The Breakdown puts a selection of Australia’s daily news into context. Today’s picks:

• The sex trade is a step closer to being decriminalized in South Australia.

• Online tax services crash, along with Australia’s digital reputation.

• It’s a tough day in Parliament when you’re referred to as the Dark Lord.

Bill Aims to Shield Those Selling Sex

South Australia came closer to legitimizing prostitution in the eyes of the law today, as a bill to fully decriminalize the trade passed the upper house of the state’s Legislative Council in the early hours of the morning.

The bill will now go before the lower house, where advocates — who regard the term “prostitute” as stigmatizing and favor the alternative “sex worker” instead — are optimistic that it will pass. Right now, the trade is prosecuted in South Australia, though other states and territories have decriminalized some forms of it, like working out of one’s home or in a licensed brothel.

What does this bill actually mean for sex workers?

Jules Kim, chief executive of the Scarlet Alliance Australian Sex Workers Association, says the bill is significant for Australia — and the world.