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Prostitution Licensing Authority

Welcome to the Prostitution Licensing Authority

The Prostitution Licensing Authority (PLA) was established to regulate prostitution in Queensland by implementing the Prostitution Act 1999. Our mission is to ensure that brothels are licensed and regulated in the community interest.

Street outside a Brisbane licensed Brothel Brothel Detail: Gold Coast Street outside a Gold Coast Licensed Brothel

The PLA is committed to:

  • the principles of respect, integrity and impartiality
  • promoting and improving safety and health in the sex industry and in the wider community
  • preventing corruption and organised crime in licensed brothels
  • ensuring 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 encourage you to contact us with any comments you may 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

Advertising Guidelines

The PLA has released guidelines about the approved form for prostitution advertising, which will commence on 30th May 2008.  Further information is available in the advertising section of this website.
Advertising Guidelines

Extension of WISI Info

The sex worker interim project, WISI Info (Information for Workers in the Sex Industry), has been granted a further extension until July 2009 to allow additional time to develop a long-term sex worker sexual health education and prevention program. Queensland Health now anticipates that this new service will be operational by the end of 2009.

Please read the attached information to obtain further details regarding this service.

Extension of WISI Info 2009 (Extension of WISI Info 2009|6990|application/pdf 7 KB)

Licensed Brothels

View the Brothels page for a full list of the 25 licensed brothels in Queensland.

Publications
Information Privacy Plan
In Touch - Issue 40 - October 2009 (In Touch - Issue 40 - October 2009|97248|application/pdf 95 KB)
Legal Advice - Sole Operator Sex Workers (Legal Opinion re motel rooms - for web|43705|application/pdf 43 KB)
Selling Sex; Regulating Prostitution in Queensland ( PLA SSRPIQ Report Final|1488761|application/pdf 6690 KB)
Ministerial Portfolio Statement 2007 - 2008
Annual Report 2007-2008

                                                            
Last updated 19/11/2009