EMMA ALBERICI, PRESENTER: The Queensland Government has revealed a plan to enact new laws it says will cut to the heart of outlaw bikie gangs.

Under the legislation, bikie members could be locked away in conditions similar to solitary confinement for two decades.

From Brisbane, Josh Bavas reports.

JOSH BAVAS: The new laws fall under three separate bills. These could see bikie members jailed longer than a convicted rapist or murderer.

If the court finds them to be a vicious, lawless associate by participating in the gang, they will face 15 years in jail, plus another 10 years if they hold an official position in the club. The extra punishment will be mandatory.

Bikie members will be jailed for up to 18 months for working in a tattoo parlour. If caught congregating, they will face up to seven years in jail and if they refuse to answer questions by police or the CMC they will face 2.5 years behind bars.

Convicted bikies will be sent to a special maximum security prison to the north of Brisbane to be kept inside their cells for 23 hours a day with no perks like gym facilities or televisions.

The Government will review the legislation in three years.

TERRY O'GORMAN, COUNCIL FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES: These laws are just beyond belief. They really reduce Supreme Court judges to no more than cardboard cut-outs sitting on the bench with a wig.

JARROD BLEIJIE, QLD ATTORNEY-GENERAL: If we have people whinging and bleating out there that these laws are too tough, then that is a sign it's a success for these laws because it means they're working.

JOSH BAVAS: The Premier says the new regime strikes at the heart of gangs.

CAMPBELL NEWMAN, QLD PREMIER: These are not loveable rascals and ruffians, outlaws. That's their spin.

JOSH BAVAS: But motorcyclists say the laws are too harsh to go without challenge.

RUSSELL 'CAMEL' WATTIE, INDEPENDENT MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST: Why do we need new laws, more laws that actually turn the police into judge, jury and executioner?

CAMPBELL NEWMAN: We are not joking. It's time to resign, hand in your colours, get an honest job because it's over. It's over from the moment the Governor signs the bit of paper.

JOSH BAVAS: The Attorney-General also slammed the former Government's attempt to curb bikies. Its bill was introduced four years ago, allowing police to label bikie gangs as criminal organisations.

Jarred Bleijie calls that a failure because it doesn't go far enough; a stark contrast to his comments in 2009 where he said, "This bill encroaches on their personal freedoms and liberties. A government that tries to remove these freedoms and liberties is a government that is to be feared. Every person in Queensland, regardless of whether they are part of organised crime, has the right to a fair trial."

RUSSELL 'CAMEL' WATTIE: Politicians do backflips all the time. They could actually be in the bloody circus and get away with it.

JOSH BAVAS: The bills are expected to pass and go to the Governor to be signed off.

Josh Bavas, Lateline.