Blanket bans on secret recordings are an affront to freedom. Fortunately, animal rights activists are doing Australians a favour by challenging these restrictions.

Don’t be fooled by the reporting, the case of Farm Transparency International Ltd & Anor v. State of New South Wales is about more than merely ‘ag-gag’ laws that prevent the filming of abuses of animals – though this case would still be a worthy court challenge even if it was.