People working and businesses operating in the adult industry experience systematic discrimination in the areas of advertising, health, work regulations, restrictions on movement and relations with police. They also experience discrimination seeking other employment, housing and accommodation, and goods and services. The Australian Capital Territory has enacted legislation that makes ‘profession, trade, occupation or calling’ a protected attribute under the Discrimination Act 1991 (ACT). The Australia Sex Party believes that all Australian workplace discrimination laws should align with international human rights standards on the right to work, freedom choice of employment and non-discrimination.

The Australian Sex Party will reduce industry and occupational discrimination in order to combat the negative impact of such behaviour on individuals and businesses by:

• Calling for an inquiry into the banking industry that, amongst other things examines the nature and impacts of discrimination on industries based on occupation, trade, profession or calling; and
• Introduce a bill to amend federal discrimination laws making it unlawful to unfairly discriminate against people on the basis of their profession, trade, occupation or calling.