Ray Harding was one of the last evacuated by helicopter from the US embassy roof as Saigon fell to communist North Vietnam forces in 1975. His has been a circuitous route from Christchurch, New Zealand, where he was born and raised, to Charles Sturt University’s School of Communication.

"A passion to make a difference" is where Professor Toni Downes says her commitment and drive come from. Professor Downes is Charles Sturt University’s new Dean of the Faculty of Education.

Australia and New Zealand are cruising comfortably down the information superhighway, but their Pacific Island neighbours are being left behind, according to Charles Sturt University research.

With the unsettled start to an uncertain century, the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics seeks to provide some answers to ethical problems in the modern world.