AAP
April 30, 2009 04:24pm
SOUTH Australian businesses should close their doors to "low-life scum" Rebels bikie gang members this weekend, a politician says.
About 700 members of the Rebels from throughout Australia, and members of other outlaw motorcycle clubs, will rally outside parliament in Adelaide tomorrow.
They then will ride on Saturday from Adelaide to Victor Harbor, in the state's south, to protest against anti-bikie legislation that came into effect in SA last year.
Liberal MP Michael Pengilly, whose electorate covers Victor Harbor, has urged hotels, cafes and shops in the popular tourist spot to make a stand against outlaw club members.
"I think they (businesses) should close the doors as these people go through town,'' he said today.
"The disruption (to trading) may be worth it to send a message to these bikies that they're just not welcome.
"We don't need these morons down there and we definitely don't need their money.
"I just think these people are low-life scum, quite frankly.
"It is a hideous thing for our society to have to tolerate these people moving about the way they do with drugs, creating disruptions and blocking up the roads wherever they go.
"The monitoring of these outlaws by the police is just a huge waste of taxpayer money.''
SA Police Detective Superintendent Des Bray said additional police have been rostered on to monitor the Rebels.
"We have got significant resources on duty and significant resources in reserve to accommodate any situation that should arise,'' he said today.
Police have been assured by Rebels members the protest would be peaceful, he said.
It is understood the demonstration will form part of the club's national run, held in a different state each year.
"Suffice to say it will be a very significant number of riders,'' Det Supt Bray said.
"We certainly think all the Rebels will go to Parliament House and we do know some representatives from other clubs will join.''
It will be the second time rival clubs have united in a defiant show of strength against SA's Serious and Organised Crime Control Act, under which gang members can be banned from associating. In March, several gangs held a protest run north of Adelaide.
Premier Mike Rann raised the importance of a national approach to crack down on bikie-related crime at a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting in Hobart today.
All state and territory attorneys-general will consider the approach and report back to the next COAG meeting.
Liberal MP Michael Pengilly..........who the fuck are you to make business decisions on behalf of small business in these economic times. Rebels money will not be welcome he says......what a fugg head. These people block up and congest the roads..........again, what a fugg head.......no they dont, the blue gang does that.
