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Up Late with Ben Harvey: The fatal flaw with WA’s new bikie laws

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VideoWATCH NOW: In Up Late tonight, Ben Harvey explains why the WA Government’s extreme new anti-bikie crackdown is Groundhog Day in the underworld. https://bit.ly/3nzHmS8

In tonight’s show, Harvey pinpoints a fatal problem with the McGowan Government’s tough new anti-bikie legislation: outlaws don’t care about the law.

He itemises 20 years of gang crackdowns by politicians and reveals the startling effect they have had on the underworld – nine more bikie clubs and 500 more patched members.

Harvey identifies a gang that’s a more serious threat to WA – the United Australia Party – and urges a crackdown on club leader Clive Palmer.

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