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A new plain language bill now before parliament aims to do away with jargon laden documents and make official government documents more accessible and understandable. However, there is little detail on how plain language will be defined and how the law would be implemented. Opposition parties say the law will create more bureaucracy and establish language police. University of Waikato Linguistics lecturer, Dr Andreea Calude and law lecturer Sam Campbell talk to Lynn Freeman about what needs to happen for the bill to meet its aims.
