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[Tuesday, 20 October 1998] 2289 [Tuesday, 20 October 1998] 2289 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Statement by Minister for Services MR BOARD (Murdoch - Minister for Services) [2.10 pm]: I inform the House of a major breakthrough that will enable Australia to take advantage of the opportunities offered by electronic commerce in the global economy. This breakthrough came at the recent meeting of ministers attending the Australian Procurement and Construction Ministerial Council in Queensland. I am very pleased to tell members that Australian States and Territories have agreed to support the in-principle guidelines contained in the Framework for National Cooperation on Electronic Commerce for Procurement, a document prepared by the Western Australian Government. This agreement to pursue a standardised approach to electronic commerce removes the threat posed by incompatible standards in different States, averting the sort of problems that plagued the national transport industry earlier this century, when differing rail gauges produced a fractured and unwieldy system. An agreement of this nature is the envy of many business communities around the world. In North America, in particular, where various States have adopted different standards for e-commerce, there is now a significant push to adopt the uniform standard that has been achieved in Australia. This agreement provides the leadership, which Australian industry is seeking from government, to reduce the barriers of uncertainty and allow industry to pursue the benefits of electronic commerce. It means that any business will be able to deal electronically with any Australian Government - state or federal. The massive market created by government procurement will provide an incentive for businesses to take up e-commerce opportunities. This historic agreement significantly reduces both the cost and complexity of participation in electronic commerce, even for the smallest of businesses wanting to sell to government. It also opens the door for businesses to deal electronically with each other. The use of Internet trading and electronic commerce will allow Australian business to become a major player in the global electronic marketplace. The opportunity is particularly relevant to Australia because it frees us from the traditional tyranny of distance. I believe Australian, and in particular Western Australian, businesses will thrive on the opportunity to access new overseas markets without incurring the high expenses of establishing extra marketing and sales networks. Industry experts predict that electronic commerce on the Internet will be worth more than $300b a year by the end of 1998. The number of people with access to the Internet will rise from 55 million this year to some 550 million three years from now. This significant agreement between the States has paved the way for all Australian businesses to build a national Internet trading base from which to take on the world. VIDEOTAPING PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Statement by Deputy Speaker THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Bloffwitch): I inform the House that Channel Nine has asked for permission to videotape the matter of public interest that will be moved by the member for Midland today. I have agreed that it can tape the proceedings, and I therefore inform members that parts of the debate will be going to air. BILLS - APPROPRIATIONS Messages from the Governor received and read recommending appropriations for the purposes of the following Bills - 1. Native Title (State Provisions) Bill. 2. Western Australian Land Authority Amendment Bill. [Questions without notice taken.] OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS Matter of Public Interest THE DEPUTY SPEAKER (Mr Bloffwitch): Today I received a letter within the prescribed time from the member for Midland in the following terms - That this House expresses grave concern that the war currently being waged on the streets of Perth between rival outlaw motorcycle gangs threatens public safety and holds law enforcement in contempt. It is further concerned that the flippant public comments by the Premier underline the Government's failure to provide the leadership required to resolve this crisis. The House notes that outlaw motorcycle gangs are heavily involved in organised crime, including the manufacture and distribution of hard drugs, extortion and standover tactics. 