5 million dollar "dob in a bikie" rewards as the government cr

[Flying_Dutchman]

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2013/10/02/459182_crime-and-court-news.html

 

CAMPBELL Newman has offered Queenslanders a massive $5 million pool of reward money to dob in a bikie.

Mr Newman will hand out lucrative rewards to people who provide information to CrimeStoppers leading to the arrest of criminal motorcycle gang members.

Rewards include $1000 cash for tip-offs that lead to successful raids and $500,000 for information that results in the successful prosecution or shutdown of a criminal gang.

Mr Newman said the $5 million was a measure of how determined his Government was to rid Queensland of the bikie menace.

"With the community, the police and the justice system working hand-in-hand, these violent thugs and criminals will have nowhere to hide," said Mr Newman.

Earlier the Premier made his first public address since returning from an overseas trade trip, revealing how Friday night's violence on the Gold Coast was a "turning point" for him.

He said he was dismayed and angry to see a brawl occur in a family place and even more outraged that a group of people would go to a police station demanding a member be released from the watchhouse.

"This is not the wild west. It is Queensland in 2013, and people like that need to take a real reality check," Mr Newman said.

Just over a month ago, the Premier declared Queensland "would not be a state where people in leather jackets and tattoos went straight to jail".

But he acknowledged that was no longer his position.

"My previous comments demonstrate that we were prepared to give them an opportunity to see that the Government was serious, but clearly it wasn't enough and now we're getting on with it in this particular way," he said.

Even more extreme laws targeting bikies would be introduced to Parliament in a fortnight in addition to those announced on Monday banning gang members from gathering in groups and at certain places, and shutting them out of the tattoo industry.

Mr Newman warned there would be more.

"We will try different approaches ... to actually shut these gangs down, to take away their money, their assets, their motorcycles, their guns, their drugs. That's what we're going to do," he said.

[Stoned Offroad]

A lot of state govts atm seem to be trying to create a sense of urgency with these "bikie wars". Could it be because they want greater police powers and are just using the bikies to achieve their goals ? Perhaps they're even playing the bikies off against each other to fabricate tension ? I can't tell what's real anymore

[Badseed77]

Imo its all smoke and mirrors and a big fucking waste of tax payer dollar .

[The Hash Nibbler]

Everyone loves a dobber........ ........... Pretty un-Australian..... and Oi! thats tax payers 5 Million ya throwin around....

 

Peace. Nibbler

[burner]

Saw that news clip, up to 500k if information leads to an arrest.

Now, they also mention the term 'organised crime' in the same clip.

Think about it...................

[brick]

Well at least the bikies are taking the heat off the mafia, triads and all the other long term criminal families. I think the governments think they are in the movies. AAANNNDDDDDDD ACTION to the sound of a clapper board. Tarantino is the director.

 

Qld has been fucked ever since Bjelki Peterson (spelling) they have the syndrome. Instead of the boss putting his fat head on the news telling the public what they are going to do, they should be doing it without all the fan fare. As Hawkeye said once. "Take another star out of petty cash"

[ethnoman]

I hate this kind of bullshit. Same go as the "dob in a dealer" campaign. Fuck the government!

[louise]

 

 

"This is not the wild west. It is Queensland in 2013, and people like that need to take a real reality check," Mr Newman said.

 

I think mr newman might be the one needing a reality check

 

[Badseed77]

Well at least the bikies are taking the heat off the mafia, triads and all the other long term criminal families. I think the governments think they are in the movies. AAANNNDDDDDDD ACTION to the sound of a clapper board. Tarantino is the director.

 

Qld has been fucked ever since Bjelki Peterson (spelling) they have the syndrome. Instead of the boss putting his fat head on the news telling the public what they are going to do, they should be doing it without all the fan fare. As Hawkeye said once. "Take another star out of petty cash"

 

Yeah pretty much brick !

Look at the last raid in brissy where they had warrants to search the club house . Bring in the armored vehicles  , helicopters, 40-50 + cops and all the other cop cars , oh and dont forget the media .

 And what did they achieve , fucking nothing  , 1 or 2 piss weak arrests over minor shit and thats it . At lesst it was a good show for the media even tho is cost shitsloads and achieved nothing .

It is more about bloody politics then crime .

[billygoat]

I am a member of a car club...... And therefore classed as a hoon.

 

Bikies seem to be classed as criminals.

 

I assume, like my car club, that is the minority that ruin it for everyone..... Newman seems to forget that there are probably a lot of "bikies" and "hoons" that are law abiding, family people.

 

If this campaign can weed out the undesirable element, I am all for it. Its only $5m... The government wastes that and more every day..