Rider, driver, biker, bikie, motorcyclist or even cyclist are used for the person who sits in the front seat of... Read More
Riders are being asked to protest today against the state’s anti-bikie “fashion law” that prohibits the wearing of “colours” associated... Read More
An army veteran rider who claimed he was assaulted by police at a March 2018 charity ride feels exonerated knowing the officer has been placed on restricted duties. Michael “Magic” Parr faced a charge of not obeying the direction of police for this incident caught on video, but the charges were dropped in... Read More
Police claiming all bikies are criminals is vilifying them in a similar way as saying prostitutes cannot be rape victims, says... Read More
While Australian states are ramping up their anti-association laws that profile riders as potential outlaws, the US Senate has unanimously... Read More
Tasmania is planning to follow other states with consorting laws that specify motorcycle clubs as outlaw organisations and their clothing, badges, patches and jewellery as illegal. The Liberal Government’s Police Offences Amendment (Prohibited Insignia) Bill being debated in Parliament today (20 September 2018) would ban outlaw motorcycle gang “colours”. It... Read More
Bikies have long been fighting police discrimination and resultant public vilification as the above 1970s Brisbane bikie protest photo shows,... Read More
The tough, so-called anti-bikie VLAD laws in Queensland have not been the success the police claim they are, according to... Read More
A new Bill replacing Queensland’s so-called VLAD “anti-bikie” laws indicates there is less chance of innocent riders accidentally consorting at a Toy Run, charity event or shop ride. These new laws were passed on Tuesday night with support from members of the Katter’s Australian Party who were concerned about law-abiding riders... Read More
Queensland riders are still living in a police state where they could be harassed, detained, charged and imprisoned for looking... Read More
South Australia is set to introduce anti-bikie laws similar to Queensland’s Vicious Lawless Associates Disestablishment (VLAD) laws, despite those laws... Read More
Builders who are also members of declared criminal bikie clubs will lose their jobs from July unless they quit the club. However, the Queensland Government has yet to detail how the licensing restrictions will work and how the builders have to prove they are no longer club members. That is... Read More
More than 5000 riders are expected to attend the Last Stand Freedom Ride to Canberra to protest various state anti-association and... Read More
The High Court of Australia has rejected an appeal against Queensland’s “anti-bikie” laws, including the Orwellian Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment... Read More
The man who drafted the appeal against Queensland’s draconian “anti-bikie” VLAD laws believes they will be quashed late today. Honorary legal counsel for the United Motorcycle Clubs in Queensland and NSW, Barrister Wayne Baffsky, says he’s “praying” that the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) laws will be overturned, but is... Read More
The High Court of Australia is expected to hand down its decision on Queensland’s “anti-bikie” laws tomorrow (November 14) about... Read More
The organiser of a concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland has... Read More
A Melbourne man who attended a bikie charity ride over three years ago has been refused an American visa and he suspects the reason is association laws. John Di Clemente, 47, of Bundurra, fears the visa was rejected on the mistaken belief that he is a bikie associate, although the... Read More
The organiser of an anti-VLAD concert to raise money for the High Court fight against discriminatory VLAD Laws in Queensland... Read More
Since the introduction of the VLAD laws in October 2013, Grant Newson has been actively campaigning against them. Not just... Read More
The heart of the problem with the Queensland Government’s VLAD laws is that they make it a criminal offence to be someone or be associated with someone, not to commit an offence. So the recent “concessions” about segregating jailed offenders and not requiring them to wear pink jail jumpsuits is... Read More
The organiser of an anti-VLAD meeting says he has encountered nothing but grief from hotels where he hoped to stage... Read More
The “bikie chicks” from BikieChic are selling up to enjoy more travel, fishing and surfing. Selena Thurbon and Diane Scaysbrook... Read More
Sons of Anarchy star Kim Coates has responded to claims by fellow star Mark Boone Jr that the show “saved Harley”. “Boone and I did this great Hollywood Reporter story and Boone screams out, ‘’We basically saved Harley.’ And I went, ‘Oh god, that’s going to come back and bite... Read More
Australia’s High Court will be asked to overturn more than a dozen sections of the Newman Government’s VLAD Act and... Read More
Queensland Parliament has rejected a call for a public inquiry into the VLAD Act and anti-association or anti-bikie laws. The... Read More
Petition delivered, so this post has been rewritten.... Read More
A crime summit to discuss the bikie issue and the new laws rushed into parliament will be held on the... Read More
This is the face of collateral damage in the wake of the Queensland Government’s anti-bikie legislation. Kylie Sage arranges social... Read More