Queensland is another Australian territory which is about to decriminalize sex work.
The QLRC also reckoned that sewing workers shouldn’t be dobbed in for spruiking or street-based sex work, and said planning rules should let services run away from industrial zones.While sewing work is under a licensing framework in Queensland, about 90% of sex workers are in the “dodgy sector” privately or at unlicensed businesses. Sex workers have long cracked the shits about the laws that stop them from hiring a receptionist, working with others or texting other sex workers before and after a booking to make sure they’re safe.The report found the current framework stuffed up the health, safety and justice of sex workers. Those interviewed said they were scared to report crimes to the cops for fear of getting nicked or not being taken seriously.The QLRC said the law should deal with “reality, not myths”. “Stereotypes about most sex workers being street workers, victims of exploitation or trafficking, or ‘germ carriers’ are not backed up by the evidence or reflected in the diversity of the sex -work industry,” the report said.