South Australia's Biker gang laws!

New legislation in South Australia means that bikie gang members will be subject to tough control orders and anyone at all who associates with a gang member could go to jail.
Bikers have a bad reputation as bad men who do evil, are criminals and mixed up in the drug world. Not all members of bike gangs are involved in criminal activity, many like to just get together, they often do fund raisers for under privileged such as toy runs. Primarily it is targeted at the more notorious bike gangs around the country but this new legislation could be applied to any group of bikers who meet up together. It would be up to the indiscretion of the police and we all know how an over zealous cop can be. Most of the laws are self explanatory and there is a need , but any bike club will be fair game not just the so called bad ones. All those innocent bikers who are doing nothing more than social networking will be affected by this. Be interesting to see if police will apply the law to all bike gangs.

The highlights of the new laws are:

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The Attorney-General can declare a criminal bikie gang as an outlaw organisation;
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Gang members who engage in acts of violence that threaten and intimidate the public will be guilty of serious offences;
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Gang members charged with some of these new offences will find it much more difficult to get bail;
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Police will be able to seek control orders from a Magistrate prohibiting members of declared organisations and others who engage in serious criminal activity from associating or communicating with one another and attending premises, such as gang clubrooms;
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Police will be able to prohibit members of a bikie gang from attending a place, event or area where this would pose a serious threat to the public;
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The old law of consorting will be replaced with a new law of criminal association that prohibits telephone calls as well as meetings in the flesh;
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Stalking a person with the intention of intimidating a victim, witness, court official, police officer or public servant will become a serious offence and;
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It will be easier for police to secure orders to dismantle fortifications protecting gang clubrooms.

http://www.ministers.sa.gov.au/news.php?id=3097