Australia & NZ News

From turtle monitoring to bushfire recovery, citizen science is transforming Australian research

Programme on biological, chemical and nuclear weapons needs more research expertise, Australian Defence Force says

Auditors find room for improvement in state’s funding programmes

Australian research institutes’ Facebook pages stripped of content in row over media payments
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Australian National University launches test lab to research next-generation batteries

Inquiry hears that top-level leadership is needed to develop Australia’s space industry

This week: mental health research, a hydrogen hub and calls for more balanced medical funding

Australian anti-corruption commission would needlessly double up on state controls, government told

Australian universities must respond ‘like other businesses’ to pandemic, but analysts suggest research is threatened

This week: postgraduate concerns, an academic’s arrest and a call for more health research funding

Productivity Commission says state government has not managed health and medical research effectively

Most Australian universities are moving to a hybrid delivery model in 2021

As pressure mounts to promote their work outside the academy, Australian academics call for reinforcements

Research Australia’s pre-budget submission urges support for universities and the health industry

Partnerships between Australia and New Zealand are struggling thanks to border closures

Effects of pandemic on university budgets are deep and likely to last, say vice-chancellors

Australia’s social sciences could ‘decline substantially’ thanks to falling university budgets and Job-Ready Graduates reforms

This week: STEM workforce development, updates to threatened species and a vaccine capability push

Australian academy calls for space science to be a national research priority

Economic analysis commissioned by the Spinifex Network points to potential financial benefits

Australian enrolment landscape in flux as fee changes kick in and international student numbers decrease

Researchers asked to name their priorities for special Indigenous health funding call

This week: circular economy guidance, an appointment at a university group and Australia Day honours

What a Biden administration might mean for Australian research and higher education

Parliamentary report and researcher petition criticise inconsistent timing and communication of grant opportunities and outcomes

Education minister says Australia is taking it ‘week by week and month by month’

This week: a student petition, a climate change plea and funding for construction research

More than 300 Australian researchers are involved in Communist Party recruitment schemes, inquiry told

All aspects of Medical Research Future Fund’s operations to be reviewed by national auditor

Science academy and Australian Medical Association urge public to listen to researchers, not ‘crackpot ideas’

Australian academics say stronger institutional backing is needed for work to be shared more widely

Guidelines for NHMRC Investigator scheme ask applicants and peer reviewers not to reveal their gender

Australia’s top institutions have warned the federal government not to jeopardise the country’s research standing

This week: increased student numbers, diabetes funding and a centre to monitor extreme weather

The year ahead: what the next 12 months have in store for Australian research

Australia must follow the science after ‘wake-up call’ of last year’s bushfires, researchers say

Westmead Hospital researchers hail success in joint work with American gene firm