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...
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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.
Draft Online Safety Industry Standards 2024 (Class 1A and 1B Material)
While the Class 1A and Class 1B Codes and Standards intend to prevent unequivocally harmful and prohibited content, regulators must be mindful that these provisions may generate significant consequences for sex workers, health promotion and harm reduction advocates...
SWOP NSW and Scarlet Alliance SafeWork National Code of Practice Submission
SWOP NSW and Scarlet Alliance submission to the SafeWork NSW adoption of National code of practice for the control of work-related exposure to hepatitis and HIV (blood-borne) viruses.
Submission to the Department of Health and Aged Care on modernising My Health Record
Modernising My Health Record – Sharing pathology and diagnostic imaging reports by default and removing consumer access delay. While Scarlet Alliance acknowledges that default sharing of pathology and diagnostic imaging reports would enable improved access to clinical...
Preliminary submission to the review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
Despite sex work being largely decriminalised in New South Wales since 1995, sex workers across the state experience stigma, discrimination and vilification from members of the general public, media, private organisations, law enforcement, and government service and...
Consultation for the Criminal Law (Coercive Control and Affirmative Consent) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
The process of consent law reform in Queensland has been ongoing since 2021, with Scarlet Alliance, Respect Inc and #DecrimQLD providing input via stakeholder consultation sessions and through submissions. This submission focuses on proposals to introduce a so-called...
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.