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Dec 19, 2007
Well Said Again New Zealand Herald
We quote from this morning's Editorial "The Electoral Finance Bill's passage through Parliament late yesterday corrodes democracy and shames those whose names stand beside it as it enters the statutes. From January 1, political discourse will be less free, except for political parties - those private organisations that happen to provide the incumbent members of Parliament."