ACT's welcoming the death of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, but wants the Government to move quickly.  

Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith announced the regulator will be disestablished, as it’s unfit for a modern media environment. 

Laura McClure says the decision's long overdue, and the Government needs to pass legislation.  

She told Ryan Bridge that it’s a huge win for freedom of speech in New Zealand. 

McClure says the BSA was the regulating body for mainstream media, but it doesn’t cover anything else, and young people in particular are consuming media everywhere, whether it’s online or on social media.  

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