Kiwi actor Sam Neill has slammed Sydney's lockout laws and the state's ban on greyhound racing. • Star sasses Bieber in the best wayFirst up was Sydney's lockout laws which he said had taken the guts out of the city. "Sydney (in the 1970s) seemed to me to be the most vibrant place in the world and I think a lot of that vibrancy has been sucked out of the place," Neill said. "I particularly lament this lockout which has taken the guts out of the nightlife of Sydney. Tropfest NZ - for which Neill is an ambassador - had a similar struggle before two sponsors supplied the funds needed for it to go ahead.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 15, 2016 06:00 UTC