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Barry Soper: Does the gang patch ban violate free speech?

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Publish Date
Thu, 19 Sep 2024, 5:33pm

Barry Soper: Does the gang patch ban violate free speech?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 19 Sep 2024, 5:33pm

The Government's new bill banning gang patches in public and giving police more power to disperse gangs and bring in non-consorting court orders has passed.

Last-minute changes extended the insignia ban to being visible in cars - and inside homes of repeat ban offenders.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says critics of the bill have labelled it a violation of free speech.

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