THE FOUNDER of a controversial anti-Islam party wants the operators and venue manager of a Queensland pub to undergo “anti-discrimination training” after barring her from the site, documents reveal.

media_camera Former aerobics instructor Kim Vuga notched up 172 votes when she ran as an independent in the 2016 Senate race. Picture: Fiona Harding

Love Australia Or Leave Party founder Kim Vuga, a grandmother who rose to prominence after starring on SBS program Go Back To Where You Came From, made headlines after she and her members were told they weren’t welcome at the Beach House Hotel in Hervey Bay in April 2016.

The stoush has now made its way to the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, with Ms Vuga claiming she was discriminated against because of her political beliefs or activity.

In documents lodged in November 2016, Ms Vuga states she wants “a public apology advertised in paper for a period of four weeks” as well as compensation for “bad publicity” for her party.

She is also seeking “anti-discrimination training” for the respondents to the claim – the pub’s licensee Persal & Co Trading Pty Ltd and the venue manager Paul Robins.

“The manager Paul Robins made it very clear during (a) phone conversation when he stated I don’t want anything to do with your association, meaning that of my political party,” Ms Vuga claims in the documents.

But in his own statement, Mr Robins says he decided to refuse Ms Vuga and her members permission to meet at the pub because he held “serious concerns” for the safety of staff and patrons.

media_camera Pauline Hanson and Kim Vuga at the Protect Penrith Action Group's fundraiser.

He said he was “vaguely” aware that the Love Australia Or Leave Party was an “extremist type political party”, gleaned from media reports before the incident.

He later described it and Ms Vuga as holding “racist and discriminatory political views”, which contributed to his concerns about a meeting being held at the venue without a function booking.

“The Beach House Hotel is a private business and I have the right to refuse to allow a function to be held (there) that was not authorised,” his statement reads.

Former aerobics instructor Ms Vuga, who notched up 172 votes when she ran as an independent in the 2016 Senate race, initially took her complaint to the Anti- Discrimination Commission Queensland before its referral to the tribunal.

On its website, the Love Australia Or Leave Party lists campaign issues such as “Combating Extremism and Islamisation” and a “Hardline Immigration Policy”.

A hearing is expected to be held in Brisbane later in the year.