In 2015, Amnesty International joined over 200 sex worker organisations in the call for nations to decriminalise sex work. Despite this, only two jurisdictions in the world, New Zealand and New South Wales (NSW; Australia), have adopted this approach. This article examines the role that sex worker activists played in sex work law reform in NSW through their representative organisation, the Australian Prostitutes Collective (APC). The APC produced and submitted groundbreaking research to the Select Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly on Prostitution (1983–1986) whose recommendations laid the foundation for the decriminalisation of sex work in NSW. This article contributes to a developing history of the contribution of sex worker activism to law reform. It explores why it is so important that sex worker voices are included in the process of reform, and how meaningful consultation with sex workers helped shape and invoke a radical policy and legal

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性工作者激进主义如何影响澳大利亚新南威尔士州性工作的合法化。

2015 年，国际特赦组织与 200 多个性工作者组织一起呼吁各国将性工作合法化。尽管如此，世界上只有新西兰和新南威尔士州（新南威尔士州；澳大利亚）这两个司法管辖区采用了这种方法。本文探讨了性工作者活动家通过其代表组织澳大利亚妓女集体 (APC) 在新南威尔士州性工作法律改革中所发挥的作用。APC 制作并向新南威尔士州卖淫立法议会专责委员会（1983-1986 年）提交了开创性研究报告，该委员会的建议为新南威尔士州性工作合法化奠定了基础。本文为性工作者激进主义对法律改革的贡献的发展历史做出了贡献。