QUEENSLAND teachers and other public servants could be forced to get permission before taking a second job following revelations a Gold Coast teacher was working in a legal brothel. The woman is believed to have stopped working at the brothel last year, but no action could be taken against her at the time because it was not an illegal activity. She is currently on special leave with full pay while the Crime and Misconduct Commission investigates an unrelated allegation that she supplied alcohol to underage students during an overseas trip. Premier Peter Beattie said yesterday he would seek urgent advice from Public Service Commissioner George O'Farrell on whether the Government could legislate to require government employees to get approval from a supervisor before taking another job. "We accept that she's not done anything that is illegal but our priority is to look after the best interests of the students," Mr Beattie said yesterday. The teacher, who has not been named but is understood to come from the Gold Coast, was reportedly discovered working in a brothel by a male teacher more than 12 months ago. Both were counselled over their actions and the woman quit her job as a prostitute, changed her name and continued to teach at a different school. However, fresh allegations have now been made that the woman has since returned to prostitution and also supplied alcohol to underage students during an trip to Bali. An Education Queensland spokesman yesterday said there was no evidence to suggest she was still working in the brothel but confirmed the CMC was investigating the other matter. Education Minister Rod Welford, who only learned of the case on Friday, said it raised moral questions that could arise when teachers took another job. "Teachers have a fairly broad responsibility to students and their parents and we want to ensure that there's no conflict of interest," he said. But Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said the Government should have acted when the prostitution matter first came to light more than 12 months ago. "It would have been illegal until Peter Beattie came to office and legalised the brothel industry," he said. Queensland Teachers Union president Steve Ryan said he was not aware of the case but was concerned it would impact on other teachers who undertook legitimate part-time work to improve their finances. ". . . It would be unfortunate if our political masters were to take knee-jerk reactions to what really is an isolated case in a workforce of some 40,000 people," he said. "We would believe that what teachers do in the private lives, provided it doesn't impact on students in their care, should be kept private. "But we recognise that teachers have a moral obligation to set a reasonable example in the communities in which they live."