An online petition to axe motorcycle tolls and allow unrestricted footpath parking has been rejected by the Queensland Government despite... Read More
Melting tar which caused a least one motorcycle accident on famed Mt Glorious behind Brisbane has been identified in several... Read More
Speed limits will return to normal when the road works on the western side of Mt Glorious behind Brisbane are completed late in August 2017. Despite speed limits being reduced by 10km/h in most areas of the mountain and concerns that speeds would be further reduced after completion of the... Read More
A petition seeking an exemption from motorway tolls for motorcycles and free parking on all footpaths has been posted on the... Read More
Queensland is the latest to mandate a certain percentage of fuel sales as bio-fuels, even though they are bad for some... Read More
The fashion police will be out in force in Queensland where “bikie colours” will be banned in public because they create fear; although there may be a loophole. The controversial ban is one of many proposals under the Queensland Labor Government’s long-awaited review of the controversial VLAD laws. While there is a little... Read More
Edge filtering will never be allowed across all states so long as Queensland – the only state that permits the... Read More
The Queensland Labor Government has just made the affordable worker’s transport more expensive and more difficult to access with the... Read More
The VLAD and associated so-called “anti-bikie” laws rushed in by the Newman Government in 2013 will be axed by the Labor Government, but details on their replacement are still vague. The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission 400-odd-page report on the laws basically says they were badly written, an affront to... Read More
The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission review of the controversial so-called VLAD (Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment) Laws is due to... Read More
Despite media beat-ups that proclaim a massive surge in motorcycle crashes in Queensland, an education program has been credited with... Read More
The year of 2015 will go down as one of the best for Australian motorcyclists in a long time with significant law and road rule advances plus more to come in 2016. The first advance this year was the further introduction of lane filtering in Queensland and the start of... Read More
Queensland riders are still living in a police state where they could be harassed, detained, charged and imprisoned for looking... Read More
A Brisbane rider who claims to have been harassed multiple times by police during the height of the Queensland anti-bikie... Read More
Victoria has followed Queensland by accepting European motorcycle helmet standards, placing pressure on other states to follow suit. As of yesterday, Victorian riders are able to wear helmets with an ECE sticker rather than the current Australian Standards sticker. It is also believed New South Wales will be the next... Read More
A petition has been started to halt the Queensland Government’s rip-off penalty of the equivalent of a whole month’s registration if... Read More
Riders have been urged to continue protesting and making submissions to governments to halt the further erosion of freedoms and... Read More
Governments are continuing to push ethanol in fuel, despite it not being suitable for most motorcycles and the US Environmental Protection Agency calling for a cutback in its availability. The latest government to consider an ethanol mandate is Queensland which has shown bipartisan support in the erroneous notion it is... Read More
The “Yandina Five” look like avoiding more jail time after the new Labor Queensland Government has declared the VLAD laws... Read More
As the Queensland Government remains in doubt after the election two weekends ago, an independent MP could hold the keys... Read More
From February 1, Australia became a little more confusing for motorcycle riders with several slightly different lane-filtering rules across the states. Queensland has now introduced lane filtering with slightly different rules from those that apply in NSW (see the video above) which introduced lane filtering in July 2014 and the ACT... Read More
At least six motorcycle riders are contesting the Queensland election in a response to the draconian, so-called anti-bikie laws introduced... Read More
Builders who are also members of declared criminal bikie clubs will lose their jobs from July unless they quit the... Read More
Riders in Queensland will soon be able to wear internationally approved helmets, but they won’t be able to buy them from their favourite bike shop. And that could have serious safety implications. In February, the Queensland Governor is expected to sign new laws which include axing the rules around Australian... Read More
Riders from all states and as far as North Queensland and Broome in Western Australia rode to Canberra to attend... 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
