Jenny Sinclair
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Australia-New Zealand Correspondent for Research Professional News, www.researchprofessionalnews.com
New Zealand update: reforms "like pulling an apple tree up by the roots to harvest its fruit," Gaston writes in Newsroom: newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/31/g...
Govt science reform uproots the tree it needs to bear fruit
From Auckland University - Comment: Defunding basic research risks starving NZ's deep-tech startups before they begin, writes Dr Nicola Gaston.
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New Zealand update: agricultural biosecurity rules to be stepped up as bird flu expected to take hold in the wild: www.beehive.govt.nz/release/poul...
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Australian update: Teqsa sets up its first student advisory panel with a brief on governance, integrity and student support: www.teqsa.gov.au/students/stu...
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ANZ weekly roundup: union says member's work is being misrepresented by AI; Australia joins group fighting climate misinformation; New Zealand's climate goals slipping out of reach; five-year plan for arable research in New Zealand. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australia and NZ news roundup: 23-29 July - Research Professional News
This week: union urges research repository, NZ climate goals slipping out of reach and more
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Australian news: sector cautiously welcomes new ARC grant schemes (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australian Research Council overhaul ‘creates simpler system’ - Research Professional News
Universities say changes represent “positive step” but new schemes must be backed by investment
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Australian news: research key to Australia's space goals (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australia targets five space fields as launchpads for success - Research Professional News
Government to coordinate space players to help steer sector towards most productive activities
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New Zealand news: HRC warns researchers to be sure they qualify before applying in "competitive" environment (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
Health Research Council warns of fierce fight for funding - Research Professional News
Potential applicants to open calls urged to consider all funding options before bidding
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Australian update: STA and AusBiotech lobby to have RDTI offset extended beyond current 10-year limit: www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
Global insights to shaping the future of R&D: Your update on Australia's science and technology landscape
Sometimes the greatest contribution of science is not discovering something new but helping us better understand what has always been here. This was my NAIDOC Week reflection after delivering an Ackno...
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Update: does New Zealand's proposed gene tech law have an "ethics gap"? newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/22/n...
NZ gene tech law rewrite has a gaping ethics gap
From Auckland University - Comment: As Parliament prepares to rewrite NZ’s outdated gene laws, the missing bioethics oversight leaves critical ethical questions unaddressed.
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Australian update: the argument to scrap JRG and replace it with a flat fee theconversation.com/even-the-gov...
Even the government agrees Job-ready Graduates has failed. Here’s what should replace it
An arts degree under the Job-ready Graduates scheme will now cost more than $54,000.
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New Zealand: New Zealand Medical Journal's future in doubt again (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
New Zealand Medical Journal’s future again cast into uncertainty - Research Professional News
Medical association that rescued journal in 2022 says it can no longer provide financial support
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ANZ news roundup: Atec reveals approach to university pricing; Victoria adopts new strategy on international students; New Zealand schemes for Māori research open for applications; gene tech debate questioned (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australia and NZ news roundup: 16-22 July - Research Professional News
This week: university pricing, international students, Māori research and genetic technologies
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Australian news: animal use code review reveals user concerns about clarity, administration (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australian health research funder told to clarify animal-use rules - Research Professional News
Timeline for animal-use code revisions changed over “breadth and complexity of matters raised” by survey
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Australian news: Asia and Asian language studies and research on "cliff edge" (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Asian studies and languages face ‘cliff edge’ in Australia - Research Professional News
Vital regional research threatened by erosion of expertise, parliamentary inquiry finds
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Australian news: complete overhaul of Australian Research Council A$1 billion grants schemes (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
ARC reforms ‘realign funding to back early stage research’ - Research Professional News
Focus of long-awaited changes to research support includes early career researchers and national priorities
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NZ update: Massey University inks food tech research deal with Indian government and Indian research institute: www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/m...
Massey University and NIFTEM-K sign partnership to advance Food Technology research and education
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University has strengthened its international collaboration in food science and technology through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s National Institut...
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Australia: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering to examine security of Australia's critical cyber systems, from technogical to regulatory: www.atse.org.au/news/atse-s-...
ATSE is undertaking a new national project to understand and strengthen the resilience and integrity of Australia’s critical operational systems.
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New Zealand: Royal Society seeking its next president: mailchi.mp/royalsociety...
Pānui from the Royal Society Te Apārangi
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For your diary: August DDCA webinar on how to balance creative work, research and teaching: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...
EVENT DDCA Webinar: The Education-Focused Creative Practice Researcher
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Australian update: A$9.7m for programs helping women into STEM fields: www.minister.industry.gov.au/t-ayres/medi...
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Other NZ updates: Velmurugu Ravindran dies, greenhouse gas research funding opens: www.mpi.govt.nz/funding-rura... www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/r...
Remembering Professor Emeritus Velmurugu Ravindran
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University wishes to acknowledge the passing of Professor Emeritus Velmurugu (Ravi) Ravindran, a world-leading authority in poultry nutrition whose research transformed ...
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ANZ roundup: Teqsa scraps provider portal; Australia-India-Canada science and education agreement; NHMRC goes regional for mentoring; NZ ethics applications surge (subscriber content): www.researchprofessional.com/jwt/authoriz...
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New Zealand: PBRF replacement finally unveiled with new metrics for real-world outcomes (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...
New Zealand research fund to reward ‘real world’ results - Research Professional News
Government fleshes out detail of new Tertiary Research Excellence Fund
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Australia: Academy of Science wants more credit - and cash - for scientists' work (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australia has ‘fallen far’ in research, says academy president - Research Professional News
Campaign to restore science funding aims to raise public awareness and win politicians’ support
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Australia: Unis must define racism as antisemitism Royal Commission hears evidence that issue is underestimated (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australian universities told to meet tougher racism standards - Research Professional News
Government requires adoption of racism definitions as antisemitism commission hears evidence of widespread campus incidence
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Awards dept: New Zealand's PM's science prizes honour research that helps save babies: www.beehive.govt.nz/release/prim...
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Resource for collaborative research: NDARC webinar on co-designing research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: www.unsw.edu.au/research/nda...
The bastardisation of co-design: Strengthening partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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Resource for NAIDOC week: Wiley's compendium of leading research and special editions by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: www.wiley.com/en-au/resear...
NAIDOC 2026 | Wiley
Wiley's content page to support the National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance conference.
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Publication update: Research Professional News to discontinue publication at end of 2026. (Archives will be available): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...
Research Professional News to discontinue publication at end of 2026 - Research Professional News
A message for readers about the publication’s closure and continued community access to past reporting
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Weekly ANZ roundup: Atec promises consultation; NTEU claims union win; New Zealand "safe destination" for international students; HRC limits health research grant applications; Capability Fund moves to Research New Zealand's decision making. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...
Australia and NZ news roundup: 25 June to 1 July - Research Professional News
This week: an Atec update, Deakin delight, health grant limits and Capability Fund changes
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