Sex Worker Scapegoated; Beattie promotes discrimination 7 November 2005

In Queensland sex workers are protected from discrimination by anti-discrimination legislation. It is illegal to discriminate against a person because they are a sex worker. It is a breach of this Act to suggest that a person who works as a legal sex worker as well as a teacher should be prevented from doing so. Futhermore, the implication that a person working as a sex worker would have a negative impact on the children she teaches is in itself discrimination under this legislation.