• CSU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter, who is attending the Budget ’lock-up’ in Canberra, will be able to comment on how the higher education sector, particularly CSU, is affected by the Budget;
• Mr Tom Murphy, CEO of CSU’s Western Research Institute in Bathurst, on economic issues in the Budget, particularly as they affect regional economies;
• Mr Neil Barber, lecturer with the CSU School of Humanities & Social Sciences in Wagga Wagga, on paid maternity leave and how it affects family stress; and
• Professor Kevin Parton, senior lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Business and Head of Campus at Orange, on the implications for climate change, agricultural production and food security.

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