Flesh trade in the mining region of Queensland got a legal boost this week as the state's Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) ruled in favour of a sex worker who was banned by a local motel from conducting her business at the establishment.

The QCAT decision deemed the motel owners' actions ran in counter with the Anti-Discrimination Act when they prevented her from bringing over clients, who were mostly miners working in the mining town of Moranbah, located near the Peak Downs mine in the Sunshine State.

The tribunal ruled that owners of Drovers Rest Motel committed acts of discrimination when they drove out the prostitute, who was identified by ABC as GK, upon discovery that she utilised the establishment as her centre of operation over the past two years.

The ruling accepted GK's arguments that her conduct while in the premises of the motel, which the Australian Associated Press (AAP) was being ran by Evan and Joan Hartley, was no more different from people who rent a room and then perform business functions using the motel's facilities.

Sexual practices that do not contravene existing federal and state laws cannot be used as bases for turning away customers, in this specific case GK who was paying for the use of Drovers Rest room services, the QCAT decision said.

The Australian reported on Wednesday that the sex worker, which the publication named as 'Karlaa', may be entitled to a damage compensation of up to $30,000, which could be awarded by the tribunal in a separate hearing that will decide on her payment claims.

In an interview with the News Ltd paper on Tuesday, Karlaa said the ruling only showed that "it's not acceptable to discriminate against people."

She further asserted that she does for a living was completely legal and "it's not right that they can treat me like a second-class citizen."

However, the Queensland tribunal ruling was met with reservations by the Accommodation Association of Australia (AAA), expressing fear that the case may set unlikely precedents that could leave hotel and motel owners vulnerable to future lawsuits by merely wishing to set decent image for their businesses.

"Our main concern is if someone's running a business and other guests make complaints they should have the ability to act upon that ... and we believe that that decision should ultimately rest with the proprietor or licensee or manager of those premise," AAA chief executive Richard Munro told ABC on Wednesday.

"Obviously we don't condone any (from of) discrimination ... but it should be up to the owner, the proprietor, the licensee, to protect the amenity of their business," Mr Munro stressed.

GK's case, observers said, underscored the flourishing skin trade in Australia's mining regions, which obviously were fuelled by the country's ongoing mining boom.

The Australian reported that sex workers from other states flocked to the towns that were adjacent to giant mining sites and even ran paid ads on local dailies to lure mining workers.