. On the basis of a single...

"Current debate informed by myths and misinformation" Media Conference: Thursday 25th October, 11am, Hannan Street, KalgoorlieDecriminalisation of the WA Sex Industry was demanded by sex workers in Kalgoorlie this week. WA has had its third attempt at sex...

European paid lobbyists who have flown in to oppose WA’s clearer approach to the sex industry are making unsubstantiated claims about the outcome of decriminalisation. “As the Australian experts on sex work, Scarlet Alliance suggests that Ms Ekbert brush...

Scarlet Alliance would appreciate the opportunity to respond to some of the allegations made in a recent Crikey.com article by ABA representative, Chris Seage..... Firstly, we should clarify who we actually are. With his talk of "taxpayer funding" and...

(New York City, May 1, 2007) Randall Tobias retired from his position asDirector of U. S. Foreign Assistance and Administrator for the U. S. Agency for international Development (USAID) after being implicated in aprostitution scandal. The irony is that Tobias was the...

Congratulations to the Prostitution Law Reform Working Group 2007.Scarlet Alliance recognises the approach of the Working Group as vastly more considerate of sex worker issues than that of previous Western Australian Governments. The report is a move in the right...

The sex workers' union is rejecting calls for authorities to be given extra powers to regulate prostitution. It has been revealed Melbourne councils have hired private investigators to try to shut down illegal brothels.The Municipal Association of Victoria says other...