Queensland has changed several rules concerning motorcycles that may impact on other states. Read the rule changes here. From next year Queensland will join NSW in allowing lane filtering. It will also introduce cheaper helmets from overseas and permit riders to stretch their legs and stand up while riding. Some... 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
People arrested or harassed under the draconian Queensland VLAD laws as part of the government’s so-called bikie war say they... Read More
From tomorrow, NSW will introduce lane-filtering laws and in three days a Queensland discussion paper that includes allowing different lane... Read More
Compensation to people wrongfully arrested and harassed under the Queensland Government’s Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment (VLAD) Act could cost up to $100 million, according to Alex Douglas. The former head of the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Commission and now state parliamentary leader of the Palmer United Party told an anti-VLAD... 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
Queensland Police have been visiting social motorcycle clubs to explain the VLAD Act and placate riders in a statewide PR... Read More
Queensland has launched an online survey on plans to introduce lane-filtering, commonsense rider control rules and international helmet standards. Read my story here. The great news is that riders from any state can participate. You don’t even need to be Australian! The survey requires you to register with your email... Read More
Motorcycle lane filtering, common sense rules on having your hands and feet on the bars and footpegs, and international helmet... Read More
Queensland’s VLAD laws are now effecting the RSPCA’s annual Ruff Riders 500 charity ride. Even the attraction of riding with... 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
http://youtu.be/IcZqIrI4y4I An “olive branch” should be offered to recreational motorcycle riders for the inconvenience and injustice of the VLAD... Read More
While 100 free motorcycle footpath parking spots have been added in Brisbane, you still can’t legally park your motorcycle on the footpath outside your home in most Australian towns and cities. Most municipalities ban parking your motorcycle, scooter or any vehicle on the footpath, nature strip or centre strip and... Read More
Rules that prevent riders stretching their legs or standing up on motorcycle footpegs have been confirmed as flawed by Queensland... 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
Let’s call on our state ministers and the national transport minister to end the confusion created by differing road rules across state borders. Sign our lane-filtering petition and get the attention of the law makers. SIGN THE PETITION HERE Australian motorcycle riders face further confusion after the NSW government last... Read More
Changes to road rules banning riders from stretching their legs or standing up now appear to have the support of... Read More
The tide is turning against the VLAD Act in the wake of recent events such as the six-day jailing of... Read More
A police officer was more interested in photographing the tattoos of an injured motorcycle rider than helping the man, according to an eyewitness. “The cop might have been more productive trying to find a place to land the helicopter than taking photos of the man’s tattoos,” says the eyewitness, a... Read More
Wives, mothers and children of motorcycle riders affected by the VLAD Act had to speak on their behalf at the... Read More
Thousands attended the Brisbane Freedom Rally against the Queensland Government’s anti-association laws today. A comprehensive series of reports will be... Read More
The Queensland Police officer videoed removing his left leg from the footpeg of his motorcycle will not be fined, Queensland Police media says. This follows Brisbane rider Jake Sloman being fined $146 for the same offence on the Logan Motorway earlier this month. READ THE STORY HERE Van driver Sean... Read More
Australia Day protests against the anti-bikie laws in Queensland are going global. Protests will be held in London, Dublin and... Read More
Riders in Queensland will have to stop their bike and get off to stretch their legs. Jake Sloman of Brisbane... Read More
A YouTube video of several police harassing a rider at a Beenleigh service station with a protracted licence check is not the end of the story. Fat Boy rider Jamie Evans says that after being held up for about 40 minutes by police in five patrol cars, he was pulled... Read More
Police continue to be plagued by “over-zealous” officers issuing “petty” fines with the latest being a $330 penalty for not... Read More
A t-shirt that says “Get stuffed Newman” is the top seller at the Biker Life store on the Sunshine Coast.... Read More
We witnessed big changes in motorcycling worldwide in 2013. There were several steps forward for motorcycling, but one big major step backward, thanks to the Queensland Government’s draconian anti-association laws and “war” on bikies. While the worldwide motorcycle market was slightly depressed in 2013 and slightly up in Australia, the... Read More