I don't understand why police are reluctant (as far as i've seen) to give names of the gangs involved .. that fact feels to, as well as the rest, support the "velvet gloves" position .. this next has lots of non-brutal looking photos ..
The first one has a different link to an article on Sydney Australia's infamous September 2 1984 Milperra Massacre .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milperra_massacre .. also known as the Father's Day Massacre
The Queensland laws have been criticized by many as being too draconian, and for (what's new) not getting too many of the top dogs of the bikers criminal activities .. i don't know Joshua Robertson, but taken at face value it doesn't seem he could be called an apologist for them ..
Queensland election: crackdown on bikies' subculture an exercise in futility .. Joshua Robertson
The Campbell Newman government’s laws have not stopped the drug market that fuelled bikies’ ill-gotten gains and violence
Thousands of riders gathered in opposition to Queensland’s anti-bikie legislation in Brisbane in 2013. Photograph: Kym Agius/AAP