The Amendment Act establishes a legal framework to provide a safe, decriminalised sex work industry in Queensland to improve the health, safety, rights and legal protections for sex workers. The QLRC review was informed by extensive evidence-based research and consultation with stakeholder groups and the public, as well as consideration of other Australian jurisdictions which have decriminalised sex work.
Under the decriminalised framework, sex work businesses will be captured by regulatory requirements which apply to other businesses operating in Queensland.
Please find below relevant links to important regulators and other support services for the sex work industry. Workplace Health and Safety Queensland consulted with the sex work industry, unions and various government departments to develop work health and safety guidance and resources for sex workers and businesses that provide sex work services.
For more information visit the WorkSafe website. Queensland Health publishes information on sexual health, where to get tested, where to get free condoms and the facts on sexually transmissible infections. For more information visit the Queensland Health website. Amendments to the Planning Regulation have been made to support the commencement of the Amendment Act, and to ensure that sex work businesses are treated the same as any other business in the planning framework.
Find out more about the decriminalisation of the sex work industry and the Queensland planning framework. If you feel you may have experienced unlawful discrimination, sexual harassment, vilification or another contravention of the Anti-Discrimination Act, you may be able to make a complaint.
