 Is everyone ready to go? Okay. Can I introduce you to my right, and probably needs no introduction, but Assistant Commissioner Mike Conlon, who is in charge of state crime operations command, which of course includes the Hydra outlaw motorcycle gang task force, and to my left, Assistant Commissioner Graham Reinders, who is in charge of the South East region, which of course takes him at the Gold Coast area. Well, we are now in a position to release to you five images of the person we believe responsible for the shooting yesterday at the shopping centre at Rabina. You will notice when you see those images that two of them are of a person wearing a whiteish pattern coloured t-shirt. Three of the images are of a person wearing a black hooded type jumper. We believe it's one and the same person, and that at some stage at yesterday at Rabina there was a change of clothing, but you'll see those images shortly. We yesterday commented and gave this description that the person was 20 to 30 years of age of muscular build with full-arm tattoos and facial tattoos. We still believe that to be correct. And at the time of the actual shooting, we believe he was dressed in the clothing where he was wearing the dark coloured hooded type jumper, not the white t-shirt, and also wearing a black baseball cap. There was discussion yesterday as well that the person was the shooter, the offender, was possibly of Pacific Islander appearance. As the result of our ongoing enquiries whilst we can't rule that out, it is also now possible that the person was of Middle Eastern appearance. So we want to keep a really open mind on that, and that possibility is definitely present of the person being of Middle Eastern appearance. We have not as yet identified this person, and that aspect is critical to our investigations. The male person who was shot who, as we mentioned yesterday, has association with outlaw motorcycle gang activity, has not been cooperative with us. We believe that that person is likely to be discharged from hospital at any time, and may even have been discharged as we speak. That appear to be imminent. I reaffirm that the woman who was shot was a completely innocent victim and bystander and had no connection at all to the male person who was shot. She is still in hospital. Her injuries are more serious and we anticipate that she will be in hospital for some time yet. We ask for your support in respecting her confidentiality and her anonymity. That's important to us if it's at all possible that her identity not be established. She's been through a lot and we seek your assistance in that regard. If in the fullness of time she chooses to talk to the media, well that's fine, that will be her decision, but at this time we ask for your support in that regard. We also am very grateful for the support of the media and the public so far that we seek and need your continued support and assistance. As I said we have not yet identified the person who fired the shots. That's the critical part obviously of this investigation. And we ask anyone with any information or even if they think or suspect that they may have some information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 triple 3 triple 0. And if you wish to remain anonymous that is entirely absolute that you can do that. Or you can identify yourself and share that information with us. That's all I have at this stage. We're happy to take questions now. And again my thanks for everyone's support in this matter. Be assured that we are doing everything we possibly can and we have a large team of police and detectives working on this and we will continue to do so. That of course is possible and we need to keep an open mind to every possibility. That is a part of the investigation. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment in relation to that. You receive those yet or how will you do that? No, we are going to fast track the HR process. We'll start on that tomorrow. All of those positions because they're detective positions, the 10 for Assistant Commissioner Reinders for what will now be called the Major and Organised Crime Squad which will have a focus on three streams. Serious Violent Crime Major and Organised Crime and Illegals Firearms Activity and Dealing. And the other 10 of course are going to Hydeville which is under Assistant Commissioner Condon's area. All of those are detective positions so that means they have to be advertised in our police because it will fast track that process. It will fast track as quickly as we can the selection of the 20 detectives in their relocation and assignment to these new areas. We're not in a position to comment on that at this stage. That's an ongoing part of the investigation. Obviously all of those questions and questions of that nature are critically important in the investigation. But the priority at this stage is to identify him and establish his whereabouts. A request for an organisation to be declared has to come from you. Is that something you'll be doing? Can you tell us any specific viking groups that you're looking at requesting a declaration on? Well you're right. It is the police department that makes the application but the legislation necessarily has aspects of confidentiality about it. And I'm not in a position to disclose to you at what point we are in terms of our progression of activity in relation to that legislation. But I assure you that we have