A report in The Age last week revealed some Victorian brothels had experienced a per cent dip in profits over the past year, with some introducing private escort services to help build revenue. Brothels are illegal in Tasmania as is street work, however, private sex work is allowed as long as no more than two women work out of the same building.
It also seems that the state's commercial sex industry has not been hit as hard as on the mainland. Scarlet Alliance state co-ordinator Jade Barker said the Tasmanian sex industry had been steady for some time. She said the sex workers had been progressive in utilising the benefits of online communication for both marketing purposes and for sharing information within the sex work community. Home News Local News. She said hook-up apps and the industry was hard to compare. It is unknown exactly how many men and women work in the sex industry in Tasmania.
Ms Barker said the sex work communities in the North and North-West remained isolated. She said for sex workers to be less marginalised, it would require:.
