Campells QLD laws

New laws for police -
the coppers have been told to harrass anyone on a motorbike in qld.
new law says if a copper "reasonably suspects you of being in a criminal gang" they can do what they want. including strip searches on the spot,
and taking you to lockup. you are not allowed to protest, decline or resist as that is also breaking the law.

recently they pulled over a guy with a "sons of anarchy" t-shirt on. strip searched him and asked him where "the sons of anarchy" club house is....
Vietnam Vets and ulysses clubs have been raided as well because they may have been a criminal organisation.
apparently they hassled a lib minister who was affiliated with VV club. he protested and would have been locked up except they checked before taking him to the lockup.

a guy I work with got pulled over on the way to work mid-week. brand new bike, completely stock.
45mins later they let him go to work, no apologies, very accusatory. completely went over his bike looking for any defects,
shirt off looking for gang tatts and photos.
he is a baby faced 19yr old, a public servant and looks like one, so the idea of criminal gang member means nothing.

Anyone going to the gold coast on a bike - expect to be pulled over and harassed.

not a good time to have a bike in qld.

The stupid part of all this , is the hardcore ones they are after will be driving around in their cars instead now , & still conducting business as usual . It's a joke .

and my tourist dollars will be spent in northern NSW