As the Government seeks to expand the definitions of hate speech, the identities explicitly granted elevated legal status and the strength of agencies to execute such legislation, the Broadcasting Act has effectively demonstrated everything that is morally wrong and dangerous by delegating such authority to a few unaccountable civil servants.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.