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This letter has been sent, in one form or another, to all Victorian Members of Parliament and various newspapers. I urge you to email the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria to let them know your feelings about the anti-bikie bill introduced to state parliament this week.
You can use my letter as you see fit or write your own and email it to:
ted.baillieu@parliament.vic.gov.au
daniel.andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au
VICTORIAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Dear Parliamentarians.
The Attorney General's anti-bikie bill is like firing a shotgun at a
few bad apples in a paddock full of good watermelons. Who will be hit
next? Sporting shooters? Footy clubs with a bad boy on the team?
Church or ethnic groups? This is a police-state law that will trap the
innocent but have little effect on serious crime.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics says 1.3 million Australians are
licenced to ride motorcycles & scooters. The Transport Accident
Commission says 80% of riders are not club members. Police say just
7000 people across Australia are members of targeted clubs and admit
that not all of them have criminal records. It is obvious that the
vast majority of riders are law-abiding citizens who more than pay
their way in society.
A law removing the right to free association will destroy many
community service activities. Propaganda says TOY RUNS, Pink Ribbon
Rides and like events, are spin to distract public attention from
violent, criminal behaviour. That is more than a lie and it's
insulting. I've been an organiser for major bike events since the
1970s and I've never seen criminal involvement in any of them just
hard working volunteers.
We urge Members of Parliament to throw the anti-bikie law out because
it won't achieve it's aims and it removes rights that go to making
Australia the great free country it is. Blitz serious crime by giving
police the resources they need to enforce existing laws not by
introducing this unjust law.
Damien Codognotto OAM
Spokesman
Independent Riders' Group
Melbourne
Tel: 03 9846 8621
To join the Independent Riders' Group all you have to do is email me your name, post code and email address and I'll sign you up. It's free and you can withdraw at any time. Membership in the IRG does not interfere with membership in other organisations. The IRG reserves the right to refuse a membership without explanation.
Damien
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