Queenstown council has no business deciding who counts as a journalist
The Free Speech Union is calling on the Queenstown Lakes District Council to reverse its decision to blacklist Crux Media editor Peter Newport from council media access, warning that the move sets a d...
The Law Society tried to censure me for writing a lawyer's letter
You may have seen the Herald piece this week reporting that the Legal Complaints Review Officer has quashed the disciplinary finding against me and my firm.
I'm no...
Universal age verification confirmed. Everything else is being built in the dark.
Universal age verification confirmed. Everything else is being built in the dark.On Sunday's Q+A, Education Minister Erica Stanford confirmed what the Free Speech Union has been warning about for mont...
Open justice demands smart-glasses voyeur should not get name suppression
A woman at work in an Auckland CBD brothel noticed her client touching his Ray-Ban Meta glasses. A light came on. He was trying to film her without her consent. He pleaded guilty. He has already been ...
Government scraps BSA: the right call, but regulator and department overreach is the wider problem
Government scraps BSA: the right call, but regulator and department overreach is the wider problem The Free Speech Union welcomes the Government's decision to disestablish the Broadcasting Standards A...
