Dress codes banning face and neck tattoos in Queensland venues could soon be reviewed by law-makers, as a businessman urges the Human Rights Commission to stamp them out.
A Queensland businessman wants anti-discrimination laws changed to stop pubs, clubs and restaurants from barring people with face and neck tattoos from entry.The Queensland Human Rights Commission is currently reviewing the state's Anti-Discrimination Act
"The reason I got tattoos was because I grew up looking at my heroes in bands who had tattoos and I wanted to be like them."Over the years he has been denied entry from venues on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane — including a family birthday dinner at Blackbird at Brisbane's Eagle St Pier, and the popular Burleigh Pavilion when he was visiting Burleigh Heads on his honeymoon.
A report will be handed to the Attorney-General next month, detailing proposed changes to the laws after submissions on a diverse range of issues. "The subtext of what they're saying is that you belong to a group, and there are criminals or extremists in that group, and we're going to exclude all of you because of that."Gold Coast tattooist Tim Ebbles, who has owned Borderline Tattoos in Burleigh Heads for more than two decades, said many clients with visible tattoos no longer went out to pubs and clubs because they knew they would not get in.
"There are people in good jobs who are well-covered in tattoos from, say, wrist to feet, but at the same time, they're also not looked upon in a good way.Freedom of expression protected
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