PEER ORGANISATIONS
A sex worker peer organisation is an organisation run by sex workers, for sex workers. They provide confidential, non-judgemental support, information and resources designed by and for our community.
Looking for support?
If you are a sex worker in Australia, you can use this directory to find a peer organisation in your state or territory. Sex work laws vary across Australia. To understand more about your working rights, you can head here for an overview of the sex work laws in each jurisdiction. However, your local peer organisation can offer more detailed information, practical guidance and individual support.
Australian Capital Territory
SWOP ACT.
Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri Lands.
Sex Worker Outreach Project Australian Capital Territory (SWOP ACT) is the local sex worker peer organisation on the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri Nations (Canberra).
SWOP ACT supports the health, safety and wellbeing of sex workers across the ACT through outreach, peer education and community connection. Their outreach includes brothels, massage parlours and independent sex workers, providing information, resources and peer support tailored to the needs of local sex workers. SWOP ACT operates as a program of Meridian, formerly known as the AIDS Action Council of the ACT.
85 NORTHBOURNE AVENUE,
TURNER
ACT 2612
Located in the Meridian office, Havelock House.
EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | (02) 6257 2855
HOURS | TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Safer sex supplies can be purchased weekdays from 9:00am – 5:00pm from the Meridian Office, or ordered online anytime.
New South Wales
SWOP NSW.
Gadigal Country.
The Sex Workers Outreach Project New South Wales (SWOP NSW) is a sex worker-led organisation that has delivered peer-led services to the sex industry in NSW for over 35 years.
As a member of Scarlet Alliance, SWOP NSW are part of the national movement led by sex workers, for sex workers, advancing the rights, health, and dignity of our communities. As an organisation, SWOP NSW is grounded in lived experience and the principle that sex workers are the experts in our own lives. Through peer-led outreach, education, and direct support across metropolitan and regional NSW, they advocate for sex workers’ full and equal access to health care, safety, human rights, and workplace protections.
7/110 BOTANY RD,
ALEXANDRIA
NSW 2015
Located on level one, follow the red umbrellas.
EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | (02) 9184 9466
HOURS | MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 10:00AM – 6:00PM, AND WEDNESDAY 2:00PM – 6:00PM
Northern Territory
SWOP NT.
Garramilla and Mparntwe Lands.
Sex Worker Outreach Project Northern Territory (SWOP NT) is a peer-based health promotion service supporting sex workers across the Northern Territory through in-person and online outreach and rights-based advocacy.
SWOP NT provides peer education, community networking, and skill-sharing opportunities, alongside resources that support the rights, health, and safety of sex workers. With SWOP Shops in Garramilla (Darwin) and Mparntwe (Alice Springs), SWOP NT offers affordable safer sex supplies in a discreet and non-judgemental environment. They also provide direct pathways for sex workers to engage at all levels of the program via the Sex Worker Reference Group (SWRG). SWOP NT delivers sex worker advocacy and awareness training to key stakeholders across the Territory, to reduce stigma, discrimination, and to build safer, more respectful services and interactions with sex workers.
SWOP NT | GARRAMILLA (DARWIN)
1 SEARCY STREET,
DARWIN
NT 0800
SWOP NT Garramilla is located in the NTAHC building (corner of Smith and Searcy), and has both a SWOP Shop and peer support available.
HOURS | MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:30AM – 5:00PM
SWOP NT | MPARNTWE (ALICE SPRINGS)
SHOP 3 REG HARRIS LANE,
TODD MALL
ALICE SPRINGS
NT 0870
Mparntwe is a SWOP Shop only, and is currently not funded for drop-in peer support. You can contact the SWOP NT Coordinator directly (0447 022 332) to reach a peer.
HOURS | MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:30AM – 5:00PM
Closed for lunch from midday.
EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | 0447 022 332
SWOP NT has a dedicated (closed) Facebook page for sex workers who live and work in the NT. Contact SWOP NT to express interest in joining.
Queensland
Respect Inc.
Meeanjin, Yugambeh, Kombumerri, and Gimuy Lands.
Respect Inc is the sex worker organisation in Queensland and provides a comprehensive health promotion and peer education program for sex workers. They have offices and sex workers drop-in spaces in Gimuy (Cairns), Meanjin (Brisbane) and on Yugambeh and Kombumerri Land (Gold Coast) and regularly provide regional outreach in many other locations throughout Queensland.
Respect Inc delivers a wide range of programs and projects including in person and online peer education, advocacy, referrals and support, STI and BBV prevention, sex worker community events, workforce development training for external organisations, a sex worker-only medical clinic, and produces sex worker–specific resources on topics such as sexual health, safer sex, and workplace health and safety, among many other topics. Respect Inc and DecrimQLD successfully campaigned for the decriminalisation of sex work in Queensland, achieved in 2024.
RESPECT INC | MEEANJIN (BRISBANE)
LEVEL 1, 76 WICKHAM ST
FORTITUDE VALLEY
QLD 4006
Parking at 44 Barry pde, in the small fenced in area with small Respect Inc signage. Look for the logo on the door at 76 Wickham street.
