{"id":1503,"date":"2009-06-11T04:37:58","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T18:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/library\/cav_0609\/"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T01:48:43","slug":"cav_0609","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/library\/cav_0609\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Submission to Consumer Affairs Victoria&quot; June 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scarlet Alliance recommends the decriminalisation of all private sex work, removing requirements to register with<br \/>\nthe Business Licensing Authority or lodge development approvals with their local council.  Scarlet Alliance supports a<br \/>\nreduction in all licensing costs and increased ease of obtaining a license. Scarlet Alliance opposes the proposal to<br \/>\nturn the License document into a wallet-sized card with a photo. Scarlet Alliance opposes background checks on<br \/>\nlicensees, proposing decriminalisation and removal of all background character checks relating to sex work in<br \/>\nVictoria. STI surveillance activity and excessive testing of sex workers in Victoria is stretching resources and creating barriers<br \/>\nto the delivery of adequate sexual health services for sex workers. Sex worker risks are perceived by regulation as<br \/>\nbeing higher than they practically are, including the requirement for sexual health certificates for sex workers who<br \/>\nare not engaging in penetrative sex. All testing laws and regulations should be decriminalised, and jurisdiction for<br \/>\nthis responsibility should be handed to the Minister for Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","pmpro_default_level":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":""},"tags":[],"pubtype":[3,23],"class_list":["post-1503","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","pubtype-submission","pubtype-vic","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/1503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"pubtype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scarletalliance.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pubtype?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}