> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Daily News Roundup – 15 May 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-15-may-2020/ - Published: 2020-05-14T20:20:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-05-15T21:14:42.000Z - Author: General - Tags: COVID-19, Media, News, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:24 **Budget – commentary and reactions** Henry Cooke (Stuff):[Grant Robertson isn’t using this crisis to transform the country](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=95a7ed0603&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): [Robertson goes for repair, not rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbcf12dbe1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Grant Robertson conservative despite huge numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ea0ce022c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Simon Bridges vs Jacinda Ardern over $20 billion blank cheque](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4d09b081b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Grant Robertson’s Covid fund has political advantages](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f6499c014e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryce Edwards (RNZ): [A Budget with big numbers, but little vision](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91230f8a23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [The Budget is simply extending ideas](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f4b328e67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Is it enough?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b8d3d5845&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald) [Grant Robertson gets balancing act bang on](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bc915bd7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [A sea of red, to save New Zealand from even worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de46146b7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Budget 2020 winners and losers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=698f5d8794&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Labour goes back to basics](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d2503f8a2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [‘But wait there’s more’ Budget – $20 billion more Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06be366ac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [A spending package to rule the maul](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41363fc54c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Cowan: [A rotten budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f321027f74&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [What should the Government do with its $20b Covid-19 fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=079fc030c4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Duncan (The Conversation): [Will New Zealand’s $50 billion budget boost Jacinda Ardern’s chance of being re-elected?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=136e177c9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Boston (The Conversation): [New Zealand’s pandemic budget is all about saving and creating jobs. Now the hard work begins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=af3d80bdbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Robertson’s “Labour” budget; borrowing the future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6f13f101d5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brian Fallow (Herald): [Borrowing to reach the other side](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70855a4b57&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brigitte Morten (RNZ): [Businesses left all at sea over restart of foreign travel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35868c6f03&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Budget outlines borrowing and spending in response to Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c737c531a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Government’s $50bn COVID-19 fund 15 times what would normally be spent in a single Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=795addb9f4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Stuff): [The vital investments Budget 2020 was missing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=30e6ef5111&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Fran O’Sullivan and Shamubeel Eaqub weigh in on Budget 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cd38961d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Our budget panel](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3e468409ef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [An opportunity to refocus and rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=606448e37c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Economic growth moving into reverse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e10e97d2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Fuel for a long winter](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=83243b7c56&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (NBR): [‘Recovery’ budget? In a pig’s eye](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=415645f651&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jo Moir (RNZ): [Parties look to secure wins from $20b ahead of election](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8733d26fac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff Editorial: [Government’s Budget a plan to navigate Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5d17dfd1f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burgess (Stuff): [This Budget could end up doing more harm than good](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ac8f93f9f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Budget 2020 put the spotlight back on NZ’s economy, but where was the tax?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=553d6f7060&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Business welcomes focus on jobs but unions wanted it to go further](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73aa1a708a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Wrap up: Reactions to the 2020 Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3276ad1fc5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Market verdict – More stimulative than expected, bond yields lift](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=91ed665336&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt taking a ‘borrow and hope’ approach to Budget, ‘throwing money around like confetti’ – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d30f3171a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Next generation will pay price as Government expected to post eye-watering deficits for foreseeable future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dc75ce36f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Donal Curtin: [Fiscal policy does its job](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72040f2588&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Government on budget** Rachel Sadler (Newshub): [Grant Robertson defends debt, says now is the time to spend ‘rainy day’ savings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b08cc3bc4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Grant Robertson says Budget 2020 ‘most significant financial commitment by NZ Govt in modern history’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2047d01b09&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald:[Government’s $50b Covid-19 recovery Budget biggest spending package in history](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=be91fd4d1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Covid 19 recovery and Govt’s $50b response: ‘It will be painful’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3e81cecac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Economic outlook ‘painful’, but Govt has chosen to ‘sit up and act’, PM says of $50b Covid Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f526257f8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Budget will help New Zealand emerge from the pandemic ‘stronger than before’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=def23c8074&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Winston Peters rejects ‘helicopter’ cash payouts to all Kiwis to help stimulate economy](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc48790745&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Why helicopter payments aren’t in the $50 billion funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e3fd29aaa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Ardern calls Bridges’ ‘slush fund’ attack ‘cynical’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7f998ca9c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Winston Peters gets snippy with Simon Bridges haircut jab](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8e84bfb26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Winston Peters tells Simon Bridges to ‘get a haircut’ after National leader slams ‘pet projects’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bbe17bc6dc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Opposition reaction** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [National says Budget has lots of debt without a plan behind it](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84f6305ecd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [‘A tsunami of debt’: National’s Simon Bridges on Govt’s $50b Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2c26d5f39&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Pet projects, debt, and taxes on the way, says Bridges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a0b679fa47&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘We needed a proper plan’ – Simon Bridges takes aim at Budget 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44b2d482bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [National warns higher debt has to be repaid](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=716366e35a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [‘A $50 billion slush fund’: Budget 2020 is ‘very lazy’, lacks plan to grow the economy – National finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cc3a085f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Budget 2020 lacks accountability and effect, opposition says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b2ffb0de23&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Opposition decides against traditional Budget motion of no confidence, citing ‘exceptional times’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=766161177b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Summaries, general** Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government unveils $50b Covid-19 fund to keep economy above water](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c590886fee&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Analysis: Political editor Jessica Mutch McKay breaks down 2020 Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=098b3fd6c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [$50bn rescue fund in ‘once in a generation’ budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=268b3b381d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [$50bn cash-splash includes wage subsidy extension, free trades training and infrastructure boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3fc2333ec&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [The nine ‘key priorities’ from today’s COVID-19 ‘Rebuilding Together’ announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07807916c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Debt set to soar as govt looks to recover and rebuild](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=070504a6b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [Government to borrow extra $50 billion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7d4a86de70&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Budget: Extended wage subsidy, support for tourism, free trades training](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b1ad7fc4af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Where the Government is spending big to rebuild New Zealand after coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eb05571be&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Julie Iles (NBR): [Export, infrastructure and environment loom large in Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb815a0367&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (1News): [What you need to know: Budget 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c05bdcb1ca&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): [What you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b6a8e62261&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Budget at a glance – the big Covid 19 package and how hard has it hit](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=96353a9e38&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Here’s everything you need to know about the announcement](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=88aa61fd10&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Wage subsidy, employment** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Robertson quotes two unemployment forecasts but economist fears Treasury is optimistic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b846c6107&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Unemployment seen peaking at 9.8% in September](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b59eb47b40&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Treasury expects unemployment to peak next month at 9.6%](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf92b1e4ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jason Walls (Herald): [Government’s Covid 19 wage subsidy scheme extended by 8 weeks, now up to $14b](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1282a4cbd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Government throws $3.2b lifeline in Budget to ‘worst hit’ firms](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=38f12a8ea2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Covid-19 wage subsidy boosted by $3.2 billion, extended for eight weeks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4a6fc986e6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Wage subsidy extended to keep Kiwi businesses afloat](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75f1977726&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): [Uber driver says the Government has looked after the worst-off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6688fce10b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Stuff): [Hospo worker grateful for wage subsidy, but hoped for more welfare support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e84f073419&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [More than $2 billion to get Kiwis into jobs post Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ac1f8437b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Government promises thousands of new jobs in regions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=78bac9ba1b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): [Green jobs, retraining, and wage subsidies ticked off in ‘jobs budget’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=829385c2bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – welfare, inequality** Isaac Davison (Herald): [Beneficiaries and migrant workers left out in the cold by Budget 2020, advocates say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7987dd935f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Budget 2020 has forgotten about the unemployed, advocates say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=258e242756&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Current benefits ‘not sufficient to survive on’, social welfare groups say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2d3c5b18fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson defends Budget despite no benefit increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4aa6bc66b1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) CPAG: [Disappointed but hopeful ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=747820122e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Nature jobs, environment** Jamie Morton (Herald): [Nature jobs for out-of-work Kiwis?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3f871add9e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Olivia Wannan ((Stuff): [Budget 2020 fails to tackle climate change, activists say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=977354a0ae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News); [Government criticised for lack of climate change funding in Budget 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=35a9094a0b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Trades training** Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [New trades, apprenticeships investment ‘never seen’ in years – BCITO](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=779987ff7c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Trades training gets $1.6bn boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9d8d7067de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (1News): [Free trades training for all ages to be rolled out in Covid-19 fall-out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=629f9e7881&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Huge Government cash boost means Kiwis can train in trades for free amid rising unemployment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d34a713eab&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – School lunch programme, education** Mandy Te, Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Praise for free school lunch scheme, but questions about pay increase ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=90f833e079&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Free school lunches needed more than ever, principals say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ae9fc7b149&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Free school lunches to feed 200,000 kids, as part of $1b Government support package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de7ab8ec2e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [School lunch programme boost to feed 200,000 every day](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=07d372d746&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te and Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Government spends $813.6 million on education](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce8823c34e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Housing** Ben Leahy (Herald): [Housing providers ready to build 8000 new public houses – but say more needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=64328983df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ben Leahy (Herald): [Auckland could get 2600 new public houses to tackle