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# Daily News Roundup – 21 May 2021
- URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-21-may-2021/
- Published: 2021-05-20T20:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-20T20:40:15.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Featured, Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

**Budget: Benefits increase**  
Audrey Young (Herald): [If not now, then when for beneficiaries?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=959b58cf8f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Max Rashbrooke (Stuff): [Labour’s years of caution are finally paying off](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6cea373496&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Editorial – Revenge on the ‘mother of all Budgets’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4bdbc1efea&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Ruth Richardson calls Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson’s budget attack a ‘cheap shot’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9362f75e2d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Te Rina Triponel (Herald): [Budget 2021: Beneficiary advocacy group slams Govt, says benefit increase is ‘weak’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=fbb291a46c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Trevett (Herald): [PM Jacinda Ardern unrepentant about Budget boost for beneficiaries over workers](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2676b7cc93&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Blockbuster Beneficiary Booster Budget – bold but necessary](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7731336676&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): [Budget 2021 benefit bump hailed as ‘wonderful’ but scepticism remains over ending child poverty](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3081f41a3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Children’s Commissioner: Budget benefit rises a move towards ending child poverty, but more needed now](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a899640d83&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Lynley Ward (Herald): [Solo parents react after Government $3.3billion welfare injection](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=2508566fb0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour to boost benefits by up to $55 a week in explicit push to reverse 1990s cuts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=59905cc818&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Benefits boost in ‘quest to reduce inequality’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f70801b15d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): [Government delivering major benefit boost in line with recommendations](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=63a7fb966a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Sarah Robson (RNZ): [Benefits to increase by up to $55 a week](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b3f74f349b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Nadine Porter (Stuff): [Surprise increase in benefits welcomed by those most in need](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=73195232db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: General**  
Audrey Young (Herald): [This was the easy Budget for Grant Robertson](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=eeda44e292&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Lessons from the Budget and the one issue that may derail Jacinda Ardern](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f2617c7661&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Look to the future, don’t dwell on rewriting the past](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a95b20a10a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brad Olsen (Stuff): [Budget 2021 shows higher spending, but with restraint](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=705cc6a04c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Hickey: [Budget 2021 special: Righting some wrongs. A bit.](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a440aadfc6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Raf Manji (Stuff): [Welcome focus on reducing inequality needs to continue](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=68e47b2de3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Stuff): [The winners and losers in a welfare-focused Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=10da5525db&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman: [A Labour of love](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c4a83f162d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Budget 2021 geared to keep ‘better-than-expected’ story rolling](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=0736152724&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter Dunne: [Grant Robertson’s three factors in the Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee8e1c553c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial: Budget 2021 – A very Labour Budget in the time of Covid 19 coronavirus](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6b49b35239&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
ODT: [Editorial – Robertson’s shrewd Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e6606468ed&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): [The year of the ‘Benefit Budget’ with welfare, Maori getting significant boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=99aa620601&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Grant Robertson’s deep red budget seeks to ‘right a wrong’ from 30 years ago](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d19683cbc3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Budget gets a ‘B’ for Boring](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8a2e70c428&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brian Fallow (Herald): [Grant Robertson plays it down the middle despite opportunity to invest](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b904ec8491&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jennifer Curtin, David Hall, Michael Fletcher, and Nina Ives (The Conversation): [NZ Budget 2021: billions more for benefits, but one eye on the bottom line](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c9ce7b158&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [The verdicts from Paula Bennett, Sue Bradford, Neale Jones and Jon Stokes](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3c1ab6c31c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Experts and commentators rate Grant Robertson’s Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=28df79cce3&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Thomas (Stuff): [Blockbuster Budget is Robertson’s answer to the ‘Mother of All Budgets’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3a056d0a50&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Labour rewards its faithful](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4c3f794b64&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [On balance, a Labour government](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b9d831e5f5&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Labour spends big on benefits, health in its first unleashed Budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e9a62897ad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Felippe Rodrigues and Kate Newton (Stuff): [Hey big spending: The Budget in five