New South Wales should follow South Australia's example and introduce tough legislation to dismantle criminal bikie gangs, says NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell.
The call comes as a man was bludgeoned to death in a daylight attack at Sydney Airport's Qantas terminal yesterday afternoon, involving 15 men from rival bikie gangs which was witnessed by up to 50 horrified passengers.
NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says the horrific episode in Sydney must finally force Premier Nathan Rees to stop standing by and doing nothing, as criminal bikie gang members murder each other in broad daylight in public and putting the wider community at risk
Mr O'Farrell says society needs to completely break up bikie gangs and police must have the powers and resources needed to end their 'reign of terror'.
SA's Serious and Organised Crime Control Act was designed to dismantle criminal bikie gangs by declaring membership or association with outlawed clubs, illegal.
The act also includes new charges, which carry up to 10 years jail for bikie club members and their associates who engage in group violence.
Yesterday's attack happened the same day a drive-by shooting in Sydney's west sent two men to hospital with police investigating if warfare between outlaw motorcycle gangs is to blame.
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the violence done on the weekend was done without patches worn ..so how can it classed as club business ..isnt it just a bunch of blokes flogging each other ..what difference is it to a fight at a niteclub ???? ..but they happen to belong to an OMC .. so must be club business, so say the big blue gang
I wonder if the American Motorcycle Club and Ulysses club will be grouped under this???? ..what if so called OMC members start joining these clubs ..do these clubs get banned then? Will they stop calling themselves a 1% club to get around this ..if they no longer call themselves an outlaw motorcycle club or a 1% club then they shouldnt be targeted but if they do that then all motorcycle clubs will be the next to be targeted who declares what club is outlaw??? do what white collar crims do ..rebadge and start up again ... gets around current laws ... lots of questions and answers to be had now ...
rkc,
I thought a 1% outlaw club operated outside the law, so what would any new law do ?
Fatboy,
I would have thought that was a good thing telling the public that these guy's are NOT bike riders or a MC club ?
maybe if the 1% clubs are full of such good ordinary people (but they dont like to be grouped with the other 99% of good ordinary people ) , then maybe they should stop recruiting these dickheads and kick them out before they get they stitched up . then there is noone to tarnish their squeaky clean names
