Press Releases

Radical Reform Needed of Name Suppression Rules

by Whaleoil August 18, 2010

PRESS RELEASE Promi­nent blog­ger Cameron Slater, who blogs under the name Whale Oil (whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz), is call­ing for rad­i­cal and rapid reform of the Name Sup­pres­sion. Mr Slater says “For too long crim­i­nal defence lawyers have been able use judi­cial process to get promi­nent clients name sup­pres­sion for all sorts of crime. Just about any­one with […]

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I am appearing at the Maori Affairs Select Committee tomorrow

by Whaleoil March 9, 2010

PRESS RELEASE from WHALEOIL For Imme­di­ate Release Date: 9 March 2010 WHALEOIL to Appear Before Select Com­mit­tee to Expose Min­istry Incom­pe­tence & Trough­ing Well known New Zealand blog­ger Wha­le­oil (Cameron Slater) is appear­ing before the Maori Affairs Select Com­mit­tee to expose the exces­sive trough­ing of tax-payer fund­ing by anti-tobacco groups. “I expect the Com­mit­tee to be […]

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S.H.A.M.E launched

by Whaleoil January 19, 2010

SHAME | Sup­pres­sion Helps Abusers Make Excuses Today we launch SHAME. We are for­tu­nate to be sup­ported by Michael Laws and John Banks, plus many oth­ers. SHAME has been estab­lished for two main rea­sons. To Pro­vide a Lobby Group to enable changes to our Name Sup­pres­sion laws that make our court sys­tem more open to […]

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