http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ferret/ Member of the Finks motorcycle club and spokesman for the United Motorcycle Council of NSW. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/high-court-ruling-just-the-beginning-for-bikies-rights/ Many Australians will be welcoming yesterday’s High Court decision in the case of The State of South Australia v. Totani & Another HCA 39 (2010). This is the second legal defeat of this unjust and draconian piece of South Australian legislation. While most Australians will see the decision as a big win for the bike clubs against the money-wasting, selfish and bloody-minded South Australian Labor Government, from the United Motorcycle Council NSW stand-point it‘s just one more step in the right direction. We have to continue to fight until these hastily enacted and unworkable laws are defeated in our state as well. There’s no doubt though that we are off to a very promising start. Mike Rann backed himself in the South Australian Supreme Court and lost, then with significant egg on his face took his war to the High Court using taxpayer funds only to lose there as well. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ferret) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/high-court-ruling-just-the-beginning-for-bikies-rights/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/high-court-ruling-just-the-beginning-for-bikies-rights/#item4457 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:20:15 +0000 Ferret | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-bikies-deserve-a-hearing/ I couldn’t agree more with David Penberthy’s claim last week that the National Press Club “damaged journalism” by giving a platform to motorcycle riders. The damage is not, as Penberthy thinks, to the grand institution of journalism.  After all, a profession that has survived, adapted and flourished over hundreds of years is hardly going to be scarred by the ramblings of a bloke from Blacktown. No.  The damage to journalism caused by Wednesday’s Press Club address is simply that the news media were not – at least for the 60 minutes of the live broadcast – able to control the public’s perceptions of bikers. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ferret) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-bikies-deserve-a-hearing/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-bikies-deserve-a-hearing/#item863 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:37:09 +0000 Ferret | Author bios | The Punch