> ## 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 – 30 December 2020 - URL: https://goodoil.news/daily-news-roundup-30-december-2020/ - Published: 2020-12-29T19:15:00.000Z - Updated: 2020-12-30T20:44:33.000Z - Author: General - Tags: Media, News, NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38 **Housing** Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): [What would actually happen if \*shock horror\* house prices fell?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=d778ff3fa1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Stuff): [House prices set to rise further in first half of 2021](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5638942a2c&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Brendon Harre: [Depoliticising Housing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8c47afcf4f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Rising house prices more than offsetting benefits of lower interest rates on mortgage payments](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=c3c09a018e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Parliament, and end of year reviews** ODT: [Editorial – Trevor Mallard’s future](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8f720e5cdc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Metro): [Jacinda Ardern’s example may be key to combating Trumpist ideology](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3ee2d4897a&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Elspeth McLean (ODT): [Public deserves openness, respect](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=aca4a25e66&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Philip Matthews (Stuff): [2020 in review: What just happened?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1427d82dcf&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Economy, inequality and work** Jason Walls (Herald): [Revealed: Government reveals how many have been prosecuted for wage subsidy fraud](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=591f28e07d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Stuff): [Over one million adults worse off than at start of year, Horizon finds](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=70cedd58d2&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): [New Zealand charities could lose $1.4 billion in donations as cheques are phased out](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=6afc3c5b3d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Brexit: UK-EU deal hurts New Zealand exporters, says Beef and Lamb](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ef49e43d12&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): [Litigation outlook 2021: Class actions, covid and continuous disclosure](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=9981cd1c60&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **Covid, vaccine, and border** Richard Prebble (Herald): [What the Government did not want you to know about its Covid response](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=75bf210772&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Covid-19 tests in MIQ: 27 people refused testing over two months](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=3cd6e78942&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): [Government warned against introducing pre-departure Covid-19 testing](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=189f2d7fe6&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Racism** Meng Foon (Stuff): [Is there a cure for racism?](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=5028ab8fb1&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): [Racial profiling at border continues, terrorist attack victims say](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=69f8a36d5e&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Devon Bolger (Herald): [Mosque victim’s sister Aya Al-Umari speaks out after being asked if she was ‘born and bred’ in NZ](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ee61de1806&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) **Other** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [How the Five Eyes countries share immigration data](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=931414897d&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Immigration NZ visa processing finances $135m in the red](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1fa2461b84&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Stuff): [Shelly Bay battle costing Wellington ratepayers more than 800k as bill continues to climb](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e907332de9&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (RNZ): [Concerns over ‘rural generalists’ as doctors in Greymouth](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=45ccd92c55&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Robin Martin (Stuff): [Forest and Bird on Mt Messenger Bypass: ‘Sacrificing nature for human convenience’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=50364bd3fa&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Naish (Stuff): [Pike River re-entry to be finished in six months, agency boss says](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=8ee5252c32&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Stuff): [The Basils: lowdowns and lockdowns of 2020](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=601abe4482&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Karl du Fresne: [A potent antidote to toxic wokeism](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ac7e034602&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Complaint against TVNZ for using discriminatory term upheld](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=e8a4f743fc&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Benn Bathgate (Stuff): [‘Monumental waste ahead’ sign appears ahead of $743k Rotorua sculpture](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=ce1d394bad&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) Maori TV: [Taxpayers’ Union ‘road signs’ claim Rotorua sculpture a ‘Monument to Waste’](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=1a5cea8c2f&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news) George Block (Stuff): [Ministry of Health torpedoes ‘baffled’ Kiwi company’s Antarctic voyage](https://democracyproject.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c73e3fe9e4a0d897f8fa2746e&id=852f44cc51&e=6e01c7a847&ref=goodoil.news)