'Coffee king' Phillip Di Bella has slammed Annastacia Palaszczuk's jab mandate as 'discrimination' as he vows to allow unvaccinated Queenslanders into his business.
The premier announced on Tuesday people without the Covid jab will be banned from a multitude of venues, including pubs, cafes, cinemas, stadiums, and shopping centres, from December 17.
But the Brisbane entrepreneur - who founded one of Australia's largest specialty coffee roasters - said the rule was a human rights issue and pledged to defy the order at his Bowen Hills venue, The Coffee Commune.
'It won't be happening in my venue I can assure you,' Mr Di Bella said in a video uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday.
Coffee baron Phillip Di Bella (pictured) has vowed to defy vaccine mandates banning the unvaccinated from entering Queensland businesses next month
'The Coffee Commune will not discriminate. If you want to be vaccinated, you be vaccinated, if you don't, you don't. You take the health precautions that you need for yourself.'
Once 80 per cent of Queenslanders are fully-vaccinated - forecast for around December 17 - all Covid-19 restrictions will end for hospitality and entertainment venue.
From that date, only businesses where all staff and patrons are fully vaccinated will be legally allowed to operate in Queensland.
'This is both a reward for the fully vaccinated and a precaution for when the borders open and we will see more cases in our community,' Ms Palaszczuk told reporters on Tuesday.
'And people deserve to know that they can go to these places and that they are safe.'
Businesses welcomed the plan, saying it gives them clarity ahead of state borders reopening.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland's Amanda Rohan says businesses want guidelines on what will happen when infectious cases hit their venues, and on using rapid antigen testing.
'While it means businesses can now get back to work preparing for the reopening, there are still some things outstanding they need more information and clarity on,' she said.
But Mr Di Bella, who founded coffee empire Di Bella Group in 2002, said the mandate was a 'human rights' issue and he 'does not stand for it'.
Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Tuesday people without the Covid jab will not be allowed into a multitude of venues from December 17
'Forget about the vaccine - this is not about that - this is about mandating something that takes away freedoms from people who do not comply,' he said.
'Politicians work for the people and if you support them mandating something like this - that you have your human
