Prostitution Licensing Authority Welcome to the Prostitution Licensing Authority The Prostitution Licensing Authority (PLA) is a Queensland Government licensing and regulatory agency established by the Prostitution Act 1999. The objective of the PLA is to ensure that licensed brothels and prostitution advertising are regulated in accordance with statutory requirements and in the community interest. The PLA is committed to: acting in the public interest assisting in the prevention of corruption and organised crime in licensed brothels promoting and improving safety and health in the sex industry and in the wider community consultation to reach the objectives of the organisation providing a stimulating, satisfying and safe work environment free from discrimination on the basis of gender, race, religion, sexual preference or disability operating to ensure that all its activities are based on the best information and research available to it. We hope you find our website useful and informative. The PLA welcomes your suggestions and we encourage you to contact us with any comments that you have.  Note: This site contains documents supplied in Portable Document Format (PDF). If you have any problems viewing these files, please Contact us and we will endeavour to arrange an alternative.

What's New Announcements Guidelines for the Advertisement of Social Escort Services The PLA is responsible for the regulation of social (i.e. non-sexual) escort services advertising. The PLA has issued Guidelines for the advertisement of social escort services. Social escorts, social escort providers, and publishers MUST self-assess the proposed advertisement to ensure that it complies with the guidelines. It is an offence to publish an advertisement that does not comply with the guidelines. Guidelines for social escort services advertising ( 82KB) Queensland Fire and Rescue Service If you are an owner of, or a business person occupying, a building in Queensland you have legal obligations to ensure the safety of any person in that building in the event of a fire or a hazardous material emergency.  Important management tools and information can be found at the following webpage: https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/buildingsafety/Pages/owner-occupier.aspx Respect Inc Respect Inc is a peer based Queensland sex worker organisation which delivers education, information, and advocacy services to sex workers throughout the state. For further information: email: info@respectqld.org.au web: www.respectqld.org.au Licensed Brothels View the Brothels page for a full list of the licensed brothels in Queensland. Publications In Touch - Issue 140 - May 2019 ( 176 KB ) 2017-2018 Annual Report About the PLA ( 90 KB) Approved Managers ( 89 KB) Brothel Licensees ( 89 KB) Brothel Licence Application ( 446 KB) Complaints Policy ( 80 KB ) Service Delivery Statement 2018-19 (external link) Strategic Plan 2018-2022.pdf ( 184 KB ) The Swedish Model The Ban on Purchasing Sex in Sweden - The So-Called Swedish Model  ( 1427KB)