The current level of commonwealth, state and other funding addressing men’s health issues does not adequately serve male sex workers. Sex Worker services require funding in order to deliver services and peer education to male sex workers. Australian sex workers have a...
Publications Library
Scarlet Alliance "Submission to the Victorian Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee" Oct 2009
This submission urges against prosecution approaches to trafficking in Victoria, written by a working party of Scarlet Alliance volunteers. At least 0.5% of the migrant workforce globally experiences trafficking or slavery-like conditions. This is indisputable and...
"Better Planning NSW" Submission 2009
The Scarlet Alliance applauds the NSW government’s initiative to consider if aspects of the NSW planning system need reform to ensure the right balance in achieving sustainable social and environmental outcomes. We support any initiative that seeks to understand how...
VIXEN "National Human Rights Consultation Submission" 2009
Vixen is the Victorian Sex Industry Network. We are a network of sex workers who meet regularly to discuss and be proactive about issues affecting our lives. We aim to create a fun and sex worker safe space that celebrates our work, who we are and what we have in...
"National Human Rights Consultation Submission" 2009
As part of a national human rights consultation, Scarlet Alliance submitted, focussing on advertising, entrapment, mandatory testing, discrimination against people living with HIV, stigma, vilification in the media and discriminatory treatment by commercial and...
"NSW Advertising Submission" June 2009
"Submission to Consumer Affairs Victoria" June 2009
Scarlet Alliance recommends the decriminalisation of all private sex work, removing requirements to register with the Business Licensing Authority or lodge development approvals with their local council. Scarlet Alliance supports a reduction in all licensing costs and...
Crimson Coalition "Police Move On Powers Submission" Feb 2009
Crimson Coalition is very concerned about the way in which the current legislation is framed. We wonder why sex workers are singled out for mention in a separate clause of the legislation (s46[5]), above all other categories of persons in society who may be subjected...
Scarlet Alliance "Submission to the Sex Industry Act Review" Tasmania November 2008
In November 2008 Scarlet Alliance conducted a brief questionnaire with sex workers to get direct feedback about the Tasmanian Sex Industry Offences Act and its impact on sex workers. Sex workers were selected to include representation from all the major regional areas...
Scarlet Alliance "Submission to the US State Department Trafficking In Persons Report" 2008
Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, Crimson Coalition & United Sex Workers North Queensland, "Submission to SWAN Review of Sex Workers Services in Queensland" May 2008
The process used to prepare this submission was highly consultative, and followed the best practice models of sex worker engagement in policy and advocacy that Scarlet Alliance believes delivers highly effective outcomes. Sex workers in Queensland were invited to...