Scarlet Alliance and SWOP NT Joint Submission on the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2022 Exposure Draft

Northern Territory

August 22, 2022

In Summary

Sex workers in Australia have long been subjected to discrimination and vilification with devastating impacts on our safety, housing and accommodation, financial stability, and mental health and well-being. While decriminalisation does break down many of the legal barriers that sex workers face in accessing labour rights, decriminalisation does not eradicate the pervasive stigma surrounding sex work and discrimination against sex workers and our work.

Sex work stigma is an issue that is informed by the historical and contemporary marginalisation and demonisation of sex work as a moral and social issue that neccesitates control and containment.

In order to wholly support the benefits of decriminalisation, and the full intention of the Sex Industry Act 2019, it is essential that the Northern Territory enact legislation that protects all sex workers, including current and former sex workers and our friends and associates.

Scarlet Alliance and SWOP NT Joint Submission on the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2022 Exposure Draft - Scarlet Alliance

Scarlet Alliance and SWOP NT Joint Submission on the Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Amendment Bill 2022 Exposure Draft