Fetish in Brisbane, Australia

The Criminal Code (Decriminalising Sex Work) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 (No. 23 of 2024), passed on 2 May 2024 and assented on 9 May 2024, commenced on 2 August 2024. It omitted Chapter 22A (Prostitution) of the Criminal Code, repealed the Prostitution Act 1999 (including its brothel licensing system, the Prostitution Licensing Authority and its advertising offences), barred local governments from making local laws that prohibit or regulate sex work or sex work businesses, and added 'sex work activity' as a protected attribute in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. New Criminal Code offences cover obtaining commercial sexual services from a child (s 217A), allowing a child to take part (s 217B), conduct relating to child sex work (s 217C) and procuring commercial sexual services by coercion (s 218). The Criminal Code in force in November 2026, which records amending Acts up to 2026, still shows Chapter 22A as repealed and ss 217A-218 unchanged since 2024; no repeal or amendment by the government elected in October 2024 was found. Source: Prostitution Laws (prostitutionlaws.org), https://prostitutionlaws.org/countries/australia/, reviewed 2026-11-04, CC BY 4.0.