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The latest media releases, sorted in reverse chronological order.

"Union outcry over calls for extra brothel regulatory powers" ABC Online 25 Jan 07

The sex workers' union is rejecting calls for authorities to be given extra powers to regulate prostitution.

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"Sex workers lobby Parliament for legislation changes," ABC Online, 9 Nov 06

The Australian Sex Workers Association will be lobbying at a forum in Adelaide today for the introduction of anti-discrimination legislation for its members. Around 70 sex workers will attend the conference at Parliament House.

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Sex Workers Talk About HIV - Commemorating World AIDS Day 2006

In the 80’s, sex workers’ response to HIV in Australia was immediate and tangible. Sex workers organised together to do voluntary peer education work, including the distribution of condoms in street based sex working areas. Brothel sex workers demanded the right to use condoms, educating their clients and the brothel owners in the process. By the late 1980’s, condom use was up to 90%, setting an environment for an unprecedented positive public health story. To date, there has been no recorded transmission of HIV through sex work in Australia.

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"Sex Workers Welcome CMC Report & Challenge Spence to Conform" 5 October 2006

The Crime and Misconduct Commissions most recent inquiry into the sex industry has overwhelmingly found against the registration of private sex workers in Queensland.

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"Sex workers call for task force consultation" 2nd October 2006, ABC News Online

Sex workers call for task force consultation Australia's sex worker industry has cautiously welcomed moves to establish a joint government task force to help combat sex slavery and trafficking.

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Concern Over New "Sex Slavery & Trafficking" Working Party

A new cross-jurisdictional working party, consisting of a small number of "senior" representatives from the state, territory and commonwealth "Minister for Women" offices, will aim to ascertain the extent of sexual slavery and trafficking of women in Australia.

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Sex Workers’ Rights: Time to Deliver! SEX WORKERS’ DEMONSTRATION at XVI AIDS Conference

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006 at 10 AM, The Stilletto Lounge Sex Workers’ Networking Zone in the Global Village, Toronto International AIDS Conference 2006

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Health and Human Rights Advocates Denounce Gates Foundation’s Support of Raids on Sex Workers, Advocates Gather in Toronto to Promote Rights and Safety of Groups Vulnerable to HIV/AIDS

(Toronto, August 14, 2006) – The international Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) and other human rights NGOs applaud this week’s commitment by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to commit $500 million to the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts. At the same time, however, the Gates Foundation has bowed to conservative pressure in the United States by funding groups that conduct and assist police raids on sex workers in countries like Cambodia and Thailand. These raids are infamous for further endangering vulnerable women.

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Pre-emptive Strike Against Sex Workers: Spence Avoids CMC Report and Pushes Ahead With Registration Of Private Sex Workers

Judy Spence has jumped the gun on the CMC by releasing the Prostitution Act 2006 in advance of the long awaited CMC final report. The final report is rumoured to be in opposition to individual private sex worker registration – a move which is made possible by the Prostitution Amendment Act 2006. Clearly Spence had no intention of respecting the CMC processes – unless they agreed with her arguments

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Move To Criminalise Oral Sex: Sex Workers Targeted

The Police Minister Judy Spence is increasing police powers to entrap and deceive sex workers into offering oral sex without a condom. Currently police act as clients, calling and visiting sex workers to pressure them into agreeing to offer sex without a condom, and then pressing criminal charges against them for it. However in one case the sex worker pleaded not guilty – and got off. The court ruled that they had only offered the service, not actually done it, therefore the crime was not committed. In a bizarre twist Police Minister Judy Spence is now tabling legislation to criminalise even the discussion of oral sex without a condom – but only for sex workers. Sex workers, experts and community representatives oppose the move.

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Sex Worker Health Services At Risk - Judy Spence Relinquishes Health Staff Of Confidentiality

Police Minister Judy Spence is taking her first foray into the issue of health by relinquishing all health staff of ethical, professional and confidentiality standards, only if they are dealing with sex workers (Clause 31, proposed S134A, of the Prostitution Amendment Act 2006). The health staff will be free to make arbitrary judgements about sex workers’ intellectual capability, with full immunity from defamation laws. This breach of privacy is not in keeping with the Governments’ efforts to improve the Queensland health system – by removing all accountability from health staff on these matters, it is simply a time bomb.

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Spence Ignores Unfinished CMC Consultation Process & Pushes Ahead With Discriminatory Sex Industry Law - 5 April 2006

Police Minister Judy Spence is rushing through major changes to Queensland sex industry laws only weeks before the pending release of a Crime and Misconduct Commission report.

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Sex work allowed for teacher: Anti-Discrimination Commissioner Susan Booth. Herald Sun, 8 November 2005

THE Queensland Government could breach discrimination laws if it tries to stop public servants working in the legal sex industry, the state's anti-discrimination commissioner said.

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Sex Worker Scapegoated; Beattie promotes discrimination 7 November 2005

In Queensland sex workers are protected from discrimination by anti-discrimination legislation. It is illegal to discriminate against a person because they are a sex worker. It is a breach of this Act to suggest that a person who works as a legal sex worker as well as a teacher should be prevented from doing so. Futhermore, the implication that a person working as a sex worker would have a negative impact on the children she teaches is in itself discrimination under this legislation.

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"Working Girls to have no minders" 11th October 2005, Alison Andrews, Tasmania Examiner

Prostitutes working in pairs will not be able to use a receptionist or employ a security guard for protection under amendments to the Sex Industry Bill proposed by Attorney-General Judy Jackson.

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