OFF THE WIRE
The ACT Chief Minister says she will consider if there is a need to ban bikies
from owning tattoo parlours after a drive-by shooting in Canberra's
north.
The owner, who does not want to be named, was payback for not
being affiliated with an outlaw motorcycle gang.
He has called on the ACT
Government to introduce similar laws to those in New South Wales, where members
of bikie gangs are banned from running tattoo parlours.
Chief Minister
Katy Gallagher says she will wait for the outcome of the police investigation
before considering any legislative changes.
"If there is an identified
need we do need to respond," she said.
"I think if the owner has raised
it we need to look into it."
Ms Gallagher says she has looked at some of
the responses to bikie-related violence in other states.
"The issue for
us is we haven't had the specific issues that those jurisdictions have," she
said,
"We haven't felt the need to legislate for a problem that doesn't
exist in the ACT."
Ms Gallagher says the Police Minister Simon Corbell is
seeking advice.
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