Media relaxed with state moves to police "harm" in broadcasts
By John Drinnan
There is reason to be nervous about a new strategy for the Broadcasting Standards Authority to focus on “harm” when administering the codes. The new strategy is being developed in tand...
David Seymour’s proposal to abolish the Human Rights Commission reflects widespread suspicion that is has become a taxpayer-funded nest for people plotting to end the freedoms it was established to pr...
John Drinnan says "There is a tendency to accept that people with unorthodox views in the current milieu must be policed and punished. It goes against the notion of objectivity and balance that some o...
Stuff Article: Mass shootings predate social media, so let's focus on the real problems
With permission from Stuff's editors --
Selected parts of an Opinion piece by Damien Grant, contributor to Stuff and supporter of the Free Speech Coalition
"If you need evidence of why governments sho...
Is New Zealand a Racist Country? | NZ, racism, hypocrisy & free speech
- Dr David Cumin
I was asked to answer an important question at a recent event hosted by the Indian community in New Zealand: Is NZ a racist country?
The question was clearly based off a comment that ...
Why Golriz Ghahraman should not be the guardian of our speech
For a first-time list MP who made it into Parliament by the skin of her teeth, and is in a minor party that maybe is or isn’t in government (depending on what day it is and who you ask), Golriz Ghahra...
