Stop the Stigma on Sex Work
The Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, and others are very concerned by comments made by the Victorian Liberal-National Opposition supporting the criminalisation of sex workers for not adopting safe sex practices. The Government is proposing to remove this discriminatory, sex industry-specific offence and replace it with a new public health framework for the sex […]
No Sexy Jobs Allowed – Report Documents Federal Policy Placing Moral Limits on Job Seekers
The Eros Association, Australia’s industry association for adults-only retail, wholesale, media and entertainment has launched a report calling government job seeker policies discriminatory for their exclusion of adult retail and wholesale businesses. The report documents how government contracts with employment service providers specifically exclude the placement of job seekers in: “a position, including a retail […]
Adult Biz Week: Jobseeker Subsidies
On Monday, the Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, launched the first ‘Adult Biz Week’ highlighting some of the major issues impacting the Australian Adult Industry. As part of ‘Adult Biz Week’, the Eros Association has launched a video posted on Eros’ social media that highlights the discrimination faced by the adult industry from the […]
Adult Biz Week: Financial Discrimination
On Monday, the Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, launched the first ‘Adult Biz Week’ highlighting some of the major issues impacting the Australian Adult Industry. As part of ‘Adult Biz Week’, the Eros Association has launched a video posted on Eros’ social media that highlights the discrimination faced by adult businesses from banks and […]
Adult Biz Week: Classification Reform
On Monday, the Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, launched the first ‘Adult Biz Week’ highlighting some of the major issues impacting the Australian Adult Industry. A launch video posted on Eros’ social media highlights the discrimination faced by the adult industry from the outdated 1995 Classification Act. Despite recommendations for reform in 2012, […]
Adult Biz Week: What We Are Calling For
On Monday 4 November, the Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, launched the first ‘Adult Biz Week’ highlighting some of the major issues impacting the Australian adult industry. Issues highlighted include: The refusal and withdrawal of essential services by banks and other financial service providers to all forms of adults-only businesses, from adult retailers to […]
Your ‘O Face’ Isn’t A National Security Concern
Eros Association is very concerned by a submission made by the Department of Home Affairs supporting the utilise facial recognition technology as age verification for online pornography. As Eros has stated in its submission to the inquiry into age verification, any attempt to verify a person’s age online using personal details is likely to raise […]
No ‘Happy Endings’ With Victoria’s Sex Work Laws
The Eros Association, Australia’s adults-only industry association, is calling for a major review of Victoria’s sex work laws to deal with a growing unlicensed market. Victoria’s regulatory approach to ‘vice’ has recently come under criticism following the Crown Casino junket scandal. Eros claims that Victoria’s brothel industry is struggling as a result of unlicensed competitors […]
The Business Of Sex Is Not What You Think
Some people have sex for money, some people pay for sex and some people run establishments where this transaction can occur. These facts shouldn’t be too difficult to accept, but sensationalist commentary regarding the world’s oldest profession continues to say otherwise. In her piece ‘Sexual slavery is not an acceptable business model‘ Kathleen Maltzahn opportunistically uses […]
