Category: South Australia

Vic Police chief bags SA bikie laws

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The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | 26 June 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23923536-5006301,00.html

VICTORIA’S police chief is warning SA’s tough new anti-bikie gang laws will lead to increased conflict between police and bikies and drive them underground.

Police Commissioner Christine Nixon says the laws will “merely drive the visible appearance of organised motorcycle gangs (OMCGs) underground, where the criminal activity will continue to function”.

“Rather than displacing OMCG organised crime activity from SA, it is likely the new laws will increase police-OMCG conflict,” she said.

“Victoria Police does not support proposals …

Adelaide City Council Donates $65 Grand to Islam – Where’s Creativity’s $$$?

Council grant for mosque work

ABC | Jun 17, 2008

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/17/2276785.htm

Australia’s oldest mosque is getting a $65,000 grant from Adelaide City Council to fund the repairs to one of its minarets.

The mosque in Gilbert Street in the city was built in the late 1880s, with minarets added in 1903.

Lord Mayor Michael Harbison says it is the first time the Council has funded refurbishment work on a mosque.

“This money allocated will restore the fourth minaret of the mosque to its former glory and give us what really is a beautiful building, very important to the Islamic community …

“Bikie Laws” Not Draconian Enough for Liberals

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Bikie laws ‘must cover prisons’

By Nigel Hunt
The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | June 22, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23901839-5006301,00.html

THE Opposition [Liberal Party] wants new legislation aimed at stopping bikies from associating to cover their activities in the state’s prisons.

Opposition correctional services spokesman David Wade said revelations in the Sunday Mail last week of gang brawls indicated the Government was not effectively managing gang members inside prison.

“Labor is keen to lock people up – it needs to give more attention to effectively managing prisoners while they are …

Gypsy Jokers gather for funeral that will soon be illegal

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By Colin James – MSM Legal Affairs Editor
The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | 18 June 2008
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23883992-2682,00.html

GYPSY Jokers from across Australia have gathered in Adelaide for a funeral which would be illegal under new anti-bikie laws introduced by the State Government.

The bikies were farewelling club president Wayne “Chiller” McGrath, 42, a father of four and part-owner of four tattoo parlours, who suffered a fatal heart attack last week while exercising on a treadmill at his Virginia home.

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His sudden death prompted public tributes from Gypsy …

Minister for Multicultural Affairs goes Bonkers

Atkinson blasts senior magistrate as ‘daft’ and ‘delusional’

Jamie Walker: The Advertiser | June 13, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23856671-5006301,00.html

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Michael Atkinson has called a senior magistrate “daft” and “delusional” for calling for jail overcrowding to be factored into sentencing.

The ferocity of the criticism from Mr Atkinson, of deputy chief magistrate Andrew Cannon yesterday stunned the Adelaide legal community.

Mr Atkinson’s office was on the back foot last night to justify his language, and some of the grounds he had used to blast Dr Cannon, who is an adjunct professor of law and the state’s senior mining warden.

Mr Atkinson launched …

Constable charged over 1985 child sex

The Advertiser | June 12, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23853560-5006301,00.html

A POLICE Community Constable has been arrested by detectives from the Pedophile Task Force over child sex offences allegedly committed more than 20 years ago.

The Pennington man, 59, was arrested at his home early today and charged with unlawful sexual intercourse, unlawful detention, and failing to supply food, clothing and shelter to a minor.

The alleged offences occurred in 1985, before the man was appointed a Community Constable.

The man has been bailed to appear in court in September.

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Bikie Gang Law in Force from Today

The Advertiser | 8 June 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23828355-2682,00.html

THE first stage of the State Government’s three-pronged legislative attack on outlaw bikie gangs and their associates comes into force today.

Gang members involved in brawls or those threatening witnesses will be charged with new offences under the Public Order Offences Act, which carries penalties of up to 10 years’ jail or fines of up to $10,000.

The new charges available to police are Riot, Affray and Violent Disorder.
Update May 2023: “Affray” is the charge that Whites are hit with IF they dare to fight back when attacked by violent criminal Blacks

Bikers Fight Back Against SA’s Draconian Laws

Bikie gangs form fund to mount High Court challenge

By Colin James | The Adelaide Advertiser (South Australia) | May 22, 2008

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23744533-5006301,00.html

MAJOR bikie gangs have formed a fighting fund to mount a High Court challenge against controversial laws aimed at driving them out of the state.

The Hells Angels, Finks, Rebels and Gypsy Jokers have told their lawyers – including several Queen’s Counsel – to join to overturn the laws, passed by State Parliament despite widespread criticism from lawyers and civil libertarians.

The Advertiser has confirmed the gangs have begun raising funds to ensure the country’s best constitutional …

Lawyer Says Biker Gangs Will Fight SA Laws

ABC | May 23, 2008

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/23/2253504.htm

A barrister says bikie gangs are uniting to challenge the South Australian Government’s anti-gangs legislation.

New laws to take effect from July will let authorities restrict association and declare gangs illegal.

Barrister Craig Caldicott says groups are putting aside differences and plan to fund a High Court challenge.

“A number of the groups are talking,” he said.

“You must bear in mind that not just bikies but it’s any group that the Attorney-General and the Commissioner of Police target.

“Probably (Premier) Mr Rann and (Attorney-General) Mr Atkinson have done better to unite the groups …