The Australian Adult Industry Awards (AAIA) is an Australia-wide annual award that has been given out for outstanding achievements in the adult industry including awards for strippers, adult retail shops, film and video production, men’s bars, brothels and escort agencies.
About
AAIA's aim is to establish legitimacy and mainstream acceptance for the industry and its participants. Since its inception in 2001 the AAIA has been owned and operated by sex expert
Maxine Fensom. Fensom is well known in the adult industry for founding a number of strip clubs, strippers’ agencies, themed events, and adult online stores. She is also the founder and owner of the national ''Miss Erotica'' and ''Miss Dream Girl'' pageants.
In 2004, the organisers of the awards became a partner of the
Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is an Australian statutory agency and the principal revenue collection body for the Australian Government. The ATO has responsibility for administering the Taxation in Australia, Australian federal taxation ...
(ATO) to encourage 16,000
sex worker
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s to declare their income. As part of the effort, the ATO sponsored the event.
John Lark won the lifetime achievement award in 2006 for his contribution to the industry as a producer of 20 films featuring Australian stars, including Alice Springs and Kelly Blue.
[Claire Halliday,]
Naked ambition
, ''The Age'', 15 July 2007. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
References
2001 establishments in Australia
Awards established in 2001
Australian awards
Pornography in Australia
Pornographic film awards
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