OFF THE WIRE
Source: geelongadvertiser.com.au
TED Baillieu has put himself on a collision course with biker gangs with plans to outlaw them, demolish their club fortifications and have illegal clubhouses confiscated and sold.
A month out from the state election, however, Mr Baillieu's sudden angst over biker gangs seems more than a little self-serving.
He's quite right, of course, to tackle the Brumby government for a soft approach to crime.
Its failure to provide sufficient police on Victorian streets and roads or to provide a fair dinkum independent commission against corruption are reprehensible.
So too its attempts to silence critics such as the state ombudsman and to paper over its chronic shortcomings with taxpayer-financed political advertising.
If Mr Baillieu wants to be taken seriously about fighting crime he needs to spell out with similar detail his plans to tackle these subjects as well.
