The Government is weighing changes to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, with Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith signalling disestablishment is currently his preferred option.
Goldsmith says no final decision has been made, but confirmed the Government is considering whether to retain the authority, redefine its role, or scrap it entirely, NZ Herald reported. …
Speaking at a public meeting in Waikanae, Goldsmith said the Government would “probably” land on scrapping the authority, the NZ Herald reported. He later reiterated to Newstalk ZB that disestablishment was where he was leaning.
While not a final decision, this is good news.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition
2 comments:
Scrap it immediately but ... do not use this as an excuse to replace it with something worse! National has a track record of this kind of folly.
It has to happen. They have shown their far left bias to the public. Defund. You had the chance to be fair and impartial. Time to face the consequences of their own actions. Dole queue that way losers.
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