PHONE | (07) 3835 1111
HOURS | MONDAY TO THURSDAY 12:00PM – 5:00PM
RESPECT INC | YUGAMBEH AND KOMBUMERRI LAND (GOLD COAST)
LEVEL 1/3 DAVENPORT ST,
SOUTHPORT
QLD 4215
Look for the logo on the door.
PHONE | (07) 5564 0929
HOURS | TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 12:00PM – 4:00PM
RESPECT INC | YUGAMBEH AND KOMBUMERRI LAND (GOLD COAST)
7/24 FLORENCE ST,
CAIRNS CITY
QLD 4870
Look for the red umbrellas across the front door.
PHONE | (07) 4051 5009
HOURS | TUESDAY TO THURSDAY 12:00PM – 4:00PM
EMAIL | [email protected]
South Australia
SIN.
Kaurna Country.
South Australian Sex Industry Network (SIN) is a community-based, peer-led sex worker organisation in South Australia. SIN promotes the health, rights, and wellbeing of South Australian sex workers through outreach, peer support, and the provision of information and education.
SIN provides safer sex and harm reduction supplies, peer advocacy, and referrals to legal, health, and social services. They also build community through social and informative events, while challenging stigma, celebrating sex work as skilled and legitimate labour, and advocating for industrial and legislative rights across the state.
220 SOUTH ROAD,
MILE END
SA 5031
Look for the purple sign.
EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | (08) 8351 7626
HOURS | MONDAY TO FRIDAY 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Lutruwita/Tasmania
SWOP TAS.
Kanamaluka and Nipaluna Lands.
Sex Worker Outreach Project Tasmania (SWOP TAS) is Scarlet Alliance’s peer sex worker organisation in Lutruwita/Tasmania. The team provides outreach, peer support, and education to sex workers across the state, including metropolitan, regional, and remote areas.
SWOP TAS supports the diverse needs of Tasmanian sex workers by providing safer sex and harm reduction supplies, peer advocacy and awareness training, and referrals to legal, health, and workplace services. SWOP TAS also facilitates sex-worker only events for skill-sharing, community building and resource development, ensuring their work is grounded in the experiences and needs of local sex workers.
SWOP TAS | NIPALUNA (HOBART)
4 BATTERY SQUARE,
BATTERY POINT
TAS 7004
Visits to our Battery Point office are by appointment only. Instructions for entry to the building are given once an appointment is confirmed.
PHONE | 0466 729 559
HOURS | MONDAY, TUESDAY AND THURSDAY 10:00 AM – 6:00PM
SWOP TAS | KANAMALUKA (LAUNCESTON)
PHONE | 0451 835 897
HOURS | TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 10:00AM – 3:00PM
EMAIL | [email protected]
Our team works part-time so may not always be available by phone during regular business hours.
Victoria
Vixen.
Naarm.
Vixen is Victoria’s peer sex worker organisation, proudly run 100% by and for current and former sex workers. Based in Naarm, Vixen promotes the rights, health and well-being of all Victorian sex workers through outreach, peer education, support, health promotion and harm reduction services.
Vixen supports the diverse needs of Victorian sex workers by providing safer sex and harm reduction supplies, peer advocacy, and referrals to legal, health, and workplace resources. They also build community through events, skill-sharing, and resource development, while advocating for the rights, health, and safety of sex workers across the state.
5 MERRIFIELD ST,
BRUNSWICK
VIC 3056
Look for the red door.
EMAIL | [email protected]
PEER SUPPORT EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | (03) 9070 9050
HOURS | WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY 12:00PM – 6:00PM
Western Australia
SWEAR.
Whadjuk Nyoongar Country.
Sex Work; Education, Advocacy and Rights (SWEAR) is a peer-led organisation working to reduce stigma and discrimination towards sex workers in Western Australia. SWEAR raises community awareness, undertakes consultations with government and non-government bodies, and advocates for the full decriminalisation of sex work.
Operating without government funding, SWEAR is driven by the expertise and commitment of sex workers who volunteer their time. The organisation provides in-person and online peer support and education, and offers referrals to sex worker–friendly health, legal, and financial services. SWEAR also delivers sex worker awareness training to the broader community, including healthcare providers, educational institutions, and other services, to promote understanding and reduce stigma and discrimination.
EMAIL | [email protected]
Magenta.
Boorloo, Whadjuk Nyoongar Country.
Magenta is an Associate Member Organisation of Scarlet Alliance, with a team of current and former sex workers and strong allies dedicated to supporting the rights, health, and safety of sex workers across Western Australia.
Based in Boorloo (Perth), Magenta offers a free and anonymous drop-in clinic providing sexual health testing, counselling, peer support, and a shop with affordable safer sex supplies. Magenta also delivers in-person and online outreach, referral services, and crisis support to sex workers in metropolitan, regional, and remote areas across the state.
170 ABERDEEN ST,
NORTHBRIDGE
WA 6000
EMAIL | [email protected]
PHONE | (08) 9328 1387
HOURS | MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9:30AM – 5:00PM
NOTE: MAGENTA IS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER ORGANISATION OF SCARLET ALLIANCE. THIS MEANS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE A FULLY PEER-LED STRUCTURE ACROSS ALL STAFF OR LEADERSHIP ROLES.