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HOTEL and motel owners will have the power to evict sex workers from their rooms under new Queensland laws.
The move, effective immediately, comes after the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal ruled Moranbah hotel owners had breached the Anti-Discrimination Act when it denied a legal sex worker a room.
Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie introduced the changes to the Act in Queensland Parliament yesterday, noting the "ramifications" that decision had on the accommodation industry.
"This decision is being appealed by the Moranbah motel but it is necessary in the interim to change the law to give businesses certainty in controlling the use of their premises," he said.
"The changes will mean business owners can refuse a sex worker accommodation or evict them if they have reason to believe they are operating a business from their premises.
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What's your thoughts? I think this is fucked. Prostitution is legal in Aus (as it should be IMO), and I do think allowing discrimination against them opens us up to a slipperly slope. 'Morals' shouldn't come into play when it comes to discrimination laws. Would they feel the same way if a 'psychic' or what have you was operating from their rooms? If so, the laws should define the breach as being operating any sort of business out of the rooms, not just sex workers.