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2320 - Gaming and Racing - TOPLESS WAITSTAFF

Rath, Chris to the Special Minister of State, Minister for Roads, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, and Minister for Jobs and Tourism representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Minister for Gaming and Racing, Minister for Veterans, Minister for Medical Research, and Minister for the Central Coast
TOPLESS WAITSTAFF

(1) Is there regulation, legislation or other requirements for approvals for a hospitality venue with a liquor licence to utilise the services of topless waitstaff?

(a) Could you please provide information regarding what a venue with a liquor licence must do in order to utilise the services of topless waitstaff?

(i) If the answer references publicly available material, could you please provide the URL and page number where the relevant information is located?

(b) Could you please provide information regarding what restrictions or rules apply to a venue which utilises the services of topless waitstaff?

(i) If the answer references publicly available material, could you please provide the URL and page number where the relevant information is located?
Answer -

I am advised:

Under the Liquor Act 2007, there are no statutory prohibitions on a hospitality venue utilising topless waitstaff. For existing hospitality venues with a liquor licence that wish to use topless waitstaff, there are no specific requirements for approval under the liquor licence. However, there could be specific conditions applied to certain licences that may be relevant. Any conditions are applied on a case-by-case basis and will be determined by, among other things, the type of venue and the nature of its operations.

For topless waitressing in an adult entertainment venue with a liquor licence (e.g. in a strip club setting), a range of conditions will generally be imposed on these venues as part of an approval.

Question asked on 29 May 2024 (session 58-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 262
Answer received on 20 June 2024 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 277

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