Sex work
Parliamentary committee accepts framework to decriminalise sex work in Qld
Twenty-five years after prostitution was legalised in Queensland, the industry will be decriminalised to improve the lives of sex workers.
- by Courtney Kruk
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Why we shouldn’t put the Spotlight on sex work
It’s legal. It’s well-paid. And many women do it because it’s flexible, and they can be their own bosses. Our collective weirdness about sex work is embarrassing.
- by Jenna Price
‘I’ve been called a whore by a GP’: Calls to repeal mandatory sex worker health testing
Queensland sex worker Eva says doctors can be ‘patronising and really offensive’, making it difficult to comply with laws that mandate she and her colleagues have regular health tests.
- by Courtney Kruk
From inner-city squalor to ocean views: The Aussies making it big on OnlyFans
A lucky few are amassing considerable wealth selling tailored, adult content on the social media site – but at what cost?
- by Andrew Hornery
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After 27 years in the sin bin, Joy is returning to Sydney’s mean streets
Derided, defaced and even decapitated, Loui Fraser’s sex worker sculpture Joy was eventually hounded out of Darlinghurst in the 1990s. Now she’s coming back.
- by Michael Koziol
‘High-end brothel’ used by US politicians and others busted
Doctors, lawyers, accountants, elected officials, tech executives, military officers and government contractors used the service according to prosecutors.
- by Aishvarya Kavi
A male escort tells: My night with a 72-year-old widow
“She desperately missed the feeling of a man’s presence in her bed and in her life.”
- by Mitch Larsson
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When your ‘quite gifted’ son tells you he’s a male escort
Academic Russell Moon was never sure what his son Dan wanted to do in life. He didn’t expect sex work, though.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘Sick of being stigmatised’, sex workers – and councils – prepare for shake-up
Brothels will be treated the same way as other shops, and home-based sex work will be permitted in measures that take effect on December 1.
- by Cara Waters
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US government facing compensation claim over Navy officer’s $150 sex with Melbourne teen
A bilateral agreement allows Australian victims of alleged misconduct by US military personnel to seek legal recourse.
- by Cameron Houston