Australia & NZ News

ViewResearchers call for international Covid-19 elimination strategy

Countries pursuing elimination have experienced less disruption and economic damage, New Zealand professors say

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 15-21 July

This week: a student safety code of practice and support for the transgender community

ViewHealth gets lion’s share of Queensland’s research dollars

Annual report shows rise in state government’s R&D expenditure, with health agency spending the most

ViewRestructuring plans put jobs in danger at Australian universities

Cost-cutting measures hit staff around the country, with 200 jobs to go at La Trobe

ViewCSIRO programme aims to repurpose drugs to treat Covid-19

Collaborative research project to test and fast-track existing medications

ViewAustralia news roundup: 13-19 July

This week: a biosolids training centre, a space launch licence and lockdown-affected classes

ViewResearch centre ‘well placed’ to help reduce farming emissions

Priority areas include breeding lower-emitting sheep and producing methane inhibitors, research director says

ViewWhen is a university not a university?

Australian institutions could lose university status if their research does not measure up

ViewFrom the archive: Big money for the big questions

The John Templeton Foundation is a funder like no other

ViewOpportunity profile: Indian promise

How the India Alliance is angling for ambitious biomedical researchers from overseas

ViewGender inequality in science deepened by Covid, study finds

“Blurring between life and work has deep impacts” on women in Stem, says Australian academy

ViewResearch funding ‘should be tied to Indigenous capacity building’

Success of Covid-19 response shows importance of Indigenous self-determination in Australia, health experts say

ViewAgency changes tack from ‘study in’ to ‘study with’ New Zealand

Change of focus aimed at promoting offshore learning while Covid keeps borders closed

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 1-14 July

This week: a Royal Society appointment, agriculture research funding and discrimination against Muslims

ViewHealth and manufacturing dominate ARC fellowships round

Australian Research Council awards A$53.7 million to 17 leading researchers

ViewSupply of research animals under threat in Australia

Closure of country’s main supplier of laboratory animals could be “catastrophic” for research

ViewAustralia news roundup: 29 June to 12 July

This week: Murdoch at risk, visas for medical scientists and funding for the National Archives

ViewNational research fund adjusted to boost diversity

Two-year review leads to increased weighting for Māori work in New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund

ViewChanging the rules of the game

Do moves to tackle concerns about manipulation in Australia’s research assessment systems go far enough?

ViewWorld’s largest telescope array gets go-ahead for construction

“Ecstatic” Square Kilometre Array head hails major step towards “largest science facility of its kind”

ViewPublishing a first monograph: from proposal to print

The final instalment of a two-part primer for early career academics

ViewCouncil pushes for ethical animal research in New Zealand

Institutions asked to sign up to “openness agreement” on use of research animals

ViewCovid ‘has changed research collaboration permanently’

The pandemic has led to greater openness and sharing, Australian Academy of Science webinar hears

ViewNew Zealand news roundup: 24-30 June

This week: Endeavour Fund guidelines, greenhouse gas research grants and high-quality Antarctic data

ViewPandemic effects ‘yet to be felt in full’ by Australian universities

Auditors in three states say universities are financially stable but face longer-term risks

ViewThree more Cooperative Research Centres funded

Australian centres on carbon, marine industries and digital finance will be supported for 10 years

ViewResearchers back move to list Great Barrier Reef as endangered

Environment minister criticises Unesco recommendation but researchers call for scientific rather than political response

ViewCost-cutting reforms confirmed at Newcastle

Australian university aims to save A$35 million a year with staff cuts and restructure

ViewEarly career researchers get two-year lifeline

Fellowships awarded to Covid-hit young scientists in New Zealand via diversity-based ballot system

ViewAustralia news roundup: 22-28 June

This week: an AI push, a renewed panel on education standards and an infrastructure consultation