not been sitting on our hands over that and that we have been active in that space. But I'm not in a position and it would be improper for me to tell you exactly where we are now and how far we may or may not be away from taking action under the legislation. If groups were already declared would it help you in a situation like the one there that you would be able to detain the man that is in the hospital for instance and push him a bit further to talk? That's a very good question but I'm sorry but it's probably just a little bit too hypothetical for me to make a sensible and informed comment on. But certainly I was obviously grateful to hear the Premier's comments today and in terms and I understand that the Premier also commented on the aspect of the government considering the unexplained wealth perspective in terms of criminal activity. We were also very heartened that the Premier has taken that view and we will contribute our view in terms of the Premier and the police minister and the Attorney General and the government's consideration of that as soon as possible. Is there an escalation of some form that's happening behind the scenes between the clubs or what's going on? Well that's part of our enquiries and clearly you're right there has been an escalation. We have seen a series of incidents in the space of less than a week starting from last Tuesday we are very concerned about that. The matter yesterday of course was the worst case scenario and that's where violence has occurred in a public space such as a shopping centre and a completely innocent person has been shot. I mean even if that hadn't happened the innocent woman being shot what happened was still absolutely and totally unacceptable to all of us. I mean and we will do all we can to curb and prevent any repetition of such violence and we will also do all we can to identify the people responsible and put them before the courts. The new Mayor of the Gold Coast Tom Tate has been at this afternoon and he's life and the bike he's involved in this violence to urban terrorists and he wants the federal police to potentially be involved in assisting Queensland police what are your thoughts on that? I will comment further on that in a moment but we already work with the federal authorities. He might expand on that as to the nature of those authorities. Yeah look we have a very strong partnership with the law enforcement agencies. The reality is these are state based defences and the Queensland Police Service and legislation in this date have leaned on it but we will be working closely with our interstate partners as we have been in the last few days in relation to these current matters. Has the federal police been contacted about what's happened in the South East this week? Not specifically however I have been talking to federal agencies this morning to discuss potential assistance from an intelligence point of view. So anything you can do about the man in hospital possibly can you detain him further or anything? Is there anything any action at all that you can take? No thank you for asking that question because it's a good point to entertain and again as we mentioned previously what this highlights is just the added level of difficulty associated with people who simply refuse to cooperate and especially with matters of such an extreme and serious nature such as this and that's again why we seek the assistance of people who may be on the fringe of this activity. Relatives or someone who might know these people who can help us. He's already targeted. Can you understand why he wouldn't want to talk to police and give further information? Well I can understand the culture and that's been a long held culture of outlaw motorcycle gangs that they do not cooperate with the authorities and that they resolve these things between themselves but that to us in my view as a society is unacceptable we all live by the rule of law that's the way our system works in our community for people who choose to step outside the rule of law That's correct we should not believe them at all because they are not and that is part of their clever marketing strategy to portray themselves as middle aged people they simply have a love of motorbikes and a motorbike enthusiast and pose no threat to society and that the whole thing is a police beat up. It's not their criminal enterprises we have every reason to be fearful of them they pose a serious threat to us and the more we can do to undo that false image then the better that is. The yesterday's shooting is up to work. Yeah absolutely in recent times. The only thing that would have made it worse if that woman who was shot had been more seriously injured. But it also comes to the context doesn't it you know as you say there's been a beds escalating and since yesterday wasn't an isolated incident. I guess is that a you've never had anything like this before in Queensland have you? I'm not well again I agree the incident yesterday what happened yesterday is clearly the worst thing that we have seen in this area. I mean we've had terrible murders in Queensland we've had multiple murders in Queensland we've had some terrible crimes in Queensland as it appears everywhere but in terms of outlaw motorcycle gang nexus relationship what happened yesterday is the worst thing that we've seen here for a very long time. But can I just add in terms of your question whilst there's clearly been