“…Recent literature has demonstrated an association between legislation and sex worker health outcomes [ 21 ]. Public preference is increasingly growing in favour of decriminalization [ 6 , 8 , 14 , 22 , 23 ], and evidence continues to support the effectiveness of decriminalization as a regulatory model for improving sex worker health outcomes [ 4 , 5 , 18 , 22 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Findings to date have demonstrated the benefits of decriminalization at a study level [ 18 , 29 ] and multiple jurisdictions, including in Australia, are considering reform to sex industry legislation [ 30 , 31 , 32 ].…”