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April 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Queenslanders have been urged not to let an escalating bikie war change their way of life.
The double shooting of a man, linked to an outlaw bikie gang, and an innocent bystander at a Gold Coast shopping centre on Saturday has reignited debate about measures to deal with gang violence and organised crime.
The offender, believed to be a member of a rival bikie club, remains on the run.
Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said on Sunday the woman caught in the crossfire was expected to be in hospital for some time.
“It’s important that her identity not be established; she’s been through a lot,” he told reporters.
The injured man, who was due to be released from hospital on Sunday, has so far refused to co-operate with police.
“That’s been a long held culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs … and that they resolve these things between themselves,” Mr Atkinson said, adding that police did not have the power to detain him.
Mr Atkinson released five images of the muscular, tattooed offender in the hope of identifying him.
Police on Saturday described the offender as being of Pacific Islander appearance but are now saying he may instead be of Middle-Eastern descent.
Mr Atkinson said bikie gangs were portraying themselves as law-abiding and made up of middle-aged motorcycle enthusiasts.
“It is part of a clever marketing strategy,” he said.
“They are criminal enterprises and we have even reason to be fearful of them.”
He said he was “greatly concerned” the violence would escalate further but called for calm.
“What happened yesterday is clearly the worst thing that we have seen here for a very long time.
“What we would say to people is `don’t let this change your way of life’.”
Mr Atkinson refused to say which bikie groups were involved or whether the recent spate of shootings on the Gold Coast were linked.
A Gold Coast tattoo parlour was sprayed with bullets earlier in the week.
He said he was grateful and heartened by Premier Campbell Newman’s promise on Sunday to provide more resources to police and introduce tougher laws to crack down on gun crime and unexplained wealth.
Mr Newman said he would consider using his predecessor’s anti-association laws, which his party opposes, to crack down on bikies.
Debate has raged in other states – where similar legislation has been deemed unconstitutional – about whether anti-association laws impede civil liberties and invite political interference.
Mr Atkinson said he hoped none of those issues would arise in Queensland, where Supreme Court judges – rather than political figures – have the power to declare an organisation illegal at the request of the police commissioner.
But he would not say how far any plans to dismantle bikie gangs might have progressed.
“I assure you we have not been sitting on our hands.”
Mr Newman took aim at Labor on Sunday, saying Australia’s bikie problem was the party’s fault.
“We’ve had a Labor state government in Victoria, a Labor state government in NSW, a Labor state government in Queensland and we’ve got a problem down the east coast,” he told reporters.
Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk said the government, which previously promised to rescind the anti-association laws, needed to provide a clear solution.
“We now have a situation where the public is in fear for their safety.”
There are 14 bikie outlaw motorcycle groups in Queensland.
The outlaw motorcycle taskforce known as Hydra has reportedly charged 1000 bikies and their associates with 2800 offences since 2007.
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