Australia & NZ News

ViewCrowdfunding to boost veterinary services and research

University raises funds to provide accommodation, treatment and recovery programmes for fire-affected animals

ViewGovernment ‘must do more than hold meetings’ to address crisis

Morrison and Andrews criticised for prioritising inquiry and roundtable meetings on bushfire response

ViewMy winning proposal: Global scholarship focuses on upskilling

Canadian funder looks for scientists keen to break down barriers for its Azrieli Global Scholarships

ViewOtago grants to support health research in Fiji and East Timor

University aims to lay the foundation for long-term collaborations

ViewTime to replace ‘cultural competency’, says Māori lecturer

To tackle health inequalities, clinicians must reflect on power imbalances and their biases and values

ViewLeadership ‘lacking’ in political response to bushfire crisis

Opposition leader overtakes prime minister in polls as federal government fails to ‘offer solutions’

View‘National interest’ funds announced for bushfire research

Project to measure moisture content of forest fuels could help predict and prevent major fires

ViewOtago study aims to prompt reforms to medical prescriptions

Many people who require multiple prescriptions ‘cannot afford the fees’

ViewAustralia’s fires ‘may be biggest wildlife disaster since ice age’

Researcher says New Zealand must also expand its resources for natural disaster management

ViewCall for ‘reputable science’ to guide national bushfire response

Australian Academy of Science says evidence base and Indigenous knowledge are crucial

ViewAnimal bushfire injuries taking toll on volunteer wildlife carers

‘Overwhelmed’ volunteers treating injured animals have no formal mental health support, says academic

ViewCricketers favour ‘old school’ net practice over high-tech training

Even elite players and coaches still opt for traditional methods, study finds

ViewTree-climbing study finds fewer hollows for NT wildlife

Lack of available hollows has implications for conservation of threatened species, says ecologist

ViewScholarships offered to rural students affected by bushfires

University sets up scholarship fund and provides accommodation for firefighters and evacuees

ViewAsia-Pacific to ‘increase pressure’ on Morrison over climate change

Australian government must urgently improve its regional reputation on climate policy, say academics

View‘National plan needed’ to deal with trauma of bushfires

Psychological impacts will last for many years, says academic

ViewOpportunity profile: Leukaemia funder provides steely resolve

The Lady Tata Memorial Trust offers small grants to young leukaemia researchers each year

ViewHigh legal costs ‘form barrier to enforcing NZ copyright’

Government review should consider difficulties involved in enforcing legal rights, says academic

ViewTributes flood in following death of influential historian

Writer hailed for ‘bombshell book’ that redefined NZ history

ViewBots and trolls ‘spreading false information on Australian fires’

Climate change denial rife on social media, with bushfires blamed on the Greens and arson

ViewCRC to study mental health impacts for volunteer firefighters

Call for research project proposals as bushfires rage and demands on volunteers ‘become more extreme’

ViewNZ universities ‘need to teach Māori culture as living heritage’

Many New Zealanders are blind to the Māori architecture around them, says Auckland professor

ViewTourism risks becoming ‘an extractive industry’, report warns

Growth in numbers could cause irreversible decline in environmental quality, says commissioner

ViewFires threaten climate research underpinning $90bn wine industry

University of Adelaide offers assistance to wine producers affected by fires in South Australia

ViewUniversities shut campuses as fires continue in three states

ANU closes and Wollongong facilities are to be used as emergency accommodation

ViewMy winning choreography: Science gets into the groove

Dance Your PhD competition entrants learn more than just how to refine their rhumba

ViewAnger over plans to cut public access to archive reading rooms

Decision was made without appropriate consultation with researchers, says historian

ViewMāori group appointed to advise on tertiary education reforms

Eight-member group includes Māori working in the media, financial services, education and renewable energy

ViewClimate change ‘gives Pacific Islands a powerful global voice’

Pacific leaders are united in highlighting the direct threat to their survival, says ANU researcher

ViewAward for criminology research into music festival violence

Researchers developed productive relationships with festival promoters and presented work to police and health agencies