Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, rejects calls to ban new strip clubs from opening and the suggestion that strip clubs are responsible gender inequality and disrespect of women. Quotes attributable to Mish Pony, CEO of Scarlet Alliance: "Banning...
“Government raids on workplaces is not a solution to exploitation, trafficking or modern slavery.” Scarlet Alliance, Human Rights Law Centre and Anti-Slavery Australia Stakeholders call for more transparency in the development of immigration policy, clearer...
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...
The Bill introduced on the 30th of August by Nicola Centofanti, MLC, titled “Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023”, re-visits a legislative framework first implemented in Sweden in 1999. The Bill criminalises clients of sex workers and would...
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...
On Wednesday, the 30th of August, a Bill (Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Amendment Bill 2023) was introduced to South Australian parliament by the Honourable Nicola Centofanti, MLC (Lib). This Bill seeks to shift criminalisation from the sex industry...
The document has been developed by Gen Dally (NTAHC) with contributions from James Holland (Health Equity Matters), Hannah Walter (Health Equity Matters), Liewen Hu (HALC), Aaron Cogle (NAPWHA), Phillippa VennBrown (NAPWHA), Mish Pony (Scarlet Alliance) and Leanne...
As communities that experience everyday consequences of digital discrimination and algorithmic bias, sex workers are uniquely positioned to provide input into technology governance and regulation. As a historically criminalised undertaking, sex work and sex workers...
At least thirteen workplaces were targeted by Border Force and one raid included armed police.
Scarlet Alliance submission to the Select Committee on Temporary Migration’s inquiry into Temporary Migration on July 26, 2020. Scarlet Alliance argues that the Australian Government must take steps to avoid criminalising workplace practices, and instead pursue policies that deliberately advance the labour rights of migrant workers.
Last week media reported the release of a man who has been granted parole after serving two and a half years for the manslaughter of Jingai Zhang, and the sentencing of a man for a 10-year prison term with a non-parole period of 6 years and 9 months for the...
Background Scarlet Alliance convenes the Asian Migrant Sex Worker Advisory Group (AMSWAG), made up of Asian migrant sex workers and Asian migrant sex worker peer educators. AMSWAG centres the voices of Asian migrant sex workers in the development of Scarlet Alliance...