homelessness](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c604f5b5bf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [$5b housing spend up questioned after Kiwibuild debacle](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9cb764e5b7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Govt to borrow $5b to add 8000 state and transitional houses](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5e3e554fbe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government doubles house building efforts, promises 8000 new state homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c550d70666&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Plenty of ways to dice and slice in the Budget’s recipe for 8000 new homes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=449fe0be4a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catherine Masters (Herald): [Relief, disappointments and hints of more to come](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01685a951d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Tourism** Brittney Deguara (Stuff): [Winston Peters pegs hopes for tourism on trans-Tasman bubble](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36a70f6109&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ Checkpoint: [Budget’s tourism funding not enough – tourism leaders](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cc722de407&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Guy Williams (ODT): [Support for tourism seen as lifeline](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa1b113787&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [What Tourism’s $400m special fund, wage subsidy extension means](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=db7170f98f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brook Sabin (Stuff): [The 2020 Budget is failing New Zealand’s tourism industry](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a77892d1c3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Cropp (Stuff): [Tourism says many jobs will go despite $400m Budget rescue package](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f812ff4aa9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Government’s $400 million tourism boost a ‘beginning place’ for industry hit hard by Covid-19](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7bfeb20712&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Grant Bradley (Herald): [Pass or fail: Tourist, hotel and aviation groups rate the budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8b5f158b4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Devastated tourism gets $400m but details are scarce](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e90107f8cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Lake (Newshub): [Tourism receives $400 million to help it survive COVID-19 crisis](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=499c0da32d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Tourism package falls short of Covid-hit industry’s wishlist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77baf548ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Government to provide ‘protection and assistance’ to strategic tourism assets](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06edae8bcf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Health and disability** Robin Gauld (The Conversation): [New Zealand’s ‘catch up, patch up’ health budget misses the chance for a national overhaul](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd3b440078&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Boosts to health boards, disability services in billions for health spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24903cba9a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Health spend led by $833m for disability services](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4433c0af15&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais: [‘It will help us stay afloat’: $800m disability funding increase welcomed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7e35ab68fd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Disability sector delighted at $830m Budget spend, but disappointment for doctors, midwives and dentists](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=41ebba4767&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Dentists disappointed by lack of funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=33c8b314b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Cancer Society welcomes health funding, urges system rejig](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c10e3c9d89&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [SuperGold cardholders get free health/eye check-ups](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=26fc5934fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Tobacco** Herald: [No rise to tobacco tax; anti-smoking group praises Govt](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f1674f9a3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [For first time in years, Budget announcement doesn’t include tobacco tax increase](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=696a53c08b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [No tax rise for smokers in Budget 2020, but hospitality industry implores Government to cancel July alcohol tax hike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=54ad81282b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Maori and Covid-19** Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [Almost $1 billion invested in protecting Maori in wake of coronavirus pandemic](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8501f34d8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): [Maori to get $900m to deal with Covid-19 fallout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5db52acd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Defence** Vita Molyneux (Newshub): [New Zealand Defence Force gets more than $1 billion in funding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd816b3563&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – NZ Post** Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [Govt injects $280m into NZ Post as service ‘no longer commercially viable’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd41e242d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: N[Z Post, struggling even before Covid-19, receives massive Budget 2020 injection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b46a45fe67&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Media** Gavin Ellis: [Elusive ‘second package’ of media assistance](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a54eb9240d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [No relief for under-pressure commercial media in Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d13f3716a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Infrastructure** Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [$3 billion for infrastructure from NZ’s ‘largest ever stocktake’, more expected](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b376679fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Emma Cropper (Newshub): [Government yet to decide on shovel-ready projects as workers desperate to fill jobs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eb0dd431db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Budget – Other** Herald: [Scientists welcome modest bump for sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2194f809c1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Collette Devlin (Stuff): [Funding boost for emergency services, prisons and justice sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1b40c505ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) James Fyfe (Newshub): [Funding for pest control aims to rein in growing wallaby population](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7330791d75&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [New Interislander ferries, more money for rail](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8e590a3087&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Fraser-Jones (Stuff): [A new lens for New Zealand’s primary sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e1cb175b08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [New Zealand’s law and order budget by the numbers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8c6dd2a90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Coronavirus** Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): [Coronavirus NZ podcast: Winston Peters says China didn’t want NZ to go into lockdown](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=20bcf509e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Morton (Herald): [Why contact tracing tech isn’t so straightforward](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=090245bcbc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Does New Zealand really top the world in COVID-19 testing?