2 November 2025 – The Age: ‘A breeding ground for misogyny’: Calls to shut down popular review website
2 July 2025 – Docklands News: Convicted sex offender behind Docklands massage business avoids jail, again
17 March 2025 – My question at a City of Greater Bendigo Meeting
29 November 2024 – 40 Plus Gay Men Gay Talk Podcast: Breaking the Stigma: Embracing Gay Sex Work with Respect and Understanding – Matthew Roberts
28 August 2024 – Victorian MP David Limbrick’s Question in Parliament about Debanking
27 June 2024 – ABC News Blog: New Banking Code of Practice
16 June 2024 – 7 News: Matthew was denied a common banking service because of his job. So he took the bank to court
4 June 2024 – Lawyers Weekly: Sex worker wins ‘decade-long battle’ against debanking discrimination
31 May 2024 – The Age: Sex stays the same, but sex work changes (behind a paywall)
31 May 2024 – Banking Daily: Illegit to Debank sex workers
31 May 2024 – Q News: Fed-up Melbourne sex worker sues financial providers and wins
31 May 2024 – News.com.au: Melbourne sex worker wins ‘debanking’ case against two Australian financial institutions
30 May 2024 – ABC News: Sex worker takes on financial sector ‘debanking’, with outcome hailed as transformative for adult industry
29 May 2024 – Maurice Blackburn Press Release: ‘Melbourne sex worker resolves “debanking” discrimination case over denied EFTPOS machine’
30 April 2023 – The Age: ‘Sick of being stigmatised’, sex workers – and councils – prepare for shake-up
24 April 2023 – 3CR Radio’s Queering the Air: ‘The Murder of Trans Escort Kimberley McRae’ (go to 33 minute, 30 second mark)
Kimberley McRae was a writer and transgender escort in Sydney. In 2023, one of her clients was convicted of manslaughter after he killed her in her apartment. I pay respect to Kimberly’s life and her work, breaking down what happened in her home and how the criminal justice system dealt with the case.
24 January 2023 – 3CR Radio’s Done By Law: Debunking De-banking – Financial Discrimination in the Sex Industry
23 January 2023 – SBS: ‘Christine says she’s being discriminated against because of her job. Here’s why advocates are concerned’
16 January 2023 – Australian Financial Review: ‘Sex workers slam banks, regulator over flawed rules’ [behind a paywall]
Read the National Australia Bank’s response (17 January 2023)
16 December 2022 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Ave: State Election Analysis and Sex Workers’ Rights
12 October 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Wednesday Breakfast: Sex Worker Election Guide
October 2022: Eastsider News Opinion Piece: ‘The Rise of the Hard Right Candidate A Warning from Sex Workers’ [go to page 7]
30 September 2022 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Face: Sex Worker Election Guide
16 September 2022 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Face: Council Planning Schemes and Entrapment
2 August 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Done By Law: Sex Work Advertising Law Changes
29 July 2022 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Face: Sex Work Politics Update
28 July 2022 – La Trobe University Newspaper “The Junction”: Street-based sex work decriminalised in Victoria
28 July 2022 – Humanists Victoria Speech: ‘Legal but Banned: Financial Discrimination Against Sex Workers’
Humanist Victoria Event Description
22 July 2022 – Star Observer Opinion Piece: ‘Revealing Business: Sex Workers Can Now Bare All in Advertisements in Victoria’
8 June 2022 – Eastsider News Opinion Piece: New law says sex workers deserve a fair go in the City of Boroondara
21 March 2022 – Choice Magazine: Air BnB’s ban on sex workers
4 March 2022: Local Government News Roundup Podcast: Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Victoria, and what it means for local government
22 February 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Done by Law: Decriminalisation of Sex Work in Victoria
17 February 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Behind Closed Doors: Sex work now decriminalised
17 February 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Wednesday Breakfast: ‘Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill Passes the Upper House’
15 February 2022 – Women’s Forum Australia: Who are the big winners of the Victorian Government’s prostitution laws?
14 February 2022 – Star Observer Opinion Piece: After Decriminalisation, Local Councils are the Next Battle for Sex Workers (Opinion Piece)
11 February 2022 – SBS News: Victoria takes ‘groundbreaking step’ to decriminalise sex work in new law reforms
10 February 2022 – The Age: ‘Historic day’ for Victoria as sex work is decriminalised
11 February 2022 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Face: ‘Sex Work Decriminalised in Victoria’
11 February 2022 – 3CR Radio’s Behind Closed Doors: ‘Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill in Parliament’
10 February 2022 – ABC Radio National’s Breakfast: ‘What is it like for sex workers to operate in a criminalised industry?’
10 February 2022 – The Age: ‘Historic day’ for Victoria as sex work decriminalisation nears
7 February 2022 – Guardian Australia: How will Victoria’s sex work decriminalisation bill work and will it make the industry safer?
26 October 2021 – 3CR Radio’s Done by Law: Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 (Vic)
15 October 2021 – 3CR Radio’s In Ya Face: Sex Work Decriminalisation Bill 2021 (Vic)
12 October 2021 – ABC News: Sex workers, adult shops and gun businesses say they are being denied banking services
October 2021 – Eastsider News Opinion Piece: Is decriminalisation of sex work a problem for the City of Boroondara? Go to page 7
