Information kit to assist people to make a submission to the NSW Select Committee on the regulation of brothels
Call to Action!
You may have heard that a select committee has formed to review sex industry regulation in NSW.
Decriminalisation in NSW is under threat.
Sex work in NSW was decriminalised in 1995 as a result of the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Decriminalisation is seen worldwide as the best practice model of sex industry regulation, especially for sex worker health and safety.
Touching Base have prepared this information kit for sex workers who work with people with disability, people with disability who access the sex industry and supporters. We encourage you to have a say in the inquiry. Submissions are due by 19th August 2015. Submissions can be as simple as a 1 page letter.
Our info kit is based on an information pack for sex workers produced by Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, and the Sex Workers Outreach Project NSW (SWOP).
The Touching Base information kit on the 2015 NSW inquiry into the regulation of brothels includes:
Information on how to have your say.
Information on where to send your submission (including postal address).
Two example submissions/letters (as a guide for your own).
Facts, myths and misinformation (to help you write your submission).
Suggestions you can give to people who support sex workers.
A factsheet on new Touching Base research findings about how Sydney metropolitan councils regulate the sex industry.
With only 5 days before the deadline we know this is late notice - but we hope you will take 30 minutes to use our Info Pack to put together your own short letter and send it in.
