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COAST MP, BIKIES JOIN BRISBANE RALLY
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Noosa bikers and Coast MP Peter Wellington were among the thousands who attended a ‘freedom’ rally in Brisbane on Sunday.
More than 2,000 protesters packed Emma Miller Place, Brisbane, to voice their opposition to what have been dubbed the “Bikie Laws”. The Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Act 2013 (VLAD), was introduced in October last year in an effort to curb bikie-related crime following a public brawl between rival gangs on the Gold Coast. However, the arrests of five men just before Christmas, for allegedly drinking at a Sunshine Coast venue, sparked state-wide outcry. In support of the men jailed and to condemn the laws, the rally was held in Brisbane where the atmosphere was electric as the crowd stood to cheer on the motorcycle riders, who the rode into the rally with their fists raised high. Police were out in force, not to
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arrest attendees, but to help guide the bikers to safe parking. Nicklin MP Peter Wellington addressed the packed amphitheatre in a passionate speech condemning the VLAD laws, Attorney General Jarrod Bleijie and Queensland Premier Campbell Newman. “On Australia Day we usually celebrate our freedoms and our liberties, usually the envy of countries around the world,” he said. “But here today, at our Freedom rally, we are celebrating the start of our fight to win back those freedoms and liberties that (Premier) Campbell Newman has taken away.”
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