2290 [ASSEMBLY] Further we call on the Government to put on record in the House its position on the following questions - (1) What is the nature of the threat that outlaw motorcycle gangs pose to the Western Australian community? (2) What new budget allocations have the recently formed cabinet subcommittee on crime recommended? (3) What is the nature and extent of the involvement and assistance sought from the National Crime Authority? (4) What concerns, if any, has the Minister for Police expressed with the failure to charge any of the gang members seen on television assaulting police? (5) What progress has been made toward increasing the pathetically low penalties for non-cooperation with National Crime Authority hearings? If sufficient members agree to this motion, I will allow it. [At least five members rose in their places.] The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The matter shall proceed on the usual basis, with half an hour allocated to members on my left, half an hour to members on my right, and five minutes to the Independent members, should they seek the call. MRS ROBERTS (Midland) [2.53 pm]: I move the motion. There can be no higher priority in this State than the maintenance of law and order. I move today 's motion as a matter of public importance because it outlines an issue of the utmost urgency and gravity. At present, open warfare is being waged on the streets of Perth in the midst of our community by rival outlaw motorcycle gangs. This threatens public safety and calls into question the effectiveness of the Government's response to outlaw motorcycle gangs, and the involvement of outlaw motorcycle gangs in organised crime. The Government has no more important issue currently with which to deal than an effective and ongoing response to the bikie warfare and the threat it poses to the Western Australian community. It was to this end that I recently wrote to the Minister for Police offering bipartisan support for legislative changes to enable the ridiculously ineffective penalties for non- cooperation with the National Crime Authority to be expeditiously amended. I take the opportunity today to differentiate between bikers and outlaw motorcycle gang members. In doing so, I will demonstrate that the principal reason for concern is that outlaw motorcycle gangs are outlaws - as the title suggests, they are outside the law. They are involved in organised crime. An article by Mr Paul Marr of the New South Wales Police Service, printed in the Australian Police Journal of March 1995, points out the difference between bikers and bikies. Mr Paul Marr has completed a lengthy secondment to the Australian Bureau of Criminal Intelligence in Canberra, and, among his other achievements, has represented Australia at the 1993 Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators' Conference in Chicago. Therefore, he comes into this debate with considerable background and intelligence. He states in that article that outlaw motorcycle gangs - . are not the discordant hedonists of the 1970s interested only in bikes, beer and blonds. Rather, they have evolved to become a sophisticated interrelated subculture; at once capable of being bound and destroyed by the outlaw code. He quotes from a book by Daniel Wolf entitled The Rebels, A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers, University of Toronto Press, 1991, which states - "Bikerdom's most famous emblem is the '1%' (one percent) badge, a symbol that represents outlaw motorcycle clubs in general. The 1% badge was created by the Hell's Angels, Gypsy Jokers, Satan's Slaves and several other clubs in the early sixties to symbolise an alliance they formed in order to counteract a common enemy, police harassment. Today, use of the 1% emblem is confined to the elite of outlaw bikers and designates members of hard-core outlaw clubs who are 'capable of taking care of business'." Marr states also - Becoming a member of an OMCG is not as simple as having a long antisocial history and a desire to ride a Harley Davidson. Invitations to 'prospect' for an OMCG are made on the basis of invitation only and members do not simply graduate from street or adolescent gangs. It is not easy to become a member of an OMCG and rules exist to both protect the club from police infiltration and to ensure that applicants are sufficiently 'outlaw'. He states that there are differences between the various outlaw motorcycle gangs, but some of the likely scenarios for membership include being invited to hang around the club, becoming a virtual slave to existing members, and initiations. Some gangs traditionally require some degradation, some require a demonstration of loyalty, such as an assault on a rival gang member, and some require a wanton act of violence. [Tuesday, 20 October 1998] 2291 He states also that the first outlaw motorcycle gang evolved in the United States and eventually become the Hells Angels, a group widely touted by international law enforcement as the second greatest threat after the Mafia. According to Marr, there are about 50 outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia, which together number about 120 chapters. The figures that he cites are for 1995, when the membership distribution throughout Australia was approximately 55 per cent in New South Wales, 15 per cent in Victoria, 12 per cent in Western Australia, 10 per cent in Queensland, and lesser amounts in the other States. There is evidence that in the past two or three years, membership in Western Australia has increased quite markedly. He states also - Gangs with an identified national hierarchy, control at all levels and the ability to supply illicit goods on demand and those whose members conduct their affairs with the expertise of shrewd commercial investors, who seek professional investment advice and who display unsubstantiated wealth are of the greatest concern to law enforcement agencies.
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