The bill's purpose is seeking to ensure that tertiary institutions who receive public money have some accountability around properly balancing their health and safety obligations, on the one hand, and their obligation to be a place of open debate, on the other hand. Now, the Education and Training Act 2020 and the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 requires our institutions to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression. Our universities are required to be the critic and conscience of society; however, there is no consequence for them failing to do so.