> ## 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 – 17 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-17-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-16T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-16T19:21:57.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Speaker Trevor Mallard’s rape allegations** Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Trevor Mallard has made things worse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=27bb00a9af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Barry Soper (Herald): [Trevor Mallard raises more questions than he answers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=14d95282d0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [National’s attacks water off a Mallard’s back](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b2d1f61cc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newstalk ZB: [Barry Soper reacts to Trevor Mallard’s select committee hearing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce7ebc4a49&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Speaker Trevor Mallard says he almost immediately regretted ‘rape’ comment](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=039f8507c9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): ‘[Taxpayer invoice’ mascot booted from hearing as Speaker Trevor Mallard apologises ‘unreservedly’ for making false allegation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=158b7e4522&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Speaker Trevor Mallard faces MPs’ questions over $330k payout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=16568eec90&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Alan Kenyon (1News): [Speaker admits he knew ‘within 24 hours’ he was wrong about rape accusation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9a8775dc04&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): [Speaker Trevor Mallard reveals he knew he made mistake within 24 hours of making false accusation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c079065806&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [National calls for Trevor Mallard’s resignation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d98ade23a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Speaker Trevor Mallard under scrutiny at Select Committee for costly defamation case](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fb4902e05c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘He needs to go’ – Judith Collins says Trevor Mallard lost his authority as Speaker](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=372732f2da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [Trevor Mallard’s credibility as Speaker remains terminal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1e47226a27&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Peter Dunne accuses Speaker of extreme bias, says he excessively protects PM](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e93ff805d3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Housing** Dan Satherley (Newshub): [Bank warns of ‘painful correction’ unless house prices stabilise or start to fall](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1d5f852bea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government forecasts five years of house price growth, outstripping wage growth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e3de14646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Government forecasts five years of big house price growth but there is some good news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c21d132e9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Newshub): [House prices to keep soaring but hopes of swift economic recovery on horizon with border tipped to ease mid-2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=24c5c4d8cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [ANZ says policymakers & the public need to be able to accept house price stabilisation or declines](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=461cc813a5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tamsyn Parker (Herald): [More banks will increase investor deposit to 40pc, brokers predict](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=01cf19c6d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): [Treasury’s about-face on house price inflation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=72cc2e259d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Wage subsidy scheme** Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): [Calls grow for wage subsidy refunds after Reserve Bank news](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=088d379c11&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) John Anthony (Stuff): [Retirement village operators Summerset and Ryman Healthcare to repay $22.8m in Covid- 19 wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=043f730e53&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Ryman Healthcare to repay $14.2m Covid wage subsidy, move follows three others](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0c7d10f06b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Summerset Group to pay back $8.6m in wage subsidies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7b0f99510c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Christchurch retirement village owner to repay $8.6m wage subsidy, chairman departs](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=696f26b9cb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maria Slade (NBR): [Calls for financiers to get government support](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d3be9fa2f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Economy and work** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Rosier outlook may trim $100b QE programme, says BNZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a55e43d573&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman: [Robertson beats Treasury’s forecasts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fc4c1b10da&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government finances heading for faster surplus than expected – Treasury figures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=60e228d0b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Grant Robertson opens up early Christmas present from Treasury](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=44c1d3cdfa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Government officials ‘don’t understand’ the importance of tourism to NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=34e38d2697&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Newstalk ZB): [Government has rewarded the lazy and idle with power price changes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=98b8df46e4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Stace (The Conversation): [NZ businesses are still including potentially unfair terms in their general contracts — consumers deserve better](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=93fbe88ef8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Ganesh Nana appointed to chair Productivity Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=21d84208ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) BusinessDesk: [BERL’s Ganesh Nana to chair Productivity Commission](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7fd270928f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Minimum wage annual increase** Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Minimum wage to rise to $20 an hour](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e41d892c52&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Herald): [Minimum wage rise: 175,000 Kiwis set to get a pay rise of $44 a week from April 1](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f51d17f89a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Fraser (1News): [Minimum wage will be raised to $20 in April, Government announces today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8cb8709986&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Government confirms 2021 minimum wage hike](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2468722e13&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Covid and border** Nick Perry (Stuff): [‘Flattening curve was not enough’: Jacinda Ardern talks about New Zealand’s Covid response, US elections in AP interview](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cbf56e651d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [‘Was angry the word?’ — Ardern reflects on Trump’s criticism of NZ’s Covid-19 response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0aa5ec6d3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lana Andelane (Newshub): [COVID-19: Jacinda Ardern named as one of Nature’s top 10 people who shape science in 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=920251df45&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Covid 19 coronavirus: How New Zealand could roll out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=df544ef252&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Coronavirus: New Zealand faces potentially ‘several hundred’ COVID-19 cases at border over summer – Chris Hipkins](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2e259a7dd4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Government warns public to be prepared for Covid outbreak over summer](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f5a47e834c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Abuse in Care inquiry** David Cohen (RNZ): [Abuse inquiry report: limited data paints illuminating, inexcusable picture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1c9fbe1d14&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Editorial – The high costs of historical abuse](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aa5d864edf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Sophie Cornish (Stuff): [Chris Hipkins: ‘New Zealand at its absolute worse’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=65c000b5af&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [Royal Commission into Abuse in Care releases interim report](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ad9b01ed18&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Andrew McRae (RNZ): [As many as 400,000 abused in state, faith care – survivors’ group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cf49353f1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Climate change and environment** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): [Transport Ministry says ‘ambitious’ Clean Car Standard needed](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=08eea5ae92&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton: [For a carbon dividend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=04efdb5fbb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blair Jackson (Stuff): [Council not keen on climate change ‘virtue signals’, chairman says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=84e42fd6d4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Laura Smith (Otago Daily Times): [No changes to stance on climate](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f887209a7f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, election, and end of year reviews** Sam Hurley (Herald): [Why the Labour Party won’t release the full Maria Austen report on summer youth camp scandal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2952644c95&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [Judith Collins reveals the ‘worst thing’ that happened to National during NZ election campaign](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=991beff099&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Newspapers with election ad delivered on election day, breach reported to police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=18dc8ce5b8&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Electoral Commission: Community newspapers allegedly breached election-day rules](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a38068f6fe&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **China; International relations and trade** Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Leaked Chinese Communist Party list allegedly shows New Zealand-connected party members](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e4b45054f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (NBR): [Shirtfronting China a risky strategy for Aussies](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3acffa349d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Manqing Cheng (Newsroom): [NZ and the world’s largest free trade zone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c808f0919&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Education** Newstalk ZB: [Victoria University to admit school leavers who haven’t met entrance requirements](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3eebd66ee9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Mandy Te (Stuff): [NZ Chinese Association to lodge complaint over poem by white supremacist in history exam](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1af0b4eb4d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): [Staggered school holidays plan would disrupt students’ learning – education minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0f4b661779&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Local government** Damian George (Stuff): [‘Pipes, politics and pandemics’: Wellington Mayor reflects on ‘tough’ year](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=affada6937&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Susan Botting (NZ Herald): [Hundreds sign up for Inclusion Northland campaign in favour of Maori wards](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99c089a006&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Suspicion raised over consultation period for Wellington Airport expansion](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1da13a6cc9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Audit NZ finds significant problems with Wellington Water’s performance measures](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7eba6f00bb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland councillor accuses colleagues of abusing staff after tragic deaths](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aec18c8d9d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Blanton Smith (Stuff): [Rainbow crossing a sign of ‘acceptance’ for LGBTQI+ community](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c7c7212555&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Crime and policing** RNZ: [Two men previously from ‘Roast Busters’ arrested and charged – police](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a2b30c0b1d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand’s longest-serving prisoner Alfred Thomas Vincent to be released](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2514ba849c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Earley (Stuff): [One in four police staff bullied, IPCA report shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=19543c1d2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [One in four police staff bullied, IPCA/police report shows](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b49ccfae8e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **CTV building** Jonny Edwards (Stuff): [CTV victims’ families seek UN investigation into ‘breach of rights’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d96693a0a9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Canterbury earthquake: CTV building collapse victims’ families seek UN investigation](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d5e15e3631&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [CTV families ‘profoundly disappointed’ at lack of response from Prime Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ebd564bcea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Chelsea Boyle (Herald): [SFO investigation: Prominent Te Arawa leader appears in court over alleged $364k fraud](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4e112782b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Iwi trust chairman Roger Pikia appears in court facing serious fraud charges](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=586ee5170f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (NZ Herald): [Former Agresearch CEO Tom Richardson, who was investigated for bullying, gets $300k payout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f0fb256e97&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [BIM highlights](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c596f314de&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Graham Lowe (Herald): [Keep alcohol ads away from our kids](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f71fca6bcb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [KiwiRail agrees to new multi-use ferry terminal](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=32ac0e450b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [KiwiRail backs down over new Wellington ferry terminal location](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d82983935a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [Ministers receive recommendations from winter grazing advisory group](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0ad762a8b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)