This report examines the health and welfare outcomes of legislative reforms affecting the NSW sex industry.

This paper considers, first, the historical and contemporary geography of brothels in Perth and policies/legislation that sought to control such activities in the past. Next, the politics and policy solutions of the current Liberal State government and previous Labour government are examined to identify the socio-spatial and moral discourses underpinning efforts to regulate brothels in...

This paper considers a variety of definitions and classifications of sex industry premises within NSW. In order to regulate effectively in the future, policy makers need to define activities accurately to reduce ambiguity and minimise problems in a highly contentious industry.

The sex industry in Sydney is currently regulated through all levels of Australian government. New South Wales is seen as leading the charge within Australia for its neoliberal market model of occupational and premises regulation.

This paper provides a review of contemporary research on the sexual assault of sex workers in Australia, focussing predominantly on the safety of sex workers in their work contexts.