Publications Library
Briefing Paper – Policing of Asian migrant sex workers
Briefing Paper – Decriminalisation of sex work
Briefing Paper – Sex workers and family, domestic and sexual violence
Briefing Paper – Draft industry codes of practice for the online industry (class 1C and class 2 material)
South Australian Adult Entertainment Planning Code Briefing Paper
The Adelaide City Council is proposing amendments to the current planning code. The amendments include provisions for adult entertainment and adult products and services businesses. The changes will guide the use and development of land used for the purposes of adult entertainment premises and/or adult products and services premises.
Operation Inglenook Briefing Paper
This briefing addresses the Australian Border Force Operation Inglenook, first established in late 2022 in response to media claims regarding the exploitation of the visa system within the sex industry, and claims of trafficking and other modern slavery practices. Scarlet Alliance maintains exploitative bosses or fraudulent migration agents can be addressed when sex workers are empowered and supported to report crime, have access to legal migration pathways, and are not at risk of deportation for coming forward.
ADRC Summary Report
Anti-discrimination & Vilification Protections for Sex Workers in Australia Briefing Paper
Sex workers in Australia have long been subjected to discrimination and vilification with devastating impacts on our safety, housing and accommodation, financial stability, mental health and well-being. The current anti-discrimination frameworks enable, and in some...
Full Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Australia Briefing Paper
This short briefing paper explains what full decriminalisation does and does not include and what sex workers want from sex work law reform. This resource is currently available in English, Thai and Simplified Chinese. Download the full briefing paper...
Rapid HIV Testing & Sex Work
In some states, working as a sex worker living with HIV or an STI is criminalised. Where this is the case, rapid testing could mean that sex workers become immediately criminalised upon receiving a positive or ‘reactive’ result. Although a reactive result is not a...
“Swedish Model of Criminalizing Sex Work” 2012
Joint briefing by rose alliance and scarlet alliance