In July last year, a dying man walked into a harshly lit room in Newcastle's Mater hospital and sat down to record a message he hoped would outlive him.
"The only thing worse than losing your life is wasting your life," he began, staring directly into the camera. "My name's Troy Stolz."
The previous year, while litigation was underway, Mr Stolz had been hit with a court-ordered gag order preventing him from criticising his former employer, the powerful gambling industry lobby group, ClubsNSW.
