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Keep 'tweens' fashion free from seductive adult moves


A CSU academic says the release of web-based videos of child models for a brand of clothing targeting 'tweens' (aged between child and teenager) has surprised child protection and child health advocates with what they consider to be 'a new low in the history of advertising in Australia'.

Empathy and tolerance support same-sex marriage


If empathy and tolerance is your perspective, then marriage should be defined to include same-sex unions says CSU constitutional expert, Dr Bede Harris.

CSU theologian honoured in Indonesia


A leading Australian theologian and CSU academic has returned from Indonesia where he was recently honoured for his long and distinguished service to inter-faith harmony and understanding.

Report backs new public theology centre


A report by CSU has found overwhelming public support for its establishment of a new national centre in Canberra that would facilitate research and international engagement to promote religious tolerance and understanding.

Better protecting 'whistleblowers' in public sector


A final report led by a CSU academic on the management of 'whistleblowers' in the public sector highlights the need to better support and protect people who come forward with reports of wrongdoing in their workplace, and suggests how to overcome the problems.

A perfect injustice: Plato saw Murdoch coming


A CSU media ethicist says the News of the World phone-tapping scandal in the United Kingdom has all the makings of 'perfect injustice', and Plato saw it coming.

Phone tapping: it's illegal and unethical


An ethicist at CSU says the mounting controversy about continuing revelations of illegal phone tapping by The News of the World newspaper in the United Kingdom is the product of three separate yet interacting issues.

Pastoral programs pose complex problem for public schools


Inadequate school counselling services, and the need for formal training to guide students, compounds the controversial school chaplaincy program in Australia's public schools, says Dean of CSU's Faculty of Education, Professor Toni Downes.

Theology graduation ceremony at CSU


The CSU Medal will be presented to theology graduate Mr Tobias Tan at a ceremony in Canberra on Friday 27 May.

Dumbing down democracy? It's probably true


A CSU academic says that the recent comments by former federal Labor cabinet minister, Mr Lindsay Tanner, which he also expresses in his new book, Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy, are worthy of serious consideration for the simple reason that they are, in part at least, probably true.

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