Complacent Nation
| Author | : Gavin Ellis |
| Publisher | : Bridget Williams Books |
| Total Pages | : 81 |
| Release | : 2016-08-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780947492953 |
| ISBN-13 | : 094749295X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (95X Downloads) |
Download or read book Complacent Nation written by Gavin Ellis and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be overridden. Drawing on decades of experience as a journalist and editor, Gavin Ellis chronicles the patterns of erosion and calls for entrenchment of the Bill of Rights Act. As supreme law, it would set a high bar that politicians must hurdle before freedom of expression could be curtailed.
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