Qld bikie law review: key findings

KEY FINDINGS OF THE REVIEW INTO QUEENSLAND'S ANTI-BIKIE LAWS

* In two years since the VLAD and associated laws were introduced, there was a reduction of 124 members in criminal gang numbers, to 798.

* Areas of the 2013 legislation remain vulnerable to challenge on constitutional grounds.

* Amendments to bail laws, which introduced a presumption against bail in cases involving alleged gang members, were excessive and unnecessary.

* If the offences introduced into the Criminal Code in 2013 were repealed and not replaced, public safety may be compromised, according to law enforcement agencies.

* Recruitment by criminal gangs continued since the 2013 changes, albeit with a reduced public profile, and new chapters were being established in late 2014.

* 43 people were charged with the anti-association offence between October 2013 and January 2016, but there were no convictions.

* 292 people were charged with being a vicious lawless associate between October 2013 and December 2015, according to QPS figures, but only 10 per cent were gang members, seven per cent were associates, and 82 per cent had no known links to gangs.

* There were more than 7300 offenders in Queensland jails in June 2015 but there were only 32 gang members and 82 suspected members.

* Between July 2014 and December 2015, QPS received 43,771 applications for tattoo licences and only 13 were deemed to be unsuitable to hold a licence.