Page 430 - Week 02 - Wednesday, 20 February 2019
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Outlaw bikie gangs heading to Canberra because of the ACT’s soft laws on consorting.
That was the headline from the Daily Telegraph.
Bikies drawn to Canberra due to lack of anti-gang laws.
That is from the ABC.
Canberra becoming a Bikie Mecca.
The Telegraph again. What is more harrowing is reading the reports from the violence that ensued. On 10 March 2017:
Front lawn set alight at house next door to childcare centre.
On 6 July:
Three cars torched, shots fired in Kambah.
On 11 July:
Cars, house shot at with high-powered rifle in Waramanga.
On 18 July:
Bullets fired into home next to childcare centre.
In September:
Man shot twice in the leg in Kambah.
The front page of the Canberra Times in October 2017 stated the depths our community had sunk to. “War zone” was the headline. The subheading was “Suburban violence”. The article stated:
Kalgoorlie Crescent residents were left terrified after a man was shot in the groin and shoulder and two vehicles were torched.
Two young children were home at the time.
There was a heartbreaking report of a six-year-old girl trying to use a garden hose to put out the cars set on fire on their property while the adult victim lay bleeding from gunshot wounds. That was caused by this failure to act. And there is no doubt this failure is the cause. On 4 February 2019 the Canberra Times headline read:
Police confirm bikie link to arson attack and gun shots in Kambah.
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