There is a compelling case for overturning existing sex work laws in South Australia. The archaic criminal laws attached to sex work cause harm, putting sex workers’ safety at risk by preventing them from reporting real crimes committed against them.
Consensual sex between consenting adults should not be a crime – and in most of Australia it isn’t.
In 2019 my co-sponsored Bill to decriminalise sex work passed the Upper House in June with 14 votes to 7. But disappointingly, it did not pass in the Lower House when it was brought to a vote in November 2019.
This campaign isn’t over, though. And I have new legislation to decriminalise sex work with a bill to repeal current sex work offenses.
The South Australian laws as they stand are contrary to the positions taken by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, UNAIDS, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW).
To join this campaign connect with http://sexworklawreformsa.com
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