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Australia: NT decriminalises sex work as Attorney-General Natasha Fyles..............

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Sex work has now been decriminalised in the Northern Territory — with the Territory Parliament voting 16-5 to repeal the NT's old sex work laws and pass a new act.

Tonight, Territory politicians voted to adopt the new legislation which means brothels, soliciting and home-based sex work are no longer illegal, although the Government refused to remove penalties for non-compliant advertising.

NT Attorney-General Natasha Fyles said the new act was about keeping workers safe.

"When you take the word 'sex' out of it, we are looking at it from a worker safety perspective and we are looking it from regulating it so our community has a say in it," she said.

"We have taken the approach that this is something that happens in our communities and we want to regulate that so that communities can have a say on what activities take place and we look at this through a business framework."

Ms Fyles also said the NT Government would not allow brothels to operate next door to childcare centres or schools but was not able to say exactly how far away the businesses could be.

Speaking on the bill, Member for Braitling Dale Wakefield broke down in tears.

"I do know many fabulous and fierce women who have been in the sex work industry in the past, in the present and possibly in the future and they deserve, like anyone, any worker anywhere to access services when and where they need it, to report a crime, to have a violence-free workplace and to be able to control the manner in which they do their job," she said.

The Scarlet Alliance, the peak body representing Australian sex workers, said the vote meant that the NT had become just the third jurisdiction in the world to decriminalise sex work.

Sex Worker Outreach Program NT coordinator Leanne Melling has long been advocating for the change.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-26/northern-territory-sex-industry-bill-passed/11739820
 

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Interesting, I thought Australia had already legalized sex work. Looks like it is region by region.

A few years ago a touring escort from NZ spent some time at Roommates. She said sex work is legal in NZ.
 

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Legislative status 2019

Green Sex work is legal and regulated. brothels are legal/decriminalized

Blue Independent sex work is legal, but brothels are illegal; prostitution is not regulated.
 

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Legislative status 2019

Green Sex work is legal and regulated. brothels are legal/decriminalized

Blue Independent sex work is legal, but brothels are illegal; prostitution is not regulated.
One needs a map to determine where it is legal or not. It's the same in Texas where some counties are good and others are not.

BTW: There is or was an SC in Texas where the customer sits in a chair with armrests with holsters and he is supposed to put his arms inside those holsters when getting a table dance.
 

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Legislative status 2019

Green Sex work is legal and regulated. brothels are legal/decriminalized

Blue Independent sex work is legal, but brothels are illegal; prostitution is not regulated.


I thought Queensland was still illegal.
 
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