an escalation and we're not stepping away from that in terms of those things that occurred last week in a series of them leading up to yesterday what we can't say to you and we're not in a position to note at this stage if there's a definite link between each and every one of those incidents okay. The current government have committed to 1,100 extra police over four years and the additional 20 detectives whilst we're fast tracking that ultimately will come out of that extra allocation of police so I'm grateful for that allocation we certainly need it and I'm grateful for it and we our job our job is it's not our job to be politicians the three of us here are members of the senior executive of the service. Our job is to provide to you under the people of Queensland the best policing service we can within the resources we have available to us okay that's what we do we could always use more and we're grateful for the additional police and as you can see as a priority we fast track 10 into Graham Rinders area on the Gold Coast and 10 into Mike Condom's area around the area on the Gold Coast and 10 into Mike Condom's area at State Crime and that's the very first allocation of the extra police we're getting and it has the highest priority. With the association laws there have been concerns in other states which is part of the reason they were going to be unconstitutional that they there would be political interference in which gangs would be declared and you know that it impinged on civil liberties. Can you guarantee at Queensland that that won't happen? Well I hope it's a good question and I certainly hope it won't. It is a matter of public record that the legislation that was attempted in South Australia and New South Wales was overturned or failed on appeal in the High Court of Australia certainly it's our hope that the legislation here in Queensland is able to withstand any potential challenge in that regard and is that because it's a decision that's made by the courts as opposed to a decision that's made by an attorney general that's part of the political party? I don't fully understand the question. Well the declaration here in Queensland is made by a court and a Supreme Court judge as opposed to the South Australian law which was made by a... That's probably a degree of detail that I won't get into at this stage but certainly my understanding is that those involved in crafting legislation here have been mindful of those other High Court issues and have endeavoured to craft legislation which will be able to withstand a High Court challenge. I think that at any time you can expect that there will be violence or tension between differing OSEGs and what we've seen the last week is that not only in the Gold Coast but certainly in Brisbane. Is it the unfortunate that the elderly to Queenslanders are going to have to perhaps get used to what we saw is that? No, no. In fact what we would say to people is don't let this change your way of life. What we ask people to do is to go about their business. Now for some that may be a big ask. We had four police in Rabina Shopping Centre today. We actually didn't have any informational intelligence or think there'd be any problems there today but that was just a show of our support for the community. But we cannot in my view, we cannot let these people dictate to us how we're going to live our lives. And we cannot live a life differently and retreat into the safety of our own homes because of the activities of these people. We must not let them change their way of life. My understanding is that she was there by herself. She was there alone, yes. Can you comment on that? She's doing quite well. She's obviously got the comfort of friends and family at the moment and we have spoken to her. Wouldn't it be a concern for her given that she, in terms of identifying bodies, etc. Would she require police protection? I did mention earlier that we asked that her confidentiality be respected. We would hope that she is not at risk. Certainly she was completely innocent victim. But, and as I said, if she ultimately chose us to go to the media and tell her story to the media, that is entirely her business. But at this stage it's our intention to keep her identity confidential. I might ask Mr Conn in the comment on that. Yes, what I can say is that Task Force Hydra detectives are constantly liaising with members of OMCGs. That has proven to be very fruitful in the past and we will continue along that strategy in this current environment. Was there any tension last night between police and members who were attending the wedding before the trip? There may have been, but not that I'm aware of. We already had a police plan and presence for that event. After the events at Rabini yesterday, we significantly ramped up in terms of that plan and presence. One of our priorities last night was for that event to go. We'll conclude without any injury or harm to anyone. Possibly the weather helped us as well. We'll probably not really know for sure, but we certainly got through that without any problem. Are you aware of any complaints that have been received from anyone about any of our actions last night? Have the police identified what type of weapon was used in the shooting yesterday and have they been recovered yet? No weapons being recovered at this time and it's not appropriate to comment on the caliber of the weapon. It's part of the