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6fb6302b5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Reuters, Matt Burrows (Newshub): [New Zealand’s GCSB begs hackers not to target COVID-19 research after Chinese accused of cyber attacks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aba034ae54&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickson (Stuff): [Children with health conditions should stay home for now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=97b6c634b9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Helen Clark helps unite world leaders in call for free-of-charge ‘people’s vaccine’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=febf979c3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Kiwi scientist helps World Health Organisation in pandemic response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=512c562fac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Teresa Cowie (RNZ): [Lessons from lockdown: The changes we’ll keep](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bf6b313cb9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Southland Times Editorial: [Let’s recognise social history happening](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f1f1894b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eleisha Foon (RNZ): [Mental health survey shows Kiwis stressed but will spring back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=462b69b5d1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Level 2 law, restricted gatherings** Jared Savage (Herald): [Police Commissioner Andrew Coster promises frontline staff will be careful in exercising ‘remarkable’ powers to stop spread of virus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c26e35f931&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jane Kelsey (Herald): [Govt’s urgent legislation tone deaf to M?ori](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf8dc8f2eb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Covid-19 law isn’t the problem, it’s the interpretation – expert](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5b1fb36b2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Kirsty Lawrence and Katarina Williams (Stuff): [No charges after biker gang flouts Covid-19 mass gathering rules at funeral](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8014eb1d24&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jordan Bond (RNZ): [Funerals could take similar approach to tangihanga under new rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6fd69a58c7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matt Burrows (Newshub): [Health Minister grilled over why strip clubs can open at alert level 2, but not churches](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=77663dc4fb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): [Churches unable to worship feel picked on under level 2 restrictions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=715f32892d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Media** Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Govt won’t bail out media, but Stuff has other dance partners](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=06b8808ac7&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [NZME’s play for Stuff goes to court – again](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9ffdd7dfef&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Proposed media merger turns septic as NZME seeks injunction in bid to buy Stuff](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d8692504ac&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [NZME seeks interim injunction against Stuff-owner Nine Entertainment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=984b706e25&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZME files injunction over Stuff deal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=102a5ea554&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Media’s conflicted role in Covid-19 coverage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=66a5c619ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Pay cuts – MPs and senior public officials** Damian George (Stuff): [Law change lets elected members and senior public officials to take coronavirus pay cut](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d454353b26&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Bill introduced to enable MP pay cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=526ef85d8b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Local government pay cuts only for those earning more than $100k](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=685ad03d14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Employment** Catherine Harris (Stuff): [Worker in lockdown: ‘How could I pay my bills and feed my family?’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3b35c0e68d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Mitre 10 franchise owner and employees’ union at stalemate over wage reductions](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f3250e2b16&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Howie (Herald): [Thousands of corporate workers to keep working from home](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9b9e8d8a36&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [Jobless pilots swapping wings for railway tracks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d0ed04b7c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Siobhan Downes Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Event Cinemas restructuring, expects redundancies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44289c34a8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament** Herald: [Act leader David Seymour loses his infamous lockdown hair](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9c2d712ce&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Forbes: [Jami-Lee Ross’ battle for Botany continues with new party Advance NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=269e9fd271&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Pacific** RNZ: [Cook Islands keen to lose developed country status quickly](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=752aa4085c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Reservations about reopening borders – Samoa PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5f640f5e3b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Sport** Herald: [Racing: Dramatic cuts to see closure of major tracks](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=17fb2bcd4c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Sport support package due in ‘coming days’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c7c73fcf5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Christchurch Call** 1News: [‘We have much more to do’ – NZ, France commemorate one year of the Christchurch Call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=063129d585&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ardern and Macron hail success of Christchurch Call](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=329aeb0368&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Victoria Plekhanova (The Conversation): [Google and Facebook pay way less tax in New Zealand than in Australia – and we’re paying the price](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01d6c84f7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [It’s okay to be angry and grieve about Covid-19’s impact on your money life](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c8d2f1d9c5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Homeless man looks for positives from lockdown troubles](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=465f17c4d6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [Are banks doing enough to cushion the Covid-19 blow?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c6ef621765&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zoe George (Stuff): [$426m loans approved to SMEs in first 48 hours under government’s cashflow scheme](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73fd95f358&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [Landlords slam ‘greedy’ corporate businesses refusing to pay rent](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fed8e2f6df&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): [Flagstaff residents slam proposed housing development](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=305fb9d94e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Homeowner paying $1250 a week rent because tenants won’t leave his house](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=92af8f8ebc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Some New Zealanders have an untapped Covid-19 survival cash reserve](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ec9769b791&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): [Changing exam dates by 10 days ‘not enough’ NCEA student says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2006f558f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita de Boni (NBR): [Too much market research stating the bleeding obvious](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7699cb0f00&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Allison Ballance (RNZ): [Little bit of sea-level rise = lots more coastal flooding](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f7f1e1595d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dan Satherley and Simon Wong (Newshub): [Arsonists target Spark cell tower, customers lose service](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=bc8a2db3b3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmaris: [Rotorua Lakes Council will not release complaints information](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0bcd122e71&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Tso (Stuff): [Move to acknowledge M?ori history in new Lower Hutt street names](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a7044efe2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jake Kenny Mat Kermeen and Tony Smith (Stuff): [Former Kiwis captain and West Coast community leader Tony Coll dies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9f56ba6d43&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)