While a review of Online Safety Act 2021 and its associated frameworks is not required until 2025, the Australian Government has committed to conducting this review within the current term of government, in recognition of the rapidly evolving nature of internet...
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Submission to the NDIS Review on mandatory registration of NDIS service providers
People with disability in Australia have a legally recognised right to access reasonable and necessary sex, sexuality and relationship supports, including services provided by sex workers. The implementation of the NDIS Review recommendation 17 presents a real danger of completely eroding this right.
Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission current and emerging threats to the human rights of trans and gender diverse people
Sex workers experience high levels of discrimination and vilification, and experience significant barriers to reporting to both police and human rights bodies. While discrimination against trans and gender diverse people is theoretically prohibited by the Commonwealth and in every state and territory, a lack of mechanisms for anonymous and/or representative complaints (where some complaints processes will require a complainant to use a non-preferred or ‘dead’ name, which is then disclosed to the respondent) creates
barriers to reporting.
Submission to QLD Department of Justice on the Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 Exposure Draft
Scarlet Alliance supports the Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 (the Bill) as a significant modernisation of Queensland’s anti-discrimination framework.
Submission to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council on Sentencing of Sexual Assault and Rape Consultation Paper
Submission to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council on Sentencing of Sexual Assault and Rape: The Ripple Effect – Consultation Paper.
Submission to Inquiry into the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023
Scarlet Alliance, SWOP NSW and the NSW sex worker community do not believe the existing reforms have been sufficient to implement true decriminalisation. There remain nine criminal offences in the Summary Offences Act 1988 directly impacting sex workers. Sex workers...
Stigma Snapshot: Sex workers 2022
Submission to Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Scarlet Alliance welcomes the Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (the Bill). It is a culmination of years of work by the Queensland Law Reform Commission, consultation with sex workers and other industry stakeholders,...
Online Safety (Basic Online Safety Expectations) Amendment Determination 2023
Submission on the draft BOSE Determination Amendment 2024 Throughout the development and implementation of the Online Safety Act 2021 and the establishment of the eSafety Commission, sex workers and our allies across unceded Australia have provided clear and...
Submission to the Trafficking In Persons team at the US State Department
This submission relates to Australia and the concrete action taken in relation to human trafficking that occurred in Australia between 1 April 2023 and 1 February 2024.
Empower Foundation Thailand Submission to the UNHCR Report
The impact that sex workers in Thailand are facing is that they are not recognised as workers. They are criminalised by laws. The laws consider them as criminals. The exploitation and physical violence targeted towards sex workers is a direct result of the criminal status of sex work, including criminalisation of soliciting or being solicited. That means they are not protected as workers in the exploitative working conditions: drinking targets, off-site targets, wage deductions, long working hours, and work safety. Sex workers, as a result of criminalisation, also face mental violence. violence and social isolation.
2024 UNHCR Submission to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
The criminalisation of sex work enables the continued acceptance of gender-based violence towards sex workers. Decriminalisation and equal treatment of workers in the industry is crucial to preserve the human rights of sex workers.