Rebels

Rebels MC is an outlaw motorcycle club in Australia/New Zealand with around 70 chapters and 2,000 members nation-wide making it the largest club in the country. [1] It was founded by Clint Jacks in Brisbane, Queensland in 1969 and was originally named the "Confederates". Their insignia is a Confederate flag with a cap-wearing skull and 1% patch in the centre. The Australian government and law enforcement consider the Rebels to be a criminal organisation but the club claims to be a group of motorcycle enthusiasts rather than gangsters. The National President is currently former boxer Alex Vella.[2] Its constitution states it is a non profit organisation which promotes the riding of Harley-Davidson motorcycles and stipulates that members must own one and that drugs are "looked down on" within club and "something you and your club can go without" with heroin and smoking methamphetamine being totally taboo. Members are only permitted to join the club once and never to join another motorcycle club. [3] It claims to be "the biggest all big twin Harley-Davidson club in the world".