charts](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce6407fac2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [The 10 things you need to know](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=da51a7d3b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hannah Kronast (Newshub): [ACT leader David Seymour slams ‘la-la Budget’, compares it to an episode of That ’70s Show](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5fbb938eeb&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brigitte Morten (RNZ): [Budget 21 is a ‘cheugy’, living in the past budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5589f0ce3e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): [Business ‘overlooked’ as Government focus turns to benefits and health sector](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=de7fd9e169&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jason Walls (Herald): [The ‘La La Budget’ vs ‘Broken Compass Budget’ – Opposition battles for unofficial Budget name](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=36e0e5323a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bryce Edwards: [Cartoons about Budget 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cb5652e471&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Housing**  
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): [Treasury sees housing market going from raging bull to Goldilocks zone](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=81a6383a6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [Budget 2021: From 19.1% to 0.9% – could house price growth collapse by that much?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5c55c952fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): [Sharp house price adjustment coming, says Finance Minister](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=409641013b&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): [Not enough emphasis on housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b400689bae&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Priscilla Dickinson (Newshub): [Slower house price growth could inhibit spending despite bigger benefits – economist](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a8bb5928f6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Maori**  
Amelia Wade (Newshub): [Housing spend big win for Labour’s Maori caucus after crossfire](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6c40c45af0&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Katarina Williams (Stuff): [Moving the dial on Maori housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d6b40ef221&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jade Kake (Stuff): [Budget 2021 gives welcome boost to Maori housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4022e3c3f9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Social insurance proposal**  
Henry Cooke (Stuff): [Government announces plan to create ‘unemployment insurance’: but isn’t funding it yet](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50702f1c37&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Health**  
Emma Russell (Herald): [Cystic fibrosis fighter livid at Pharmac’s budget](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69529b86b6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Pharmac boost of $200m ‘nothing short of disgraceful’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4f21a05441&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): [Anger, f-bomb thrown around as advocates react to Pharmac’s Budget 2021 boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3efaed4482&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mandy Te (Stuff): [Hundreds more people to get publicly funded cochlear implants](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=097ce65d29&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Climate change**  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [Climate groups say Budget 2021 doesn’t go far enough to reach goals](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9a914c8a6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Shaw responds to ‘loose change’ charges over climate spend](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=987f27f8f2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Burrell (Stuff): [Accounting for our climate future with the money spent today](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4b17c60ab1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): [The environmental investments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dd8e03189a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Olivia Wannan and Eloise Gibson (Stuff): [EV-buying subsidies resurrected by $300m boost](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=7c91234327&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Education**  
Lee Kenny (Stuff): [More classrooms welcomed but not enough cash for staff, unions say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=62e1182e6e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Dubby Henry (Herald): [Schools welcome focus on child poverty, struggling students](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=839ee4942f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Newstalk ZB: [Education – small increases for schools, early childhood, more for school buildings](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=cf6ad91bd1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Economy and work**  
John Bishop (Stuff): [‘Exceptional circumstances’ proved anything but with 70s pay freeze](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d985e0d914&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Editorial: Dare we dream of a higher-wage economy?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=900bb6f8aa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Your MPs’ KiwiSaver choices laid bare](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=b17bbd15a1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Budget: Other**  
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): [Let’s Get Wellington Moving over-budget, may not get finished, Treasury warns](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e5d1a87725&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Where has the Covid fund gone – $5b left in $62b recovery fund](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=f1ec5eee86&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Gray (Herald): [Credit rating agencies Moody’s, S&P Global’s take on New Zealand’s fiscal position](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=dbdbd013b4&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**International relations**  
Robert Ayson (The Interpreter): [Imprisoning narratives: Morrison, Ardern and China](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5dcc8c78cd&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Covid**  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [University of Waikato study warns of inequitable vaccine rollout](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=4226dbfa08&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): [The scientist and the rabbit hole: How epidemiologist Simon Thornley became an outcast of his profession](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=efcb4e6646&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**Other**  
Chris Trotter: [Getting our politics sorted](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=a9ed5e42c2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)

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