Riders are being asked to protest today against the state’s anti-bikie “fashion law” that prohibits the wearing of “colours” associated...
Tasmania is planning to follow other states with consorting laws that specify motorcycle clubs as outlaw organisations and their clothing,...
Bikies have long been fighting police discrimination and resultant public vilification as the above 1970s Brisbane bikie protest photo shows, but in recent years they have faced tougher laws including even associating with them. Now the vilification is stepping up as Tasmania and Victoria appear set to toughen anti-association laws....
Sons of Anarchy creator and writer Kurt Sutter is working on a TV sequel called Mayans MC that focuses on...
New motorcycle clubs continue to spring up and many established clubs are brimming with members. Some riders love the freedom...
As the seventh and final series of the popular Sons of Anarchy goes to air this week in the US, the show’s creator and writer, Kurt Sutter, reveals Harley’s support and his own riding career. Kurt says Harley-Davidson’s sales have “progressively grown with our ratings”, but the company has...
Australia’s High Court will be asked to overturn more than a dozen sections of the Newman Government’s VLAD Act and...
Voters will have their first democratic opportunity to “speak out against the madness” tomorrow (Feb 8). It’s the by-election in...
The Queensland Government crackdown on declared criminal motorcycle clubs is worrying tourism operators and officials. One tourism operator even believes accommodation providers are turning away bikers for fear of losing other customers scared of their appearance. At a recent meeting in Warwick of South East Queensland tourism bureaucrats, local government...
Wives, mothers and children of motorcycle riders affected by the VLAD Act had to speak on their behalf at the...
Australia Day protests against the anti-bikie laws in Queensland are going global. Protests will be held in London, Dublin and...
The Motorcyclists Australia Party has now achieved the required 500 signatures to get the party started, but it could be stillborn for the lack of committee members. Founder Paul Keyworth says the Australian Electoral Commission requires 10 committee members before it can confirm party status. It seems strange in this...
Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart will not ride in any more toy runs. The Commissioner took part in the Ipswich...
Returned bikers are being discouraged from buying motorcycles as a result of the Queensland Government’s crackdown on bikies, according to...
The 17th annual Ipswich Toy Run will go ahead tomorrow as planned despite rumours it had been cancelled because Queensland Police Commissioner Ian Stewart will take part. Social media has been alive with rumours saying that the “political stunt” had caused the toy run to be cancelled. However, organiser and...
So far, only 10 charges have been laid under Queensland’s Vicious Lawless Associates Disestablishment (VLAD) Act and various amendments to...
In a room full of leather-vested Queensland motorcycle club members, who do you think the guy in shorts represents? Give...
There is a “logical flaw” in the Queensland Police voluntary ride register, according to the Australian Motorcycle Council. The online and phone register has so far attracted 15 clubs to register 25 rides with the police to avoid being harassed or intercepted by the police. However, AMC representative Tony Ellis...
A Brisbane woman, angry with the VLAD Act, has started collecting documentation of harassment of motorcycle riders. Catherine Bond says...
A Brisbane motorcycle mechanic was made to take off his shirt on a busy roadside during a recent police ID...
Motorcycle businesses in Queensland are losing $5m a week in trade as the government’s crackdown on bikies places up to 10,000 jobs at risk. According to Australian Motorcycle Business Chamber founder Travis Windsor, there are 1500 motorcycle-related businesses in Queensland that turn over $1 billion a year and employ more...
Australian Motorcycle Council chairman Shaun Lennard will address the ride in Hobart and will explain why the AMC is so...
Queensland police are in jeopardy of losing the support and goodwill of motorcycle riders over pressure to enact new powers...
Bikers are dead against registering their ride with Queensland Police, yet clubs are registering rides. A MotorbikeWriter poll attracting 663 respondents has found 615 or 93% said they would not register their ride. The voluntary register process was proposed last month by Police Commissioner Ian Stewart at a meeting with...
The Queensland Police have set up a register for recreational rides. It was suggested by Police Commissioner Ian Stewart at...
Riders keen to talk about the anti-bikie laws and how they affect recreational rides are invited to do what we...
Police may be confused by a Gold Cast charity ride next weekend (November 24). The Rebel FM Can Do In-Law Motorbike Ride for Movember sounds dangerously like an outlaw ride since it includes the name of a declared outlaw motorcycle club. But instead of outlaws, the FM station is asking...
Premier Campbell Newman has not apologised over police harassment of a group of riders on their way to the funeral...
If you think it is ridiculous that riding in groups of three or more will attract the attention of the...
A London road safety conference has found motorists would be safer if more people rode motorcycles. The conference is titled: ‘More motorcycles could reduce casualties’ and is based on the 2008 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report which recommended reducing casualties significantly by including motorcycles in mainstream transport policy....
Riders intercepted by police have been advised to record the conversation, no matter where they are. But it is crucial...
Charity riders have been refused service in the Commercial Hotel in Inglewood because they wore jackets with commemorative ride badges...
A man with tattoos and riders with commemorative charity ride patches have been refused service in a Queensland pub and restaurant fearing they are bikies, according to Australian Motorcycle Council chairman Shaun Lennard (pictured). He says these incidents have created a “sense of urgency” about their fighting fund to challenge...
The hysteria over the anti-bikie laws will “blow over fairly quickly”, says Harley-Davidson Australia director of marketing Adam Wright. While...
The anti-bikie laws petition of more than 10,000 signatures has been delivered to Deputy Opposition Leader Bill Byrne. The petition...
Motorcycle riders will now have to ring a police hotline number if they want to ride in groups of three or more in peace. That is the preposterous proposal given to recreational riders today at an hour-long meeting with Queensland Police Minister Jack Dempsey and Police Commissioner Ian Stewart and...
Any club member – not just motorcycle clubs – could face extensive jail time for relatively minor offences under the...
The Queensland anti-bikie laws are apparently popular with the public. Some 48% agree with them and about 20% say the...
Can anyone explain how the Queensland Government arrived at 26 for the number of outlaw motorcycle clubs under their Orwellian “Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act”? Prior to the VLAD Act, police intelligence (oxymoron?) over many years of investigation had identified only 14 motorcycle clubs as being “outlaws”, presumably including the...
The Australian Motorcycle Council will start a fighting fund to support any High Court challenge to new anti-bikie legislation. (IF...
In a crackdown on drugs, led by fundamental Christians, the government enacted far-reaching draconian powers to the law enforcement agencies....
Riders wearing leather vests (like those pictured) can expect to be pulled over and questioned under the world’s toughest anti-bikie laws. Motorcycle Riders Association of Queensland president Cris Mearns says that on the same day the Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Bill became an Act of Queensland Parliament, his organisation received...
Queensland now claims to have the toughest anti-bikie laws in the world. The Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Bill 2013 was...
The only sitting state politician to attend our rally today has issued a press release pledging his support to our...
An online petition has been started against the Queensland Government’s proposed legislation that discriminates against people riding motorcycles. The petition is being run through Change.org rather than the government’s own ePetition since the red tape involved with the latter would mean it may not be ready in time for the...
A petition is being prepared for the informal meeting of recreational motorbike riders against police harassment at Canungra this Saturday...
Charity motorcycle rides last weekend may have been harassed by Queensland Police as part of the crackdown on outlaw bikie...
Should all people of Mid-East appearance be stopped on the street by police and searched in case they are terrorists? Should all teenagers wearing a hoodie be searched for cans of spray paint in case they are graffiti tagger? Should all mothers with shopping bags be stopped and searched in...