investigation, I'm sure you understand. We have a police presence there at the present time. The police presence is primarily while the male person who was shot is there. That is something we'll gauge and assess after he leaves the hospital. I doubt that, but I don't know. I don't even know that they're at the same hospital. I'm not in a position to comment on that. Do you have a response to your appeal last night? We are heartened by the response that we've had. We're very grateful for the support of the media and we asked obviously if you continued support. We're very grateful for the response we've had but we need more information and our appeal remains for people either who are relatives or on the fringe to provide information to us through Crime Stoppers if they wish to be anonymous when they do that, that is entirely possible. How many people have come forward so far? It's really important that people who are good enough to come forward give information to us, give statements to us that we don't disclose the nature of that because it could lead to their identity. The man who's a victim in the hospital, has he previously known the police? Yes. The man who was shot yesterday and we reaffirmed today is the male person who was shot yesterday has outlaw motorcycle gang connection. That's a great concern to me. We will do all we can to prevent that happening and we will do all we can to identify the people responsible for these various matters that have occurred less than a week starting on last Tuesday at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast, prosecute those people and put them before the court. We've had a couple of motorcycle gangs in Queensland and Australia for a very long time and violence between them and by them is not uncommon. You only have to look at events that have occurred over time of course to see that. The Code of Silence that they practice their engagement of top flight criminal lawyers who they retain and are available for them quickly. The fact how they cleverly market themselves, all of these things and the immigration of course and the Code of Silence, all of these things add to the degree of difficulty for police in dealing with them. I might just ask Mr Condon and Mr Rhinder to comment on that if that's an interesting question but do you want to go first? Across Queensland we have about 14 groups of OMCGs and in some of those groups we are seeing middle eastern men joining those OMCGs we constantly monitor the process of the gangs taking those sort of people on we're talking to our interstate counterparts to get a real feel as to what that means in relation to our space in Queensland but certainly we've been monitoring that for a long time. Are they generally the gangs that have closer links to other Southern gangs? I find that some of the gangs are at a national level so that would be an automatic process. So what do you suspect is the fact that there are more of these people? Well it means that there are individuals out there who believe that this way of life is the right thing for them. Clearly they're out of succinct with the rest of the community and the reality is over many decades we have seen activities involving gangs that involve serious crimes. We as an organisation have been able to successfully investigate and prosecute numerous offenders in particular Hydro sits its inception in 2007 over a thousand offenders and associates charged with over 2800 charges involving attempted murder, extortion, firearms offences, drug related offences those people have been sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment. What we're seeing here is a spike of tension between the two groups. We've seen it before, we are well placed to carry it out the investigations and get on top of it. It is a difficult process, make no mistake. Cater silence is difficult to break. I was a commander of Task Force syntax involving an outlaw motorcycle being involved in multiple people involved in murder. We got on top of that I'm confident we'll do it. The two groups involved in syntax? At this stage we're not prepared to make comment on who those groups are. In the south-east corner I would say that's a fair comment. We have nine different groups from sort of Brisbane through to the gold past. And certainly just in response to your question it's not possible that in terms of that series of events that have occurred since Tuesday that more than two outlaw motorcycle groups are involved in that. In fact that's more likely than not. Did you want to add to any of that comment? I think what we're seeing in terms of the biker demographic and you spoke about it before, I think there's attempts by them to legitimise themselves in the eyes of the public. The traditional long beard, long hair is going and we're seeing more like a longer set that are well-groomed, well-presented and try to portray themselves as professional people that are sort of infiltrating those games. I guess the move to businesses as well or be at Tattie Parlers and other business enterprises is another step on that journey obviously. Will you be targeting those premises you talked about before looking at the world of these groups? Some of these businesses, Tattie Parlers, will you actually be taking a close look at those businesses as well? Certainly I think that that aspect of pursuing the proceeds of illegal activity through potentially unexplained wealth