Adding to the list of punitive 鈥渓aw and order鈥 measures that has been implemented in Victoria over the past few years is the latest installment of this agenda: the proposed 鈥渁nti-bikie鈥 laws, which are inspired in part by the federal 鈥渁nti-terrorism鈥 laws.
While popularly justified on the basis of combating 鈥渂ikie gangs鈥, the聽Criminal Organisations Control Bill 2012 is better understood as a bill that can limit the ability of citizens to engage in democracy, civil society, and of citizens to associate with one another.