MARK M ALDRIDGE Independent - POLICE CREATING CRIME 'TATTOO"
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PUSHING REFORMED CRIMINALS BACK INTO CRIMEAll tattoo shop owners and their
staff under new legislation now must apply for a three-year licence from NSW
Police and Fair Trading, another added cost and increased red taps for small
business seems to be flavour of the day. Police Minister Michael Gallacher said anyone with criminal
associations would be denied a licence, and would be fined if they continued to
operate.
One wonders if such draconian
legislation is all about pushing reformed criminals back into crime, because it
is not a crime to perform the art of tattooing, says Mark Aldridge.