No Nordic Model for South Australia!

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A Private Member's Bill was introduced in South Australia. This Bill - Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Bill 2023 - would bring the Nordic Criminal Model to Australia for the first time! The so-called "Nordic Model" is not decriminalisation, does not recognise sex work as work or sex workers as workers and it pushes sex work underground, exposing workers to risks of exploitation and violence.

On Wednesday, 1st May 2024, Members of the Legislative Council will vote on the Bill. We need to show them that South Australia says no to criminalising sex work, no to making sex workers lives more ...

A Private Member's Bill was introduced in South Australia. This Bill - Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Bill 2023 - would bring the Nordic Criminal Model to Australia for the first time! The so-called "Nordic Model" is not decriminalisation, does not recognise sex work as work or sex workers as workers and it pushes sex work underground, exposing workers to risks of exploitation and violence.

On Wednesday, 1st May 2024, Members of the Legislative Council will vote on the Bill. We need to show them that South Australia says no to criminalising sex work, no to making sex workers lives more dangerous and no to undermining sex workers rights.

The Nordic Criminal Model, also called 'the Equality Model' or 'End-Demand Model' is far from what it's (always changing) name suggests. In reality, the model of the 'Prostitution Law Reform' Bill criminalises sex work. It undermines sex workers' rights & pushes sex work underground furthering discrimination against sex workers and exposing them to risks of exploitation and violence. While other Australian states & territories have adopted rights & evidence-based law reform by decriminalising sex work our once progressive state is now at risk of taking a big step backwards if this Bill progresses.

If you would like to learn more about sex work law reform, decriminalising sex work and the Nordic Criminal Model please visit our website at www.sexworklawreformsa.com

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I am writing to you about the Private Member’s Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Bill 2023. You will have the opportunity to vote on this Bill in the next sitting week and I am urging you to vote no!

This Bill would be the first to bring the Nordic Criminal Model into Australia. This model criminalises sex work, denies sex workers access to their rights, pushes workplaces underground and means sex work is not recognised as work nor are sex workers recognised as workers. Evidence is clear that what sex workers need is rights - human & worker's rights - not 'rescue'.

While other places in Australia have recognised sex work as work and decriminalised sex work to ensure workers’ rights and a safe workplace, the Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Bill 2023 does not! Plenty of credible evidence tells us that criminalising sex work like this Bill would reproduces the harm of criminalisation and puts sex workers are at three times the risk of experiencing violence. Also, this criminalising Bill was developed without any consultation with sex workers in South Australia. The evidence available and the lived experience of sex workers in South Australia should guide decisions about sex work.

South Australia needs sex work law reform that will result in respecting and safeguarding the human and worker’s rights of sex workers in South Australia and that allows sex workers to be safe just like any other worker in the state. That's why we need evidence-based law reform that decriminalises sex work.

I urge you to listen to sex workers, respect their rights and to not support the Summary Offences (Prostitution Law Reform) Bill 2023.

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