threat to de-register tradies with friends/ connections to bikies

[bob10]

From the courier mail, Sat. Jan 11.


"Every tradie in Qld. will have their backgrounds checked by Police in a bid to wipe out bikies in the building industry. Plumbers, builders, & electricians have been given 6 months by the State Gov. to relinquish any ties- or even friendships - they have with bikies , or be deregistered. New laws to take effect in July also mandate that Police will have to share criminal intelligence with gov. regulators, who license the blue-collar workers. " It goes on to say the new legislation will come into effect in July, but police have already started background checks and informing those who have possible suspect associations. Amendments to the Qld. Building Services Authority Act [ QBSAA] & the Electrical Safety Act [ESA] show that police will determine who is a prohibited person- defined in the legislation as a member of a criminal association or an office bearer.


How many innocent people will be caught up in this, I wonder. Fair enough, weed out the crims., but there are already existing laws to do that. Now is the time for those who haven't read " Three crooked Kings", by Matthew Condon , to do so. The book documents the rise of corruption in Police & political ranks, in Qld, from 1940 to 1976. His second book, " All Fall Down", covers the period up to Fitzgerald. I make no comment, but every Qlder should read these books. Bob

[Chucaro]

I am glad that in my time in Qld I was not there when Joh was in power and left before this totalitarian government is in place.

[incisor]

the electrical trades union is blowing up about this creating a ruckus

hopefully the truth will lie between what the etu is saying and what the government is postulating...

i hope their information is a lot more accurate than that used to declare the shed next door a bikie hangout

next door still hasnt got an apology or an official clearance i believe....

[Nick S]

"Beautiful one day, police state the next"
Now who was it that said not to worry about it and that this legislation was only going to be used to get rid of the criminal bikie gangs? Wonder who will be next, health workers, accountants, lawyers.....

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I just hope that the challenges to the legislation get to the High Court of Australia soon so they can get back to prosecuting people for actual criminal activity instead of lazy policing by criminalising whole groups of people by association.

BTW, I have no problem with criminal record checks and working with children checks, so long as it is relevant to the employment activity the person undertakes. If they are entering your home then you'd like to know they are not a criminal.

[disco 3 door]

Next will be all retail employees for selling bike CLUB members products. This done by association.

[Hay Ewe]

Next will be all retail employees for selling bike CLUB members products. This done by association.

This is rediculus!
creating a whole other 'population'.
So what if the bloke who comes to fix my plumbing rides a harley and has tats?
he chooses to spend his free time with people that he likes and of the similar lifestyle and culture.

Its no different from me spending my free time with my mountian biking buddies, as long as we do a good job, a proper job, and are able to hold security clearance as required for the job, whats the problem?

Hay Ewe

[Mick_Marsh]

Hey, Inc.
Perhaps you should pre empt the next round on laws and ban from this site all Queenslanders. Save them from being associated.

[bob10]

I wouldn't be too flippant, if it works here, it may come to you, Already NSW Police are complaining bitterly that they do not have move on laws for bikies, with chapters pushed from Qld. setting up just over the border. Interesting times ahead. Bob

[nugge t]

Uniform laws across all states and law enforcement co-operating would be a great start.

Read a book by a bikie informer who stated that because each state police force was so busy looking after they own patch, that the bikies would do things like fly 2 blokes to Vic, murder someone, then drive the body and dump it in NSW.

From what I have read and talking to police friends, these guys we so cutely call "bikies" are really organised crime and should be treated and pursued as such.