legislation is a really important and potentially valuable avenue. Now ultimately whether that occurs or not will be a matter for the government. We certainly would provide advice and I'm sure that our advice would be considered ultimately would be a matter for government but somehow we have to in my view disadvantage them and take away I guess the motive and the economic aspect of their activities. And if we can do that through unexplained wealth legislation then I think that would be a very good thing and a very good way to impact them. The escalation shouldn't be teaching the South East Queensland across the industry. Is that a local one that connected nationally? I'm referring there I guess to the increase in drop by shootings in Sydney that sort of thing. Is that spilling over to Queensland? You know again that's a very good question and aspects of that we simply can't reel out as possible. And as I said earlier clearly if you took all of the events that have occurred since last Tuesday it may well be that there's a connection between some but not necessarily all the escalation wasn't one thing after the other and it may well be that there is some connection in the state but we're not in a position to fully know that clearly at this point in time. From your knowledge are there members within these clubs or gangs that aren't involved in illegal activity that are just associated with them and are members because maybe someone in their family is a member and they've joined up through that or are they all involved in illegal activity? I'll ask Mr Conn and comment. Generally speaking we think that of the 14 gangs that exist in Queensland there's probably a breakdown in that space. Do you want to comment a little bit more about that? It's how I believe that the top three or four of which we believe to be high risk to the community are all engaged at some level in criminal activity. Sanctioned by the club. So even if they're not directly involved in it they're co-conspirators I guess if you like. I guess what we're saying here is that for those higher level groups that pose the greatest risk to our community they're organised, it's sanctioned by the club and people are aware of that activity. And again the Code of Silence comes into play there. We won't go into that detail at this stage. Perhaps that's something for some further time while we're in the midst of this investigation we'd probably just like to stay away from identifying particular groups at this time. All of those have interests in other states Is there much scope that I can get to make in terms of regret what happened yesterday given the most scenes of action from the political leaders and what helps you guys do what you need to do? I hope they'll regret it because I hope that what we're able to do will dismantle them ultimately and certainly in the interim prosecute them successfully and as Mike commented we've had success with Hydro in doing that since 2009. I think their only regret might be the fakers of attention that they're likely to receive. Well any time we'll tell did you want to add to that at all? My view is from previous experience that's exactly what occurs. When the incident occurs it's almost a competition of who's the toughest between the two groups and when it all falls over and reality hits home there is regret that the incident occurred. They normally don't have any concerns for the victims but they certainly understand that it brings attention to bear from law enforcement agencies. And the regret would simply be that it might hinder their illegal activities, their profit making activities and cost them money and legal fees. That would be the only regret. There's no sense of any moral bias or conscience with these people. You suggested that charities and legitimate businesses should cut off all ties to motorcycle groups in Queensland. Has there been any indication today that there's been a response to that? No and look I'm not I mean my job is to be your police commissioner and I'm not the guardian of Queensland's morals and values and that but you ask me a question I'll answer it as best I can and my point was made in the context of the clever marketing they utilise and what I asked was that what I was particularly referring to yesterday was what's called the poker runs and that's where they have a motorcycle ride from point A to point B and they encourage members of the community to join with them on that ride and they get great publicity about that as you could imagine with hundreds and hundreds if not more motorcycles and people you know engaging. What I'm asking is that people not engage with them and step back from them completely just to satiate themselves from any involvement or engagement. I might ask what Condon do when I talk about that thanks. Thank you the investigators continue to work with members of the family our search continues and we remain confident that we are working towards a resolution. Is it normal for the spouse or the missing person to spend an hour in the police station? Well we continue to engage the family I would expect that that would happen all the time. It's nothing new. Anything else? I really appreciate your time and your support on this and we'll obviously keep you advised and we will be available every day if you wish to go over this and we'd be particularly grateful of course if you were able to publish those five photos. Thanks again.