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CSU graduates shine at International Animation Festival


Short films made by three CSU graduates will feature in the Australian International Animation Festival this weekend in Wagga Wagga.

Families need support in budget


A CSU lecturer in child, youth and family welfare believes families need more support and certainty when it comes to welfare payments.

CSU commentators on federal Budget


All eyes will be on Canberra tonight when the Treasurer Wayne Swan delivers what’s anticipated to be a federal Budget with tough spending cuts and a modest surplus. CSU has experts who can provide analysis.

Social and economic impacts of Basin water plan


A CSU resources expert has discussed the trade-offs involved in the proposed transfer of water to the environment in the proposed Murray Darling Basin Plan in a public lecture.

Has government funding improved the environment?


Research that questioned the effectiveness of public funding for repairing environmental damage over the past 20 years has resulted in mixed answers, says a lead researcher in the recently completed Landscape Logic project, CSU's Professor Allan Curtis.

ABC should be 'fair to the truth' on climate science


In commissioning the TV documentary 'I Can Change Your Mind About Climate', to be broadcast on Thursday 26 April, the ABC has been duped by the climate change denier tactic of doubt-mongering, says Professor Clive Hamilton, the Vice-Chancellor's Chair of Public Ethics at CSU.

The struggles for modern education


A CSU education expert will reach for examples from the past and present to help explain some of the challenges for modern Australian education, particularly the concept of ‘praxis’, or morally committed action, in school education in a public lecture in Albury, NSW.

Aged care reform doesn't go far enough


A CSU researcher and advocate for quality aged care has welcomed the Federal Government overhaul of the sector but says more needs to be done to improve the standard of care.

It's time for the community to fight the Sydney shootings


The spiralling rise in shooting crimes in Sydney's western suburbs requires strong and sustained political, community and police action to make suburbs safe for the public, according to a CSU senior policing lecturer who lives in one of the affected neighbourhoods.

Lasting change means changing the way we work


A carbon tax expert from CSU believes Australia needs to fundamentally change the way the economy works to make a difference in the nation’s carbon emissions, not just have a carbon tax imposed.

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