by Tom | May 11, 2006 | News
Police Minister Judy Spence is taking her first foray into the issue of health by relinquishing all health staff of ethical, professional and confidentiality standards, only if they are dealing with sex workers (Clause 31, proposed S134A, of the Prostitution Amendment...
by Tom | May 11, 2006 | News
Judy Spence has jumped the gun on the CMC by releasing the Prostitution Act 2006 in advance of the long awaited CMC final report. The final report is rumoured to be in opposition to individual private sex worker registration – a move which is made possible by...
by Tom | Apr 5, 2006 | News
Police Minister Judy Spence is rushing through major changes to Queensland sex industry laws only weeks before the pending release of a Crime and Misconduct Commission report. In her second reading speech on the 28th of March, Minister Spence implied that the proposed...
by Tom | Nov 8, 2005 | News
THE Queensland Government could breach discrimination laws if it tries to stop public servants working in the legal sex industry, the state’s anti-discrimination commissioner said. Premier Peter Beattie was today considering strengthening legislation to make all...
by Tom | Nov 7, 2005 | News
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...
