#YesAllWomen, Except Sex Workers

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5. It's legal where I live and they haven't backed off...

There's different laws depending on what state or territory it is, but in my neck of the woods it's been legal since 1992. There was a review of the legislation in 2011 and there were no moves to change much at all. The legislation means that all sex workers have to be registered and brothels are strictly regulated and are only allowed to operate in specific parts of the city. We don't have prostitution out on the street like what happens in the US and that sort of prostitution is illegal, I'm pretty sure.

Last election the Liberals (confusingly for Americans they're our conservative party) campaigned on introducing sweeping restrictions into the Prostitution Act, but never got to do it as where I live is very small-l liberal and elected a grouping of the Greens and the Labor Party.

Here's the legislation. While it's long and cumbersome, it's not nearly as massive as the gun legislation that was brought in after the Port Arthur massacre and is sure to explode the heads of NRA types everywhere

http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/act/consol_act/pa1992205/