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Calls for Australia to adopt "Nordic Model" on prostitution

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There are calls for Australia to adopt a European approach to prostitution while sex workers themselves want complete decriminalisation.


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By Sabrina Woodward, Jin Sun Lane

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There are calls for Australia to adopt a European approach to prostitution while sex workers themselves want complete decriminalisation.


A group of women's activists with links to the sex industry is calling for a national approach to laws governing sex work.

The group wants legalisation similar to the so-called "Nordic Model", which targets sex workers' clients, but leaves the workers themselves immune from prosecution.

It was first introduced by the Swedish government in the late 1990s, followed by Norway and Iceland.

But some people argue that the Nordic Model actually makes the sex industry less safe for workers and shouldnt be introduced here.

The Vixen Collective is a Victorian 'sex worker only' advocacy group.

The Collective's Jane Green argues that criminalising any part of the industry effectively criminalises sex work itself.

 


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