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...
Scarlet Alliance slams WA Health Minister over sex work project June 2003
Scarlet Alliance the national forum for sex worker organisations & projects is outraged by the announcement of the withdrawal of funding for member organisation Phoenix by the Western Australian health minister Bob Kucera. Cheryl Matthews Scarlet Alliance...
Scarlet Alliance slams the latest version of the Prostitution Control Bill 2003 – May 03
This Bill is an insult to the sex workers and community groups who put submissions into the Police Minister.“The cake is the same underneath. It’s only the icing that’s changed. If you look past the 100’s and 1000’s you’ll find...
International Whores Day 5 June 2001
Scarlet Alliance media release: Sex Workers call Howard to action on human rights and discrimination “We are tired of the day to day discrimination we experience for choosing sex work as our profession. We are acting as tax collectors for the Government as well...