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Massey University must explain Jan Thomas correspondence
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 10:39 am | Free Speech Coalition
Massey University must front up and explain why the Vice Chancellor’s public statements that it was her concerns about security that prompted her to deplatform former Reserve Bank Governor and Leader of the Opposition Dr. Don Brash from speaking at the University ... More >>
Harmful Digital Communications Act deployed
Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 7:38 pm | Free Speech Coalition
Harmful Digital Communications Act deployed against free speech 11 SEPTEMBER 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A challenge to suppress media organisations suggests the Harmful Communications Act may need to be scrapped, says the Free Speech Coalition. Coalition ... More >>
Coalition condemns campaign to bar Chelsea Manning
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 3:01 pm | Free Speech Coalition
The political whims of the National Party must not curtail our right to engage in the most relevant topics of our age, says the Free Speech Coalition, which is calling on National MP Michael Woodhouse to reconsider his comments to the media earlier ... More >>
Codes of Conduct Must Not Suppress Free Speech
Monday, 20 August 2018, 2:53 pm | Free Speech Coalition
Codes of Conduct drawn up by local government authorities must not encroach upon the rights of elected councillors to speak freely about the behaviour of their own council, its councillors and/or its officials. More >>
Enemies of free speech feel emboldened
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 1:52 pm | Free Speech Coalition
Tomorrow I was due to speak to members of Massey University’s Politics Society in Palmerston North. I was invited by the group two and a half months ago to speak about my experience as Leader of the National Party. More >>
Massey University disgraces free speech tradition
Tuesday, 7 August 2018, 11:02 am | Free Speech Coalition
In blocking former Leader of the Opposition and Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash from speaking on campus tomorrow, Massey University disgraces an important tradition of free speech on university campuses and a fundamental tenet of a liberal democracy. More >>
Council concede Mayor Goff had no power to ban speaker
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 1:37 pm | Free Speech Coalition
MEDIA RELEASE Victory for Free Speech Coalition: Council concede Mayor Goff had no power to make speaker ban decision based on political views More >>
Humanist speakers should not be discriminated against
Monday, 23 July 2018, 12:30 pm | Free Speech Coalition
Speakers planning to attend the upcoming International Humanist and Ethical Union conference in early August should be given an assurance that their visa problems are not due to their political views, says the Free Speech Coalition. More >>
Auckland Council flag concerns with Free Speech Coalition
Sunday, 22 July 2018, 5:19 pm | Free Speech Coalition
Auckland Council flag concerns with fact that the Free Speech Coalition is "give a little" funded SUNDAY 22 JULY 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE More >>
Proceedings now filed against Mayor Goff and Council
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 4:11 pm | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition has now filed proceedings against Mayor Goff and Auckland Council under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act. This came after the Coalition presented the Mayor with an open letter suggesting he avoid the cost of litigation by reopening ... More >>
Free Speech Coalition on details of legal action
Monday, 16 July 2018, 4:29 pm | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition can confirm it will this week be filing judicial review proceedings against Auckland Council for its ban on two Canadian speakers from Council-owned venues. The pro-free speech group believes the Council and/or Mayor acted in breach ... More >>
Free speech campaign reaches initial fundraising target
Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 2:55 pm | Free Speech Coalition
In less than 24 hours, the Free Speech Coalition has reached its $50,000 fundraising goal and will be engaging lawyers to bring judicial proceedings against Auckland Council for its ban on Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux at Council-owned venues. More >>
Free Speech Coalition Attack Winston Via Billboard
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 10:02 am | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition wants to remind the public that the justification for inflicting the Electoral Finance Act on the country was greater transparency around donations, and the billboard aims to highlight the hypocrisy of supporters of the Act in relation ... More >>
Democracy Attacks Back
Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 12:31 am | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition has launched a billboard campaign today against the parties which voted for the Electoral Finance Act. More >>
Coalition saddened by passage of Elect Finance Act
Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 5:21 pm | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition, set up to campaign against the Electoral Finance Bill, is sad that MPs from Labour, NZ First and the Greens have ignored the massive public sentiment against the bill. More >>
Electoral Finance Bill Now Worse
Monday, 19 November 2007, 1:13 pm | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition has slammed the revised Electoral Finance Bill as being even worse than the original. More >>
Free Speech Coalition Launched
Friday, 28 September 2007, 11:20 am | Free Speech Coalition
The Free Speech Coalition, a group dedicated to stopping the draconian Electoral Finance Bill has publicly launched itself today. More >>
