Bill of Rights
Sir, — The purported purpose of the Bill of Rights — to protect individuals from encroachment on their rights by the Government and its agencies — has a hollow ring about it when placed alongside the fact that politicians and Government departments do not normally voluntarily give up power. A reduction in the power of the Government and its agencies could be obtained by repealing or amending those laws and regulations which at. present grant them that power. There is no need to make a sweeping change whose effects cannot properly be predicted, and which could be seriously different to those claimed by Mr Palmer. New Zealand’s experience with the Human Rights Commission Act, whose effect has been to restrict the freedom of action and expression of a large number of people while promoting feminism and other minority causes and ideologies, should warn us against accepting the Bill of Rights at face value. — Yours, etc., M. VINEY. February 10, 1986.
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Press, 13 February 1986, Page 20
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