Australia & NZ News

ViewFour more universities named as Australian ‘trailblazers’

Winning hubs focus on clean energy, green manufacturing, food tech and space

ViewFrom the archive: Best left unspoken

The thoughts that even successful academics must keep to themselves

ViewJob losses ‘outstripped financial hit’ at Australian universities

Casuals took the brunt of pandemic job cuts and restructures, research finds

ViewApply Covid can-do attitude to malaria, researcher says

Australian Burnet Institute seminar hears that rising malaria infections give urgency to neglected research

ViewNew Zealand moves closer to Horizon Europe association

NZ researchers may get access to European funding programme by next year

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 5-11 May

This week: cattle disease elimination, White Island charges, misogyny and a Japan trip

ViewAnnual reports show Victorian universities on the mend

Institutions in Australian state are bouncing back, but overseas student woes continue

ViewUniversity research spending up, but down as proportion of GDP

Vice-chancellors point to Australian government figures as proof of universities’ commitment to supporting the nation

ViewAustralia news roundup: 3-9 May

This week: a ransomware attack and calls for climate and Stem spending

ViewAgriculture journal highlights animal science challenges

Changing expectations and technology are the big challenges for animal production researchers

ViewAustralia’s election countdown

Research and education priorities are tied up with national interests, both major parties say

ViewThe importance of the co-investigator (part 2)

Why universities undervalue co-investigators, why they shouldn’t—and what to do about it

ViewNew Zealand’s climate action plan to be research-driven

Draft adaptation strategy emphasises fact-based policymaking

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 28 April to 4 May

This week: Antarctic advice, posthumous health data, environmental information and genetic modification

ViewVictorian budget focuses on health spending

No major new university support in Australian state’s election-year budget

ViewCarbon accounting methods are flawed, Australian researchers say

Novel research shows Tasmania has been “net carbon negative” for years thanks to reduced logging

ViewEnvironmental monitoring must improve, report says

Environment Aotearoa 2022 report calls for better use of environmental research in New Zealand

ViewRebalance research funding, Australian universities say

More money for university R&D and basic research will pay off, Productivity Commission told

ViewClinical trials get R&D tax break

Ruling will “enhance Australia as a globally preferred location for clinical trials”, industry body says

ViewAustralia news roundup: 26 April to 2 May

This week: natural hazards, cannabis and free education

ViewThe importance of the co-investigator (part 1)

Why co-investigators are crucial and how to be an effective one

ViewFrom the archive: Where violence is interrogated

The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies related to human aggression

ViewBiosecurity skills gaps highlighted in New Zealand

Holes in biosecurity expertise may leave the country exposed to pest incursions, seminar hears

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 14-27 April

This week: health research spending, emissions guidelines and funding for Māori-led projects

ViewFrench research giant comes to Melbourne

CNRS opens Australian outpost to further local partnerships and rebuild ties after the pandemic

ViewThank scientists by waiving IP rights on vaccines, paper says

Researchers call for Australian vaccine manufacturing reform to deal with issues exposed by the pandemic

ViewBid to reform Royal Society of New Zealand fails

Motion for change lapses at “extraordinary meeting” of society fellows, but unrest continues

ViewFirst Australian ‘trailblazer’ universities announced

Resources and defence are the first winners in government’s research commercialisation programme

ViewBlue carbon research ‘could unlock billions in benefits’

Report calls for Australia to lead the way on ocean-based carbon sequestration and reduction

ViewAustralia news roundup: 12-25 April

This week: a potential merger, an aphasia centre and a Victorian mRNA deal