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September 25, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
09-25-2009
SA: 'Meatheads on motorbikes' claim legal victory

By Steve Larkin

ADELAIDE, Sept 25 AAP - The "meatheads on motorbikes" have escaped the clutch of the law - again.

But the South Australian government has vowed to win the war after losing a legal battle
to the notorious Finks motorcycle club on Friday.

Sections of SA's anti-bikie laws were ruled invalid by the Supreme Court.

This was the law trumpeted by the SA government as a "world-first" bikie-beater, one
that would dismantle outlaw motorcycle gangs.

SA Premier Mike Rann urged the nation to adopt the law, describing bikers as "terrorists"

and "meatheads on motorbikes".

NSW enacted ...

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