The fresh new Queensland authorities has revealed it can incorporate a decriminalised design of sex performs, following the some guidance from the Queensland Laws Reform Fee.

The fresh legal position of sex work may vary throughout Australia, between areas of tall criminalisation to full decriminalisation of sex work.

Terminology

• Sex work (or “prostitution”): although definitions vary in each State and Territory, generally “sex work” refers to a commercial arrangement where sexual services are provided in exchange for payment or reward.
• Brothel: refers to a premises from which sex work is provided. Brothel operators take a percentage of sex worker earnings for services provided on the premises.
• Escort agency: refers to a premises (or business) used to arrange contacts between sex workers and clients. Escort agency operators will charge a fee or take a percentage of sex worker earning for providing this service. A sex worker who utilises an escort agency is called an “escort”.
  
• Private sex functions (or “private escorting”): where sex workers operate independently arranging their own contacts with clients without utilising a brothel. Private sex work can be further subdivided into “in-calls” where clients visit a premises arranged by the sex worker (such as their residence or a hotel/motel) and “out-calls” where a sex worker visits a premises arranged by the client.
• Street-built sex really works: where sex workers meet clients in a public place. Street-based sex workers and their clients are often at risk of being charged with “solicitation” – an offence encompassing the seeking or asking for sexual services in a public place. (more…)