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Australia-New Zealand Correspondent for Research Professional News, www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Union slams job losses at Bioeconomy Science Institute - Research Professional News Public Service Association calls redundancies “a loss New Zealand will feel for years to come”

New Zealand: Bioeconomy research institute job cuts slammed (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

04.03.2026 19:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Csiro defends cuts in submission to Senate inquiry - Research Professional News Australian science agency says it must “adapt to changing financial circumstances”

Australia: Csiro's submission to Senate inquiry lays cards on the table (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

04.03.2026 19:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Australian councils launch national research integrity review - Research Professional News ARC and NHMRC warn of a “lack of consistent, sector-wide data on research integrity issues”

Australia: NHMRC, ARC's research integrity push (free to read):

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

04.03.2026 18:58 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Decision to allow more space launches ‘lacks evidence base’ - Research Professional News New Zealand government’s announcement of tenfold increase draws criticism from scientists

New Zealand: Space launch boom "lacks proper science" on environmental risks (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

02.03.2026 22:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Strengthen international education, industry group urges - Research Professional News Business Council of Australia wants changed approach to international students and R&D tax breaks

Australia: Business Council urges research investment and encouragement of overseas student intakes (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

02.03.2026 22:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Senate committee backs Atec bills - Research Professional News But dissenting opinions cast doubt on future of Australian Tertiary Education Commission

Australia: Senate review backs Atec bills, but passage still in doubt (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

02.03.2026 22:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New Zealand - Research Professional News New Zealand

New Zealand: career as a clinician researcher in NZ "not viable" (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/category/aus...

25.02.2026 23:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
University heads call for ‘realism’ over funding situation - Research Professional News Ability of Australian universities to fund research “is weakening”, vice-chancellors group says

Australia: vice chancellors' group warns of dire sector budget outlooks affecting research (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

25.02.2026 23:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Australian government launches university deregulation drive - Research Professional News Universities Australia welcomes creation of deregulation working group it will co-chair

Australia: university red tape working group launched (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

25.02.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Natural Environment Bill ‘restricts scientific input’ - Research Professional News Plan to update New Zealand’s environmental regulations moves too fast, scientists say

New Zealand: scientists' concerns over new environment bill (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

23.02.2026 23:08 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Health researchers will gain access to bigger body of data - Research Professional News National data infrastructure scheme expands to include cohort studies

Australia: health research data access to be expanded to cohort studies (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

23.02.2026 23:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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RMIT and Flinders sign up for defence research network - Research Professional News New Australian network to accelerate weapons and energetic materials development

Australia: weapons research network to be led by RMIT, Flinders (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

23.02.2026 23:07 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Is the Atec ‘fit for purpose’? - Research Professional News Concerns over new tertiary commission’s independence and research powers could sink proposal

Australian feature: why Atec is the problem child of university reforms (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

19.02.2026 20:22 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Alex, RPN's model bundles subscriptions with a wider service, but I'm happy to email particular articles of interest if you ask. If you DM me I'll send my email address.

18.02.2026 23:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Csiro ‘needs mountain of work to make it fit for the future’ - Research Professional News But minister defends government funding levels for key Australian science agency

Australia: "mountain of work" to do at Csiro, minister says (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

18.02.2026 23:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Racism ‘deeply entrenched’ at universities - Research Professional News Australian Human Rights Commission reports “systemic issue” affecting students and researchers

Australia: report says racism at universities runs deep and wide (free to read):

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

18.02.2026 23:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Academy highlights major gaps in Pacific nations’ research capacity - Research Professional News Baseline report shows overdependence on donors and lack of national approaches

New Zealand: first survey of Pacific research academy reveals lack of national strategies, reliance on donors (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

18.02.2026 23:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Funding landscape ‘is collapsing around us’, young scientists say - Research Professional News Paper warns that talent is being driven “out of research and out of New Zealand”

New Zealand: young scientists tell of watching their career hopes wane as funding tightens (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

16.02.2026 22:36 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
University staff ‘have double the stress of the wider workforce’ - Research Professional News Adelaide University research points to “a sector-wide public health concern requiring urgent, coordinated action”

Australia: survey finds university staff stressed at up to twice the level of other workers (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

16.02.2026 22:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Grant timeline delays ‘inevitable’ given security rules, ARC says - Research Professional News Australian Research Council tells Senate of foreign interference issues and restructuring plans

Australia: Grant delays inevitable, Australian Research Council tells Senate Estimates hearing (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

16.02.2026 22:33 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Clinical trials in New Zealand ‘are failing to capture data on ethnicity’ - Research Professional News Lack of reporting muddies questions around representation in medical research, study finds

New Zealand: clinical trials failing on ethnicity, race data (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

11.02.2026 20:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Health research bodies demand funding boost in May budget - Research Professional News Australian government urged to unlock more money from Medical Research Future Fund

Australia: health and medical researchers call on government to show them the money in 2026 budget (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

11.02.2026 20:20 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Tertiary commission legislation passes lower house of parliament - Research Professional News Bills to create Australian Tertiary Education Commission still face challenges and opposition

Australia: Atec passes lower house, but Senate not a done deal (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

11.02.2026 20:20 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
System reforms are failing, science group warns - Research Professional News New Zealand Association of Scientists says government’s changes are not addressing underlying issues

New Zealand: Scientists' association says national science system reforms are failing (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

09.02.2026 23:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Australian research ecosystem ‘chronically underfunded’ - Research Professional News Universities’ pre-budget submissions request more funding for overheads, infrastructure and regional research

Australia: Universities say the May budget must fix "underfunding" (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

09.02.2026 23:05 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Health council pauses research commercialisation scheme - Research Professional News Researchers in Australia “shocked” as NHMRC diverts A$16.6 million to Ideas Grants

Australia: medical researchers shocked at unexpected "pause" in commercialisation scheme (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

09.02.2026 23:04 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Decline in high impact on animals from research ‘encouraging’ - Research Professional News Annual report shows increased animal use in New Zealand but some efforts to minimise harm

New Zealand: Animal research group welcomes decline in "high impact" on animals, but overall numbers used rises (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

04.02.2026 22:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Health research bodies release new open science policy - Research Professional News Compliance is mandatory across Australian government-funded medical research

Australia: NHMRC, MRFF adopt open science policy (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

04.02.2026 22:39 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Government urged to implement findings of national R&D review - Research Professional News Australian Academy of Science also calls for 10-year investment plan and business levy

Australia: Academy of Science says budget must finally address R&D spending (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

04.02.2026 22:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Public agencies ‘are editing and suppressing research findings’ - Research Professional News Australian agencies’ control over outputs “is a threat to research integrity”, experts warn

Australia: study finds that public agencies are exerting control over research outputs in return for access (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

02.02.2026 23:31 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0