AUSTRALIA - Government attempts to close loopholes on bikie legislation.

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Attorney-General John Rau will today try to introduce a second amendment to the state's anti-bikie legislation in a bid to close possible avenues left open for appeals.
Mr Rau told 891 Breakfast that the adjustments should make the legislation 'as close as we can get to perfection' to enable police to apply for a court to declare a motorcycle gang a criminal organisation.
"Once that group is declared a criminal organisation, it enables controlling orders to be made about members of that group."
The legislation would allow specific outlaw motorcycle members to have anti-association conditions placed upon them, restricting their contact with members of declared criminal organisations.
Mr Rau believed the changes would provide police with greater confidence that their prosecutions or applications to have criminal organisation declarations made on groups could not be overturned in court.
Shadow Attorney-General Stephen Wade said the opposition had been waiting for the bill to be lodged for months.
"Let's remember that five years after the government promised anti-gang laws, we are yet to have an outlaw motorcycle gang declared," Mr Wade said.
Lawyer Craig Caldicott, who led the High Court challenge opposing the anti-bikie legislation, said he suspected a challenge would be launched over the new amendments.
"There will be a challenge to any application launched by the police in respect of motorcycle clubs," Mr Caldicott said.
He said previous challenges had been successful under technicalities, but believed the legislation could still be defeated on basic principles and human rights.

"This anti-association law seems to be invalid."

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