Media Release.
Innocent
people being harassed or inconvenienced by the crime gang crackdown are
victims of the Newman Government’s ham-fisted arrogance, says
Shadow Police Minister Bill Byrne.
“Reports
are emerging of law-abiding motorcyclists being stopped for checks to
see they are wearing bikie-gang colours under their jackets and
of a legitimate construction business in Caboolture wrongly listed as a
location where it is illegal for bikies to gather."
“The
reason why so many innocent people are being caught-up in the crossfire
is that Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie rushed-through legislation
without proper scrutiny and without consultation."
“There was no need for him to adopt such a high-handed attitude."
“If
the draft legislation had been referred to the relevant parliamentary
committee and if he had consulted with the public as well as
professional
groups beforehand, these damaging mistakes would have been avoided.”
Mr
Byrne said it was not good enough for the Newman Government to shrug
its shoulders when law-abiding citizens became embroiled in the fall-out
from laws riddled with mistakes and inconsistencies.
“A
report that a Caboolture businessman’s premises were on the ‘bikie no
gather’ list of locations declared under the new laws shows the
Attorney-General
did not gather accurate information before rushing through his
legislation."
“It
has been reported that the Caboolture premises had been rented out to a
bikie group four years ago and the government has now apologised
for incorrectly tarnishing the owners and occupants of the building."
“More
care and consideration when drafting legislation would have avoided
such embarrassing mistakes that just underline the Attorney-General’s
incompetence,” he said.
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