Commercial fishing vessels at greatest risk of encountering rare Māui dolphins will be required to operate with on-board cameras from […]
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Budget 2019: Wellbeing – Expert Reaction
The Government’s ‘Wellbeing Budget’ aims to tackle long-term challenges for New Zealand, including mental health, child poverty and homelessness. The […]
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BUDGET 2018: Science and Innovation — Expert Reaction
The Labour Government’s first Budget focuses primarily on health, housing and education. New research and innovation initiatives include funding for the R&D […]
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The Government has released this year’s Budget, with $250 million earmarked for science and innovation initiatives. This page will be […]
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Australia’s Federal Government has delivered the latest federal budget, which includes funding top-ups and cuts to various scientific programmes. A […]
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The national Budget announced today contained a raft of announcements on research, science and innovation funding. Notable changes include: $56.8m more for […]
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The much anticipated ‘Powering Innovation’ report, released this week, sets out a number of recommendations to improve New Zealand’s high-value […]
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UPDATED: Bill English unveiled the Budget for 2011-12 this afternoon with no new funding for science, but a reprioritisation of […]
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On Thursday the government will announce their 2011 budget for New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald‘s Hamish Fletcher caught up […]
Continue readingExperts Respond: The 2011 Australian federal budget
The Australian government has announced the 2011 federal budget, revealing that several proposed cuts to science and research funding have […]
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