BillyWhizz888
09-05-2008, 08:39 AM
Whats going on the lads!!! I got this little snippet
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/08/2238478.htm
Tough new laws for SA bikie gangs
Posted Thu May 8, 2008 7:09am AEST
Updated Thu May 8, 2008 8:55am AEST
New laws: An alleged bikie fortress at Brompton in Adelaide's inner north-west (Nick Harmsen: ABC News)
Legislation allowing the Attorney-General to declare bikie gangs as illegal organisations passed the South Australian Parliament's Upper House last night.
Control orders can also be placed on members, restricting who they mix with and where they go.
The South Australian Government says the landmark legislation will disrupt criminal bikie gangs.
SA Police Minister Paul Holloway says tougher laws were needed because criminals were exploiting legal loopholes.
"They're using the system to avoid justice rather than to get justice and I think that's why the Government has had to introduce a bill which really changes many of these original legal concepts but we are confident that it will withstand any legal challenge," he said.
The SA Law Society and the Bar Association, as well as the Greens and Democrats, say the laws are extreme and unnecessary.
Democrats MP Sandra Kanck says it sets a dangerous precedent.
"This is turning on its head so much of what we have come to accept as being the rule of law in this state and in this country," she said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/08/2238478.htm
Tough new laws for SA bikie gangs
Posted Thu May 8, 2008 7:09am AEST
Updated Thu May 8, 2008 8:55am AEST
New laws: An alleged bikie fortress at Brompton in Adelaide's inner north-west (Nick Harmsen: ABC News)
Legislation allowing the Attorney-General to declare bikie gangs as illegal organisations passed the South Australian Parliament's Upper House last night.
Control orders can also be placed on members, restricting who they mix with and where they go.
The South Australian Government says the landmark legislation will disrupt criminal bikie gangs.
SA Police Minister Paul Holloway says tougher laws were needed because criminals were exploiting legal loopholes.
"They're using the system to avoid justice rather than to get justice and I think that's why the Government has had to introduce a bill which really changes many of these original legal concepts but we are confident that it will withstand any legal challenge," he said.
The SA Law Society and the Bar Association, as well as the Greens and Democrats, say the laws are extreme and unnecessary.
Democrats MP Sandra Kanck says it sets a dangerous precedent.
"This is turning on its head so much of what we have come to accept as being the rule of law in this state and in this country," she said.