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Home > Latest News > Society 23 May 2006
Regional Australians are not getting back from Medicare and private health insurance what they are putting into it, according to a Productivity Commission report released earlier this year. In a literal case of adding insult to injury, it is estimated that about $220 million a year of the Medicare levy collected in non-urban areas flows back to metropolitan services. Why? Managing our heritage for the future 22 May 2006
Heritage, and how we manage our heritage, is just as much about the present as it is about the past. 22 May 2006
If you think the state's hospital waiting lists are shocking, have a look at the waiting lists for treatment in the public dental system. If you can afford a private dentist, a general shortage of practitioners threatens to create crisis in that sector as well. Striving for international excellence in urban water use 16 May 2006
International recognition of the city of Wagga Wagga as an urban centre, demonstrating excellence in water management is the goal of a new initiative launched during the week long water festival organised by Charles Sturt University and Wagga Wagga City Council. 11 May 2006
On the eve of the Federal Government's inaugural National Safe Schools Week, Professor Paul Burnett, Pro Vice-Chancellor Research and Graduate Training at Charles Sturt University, talks about the damage caused by bullying. Wednesday is World Press Freedom Day 02 May 2006
How can there be a correlation between free speech and the eradication of poverty? The real picture of the digital divide 01 May 2006
Older people, lower household incomes and levels of education are major factors that have created a “digital divide” in regional Australia, according to Charles Sturt University research carried out in the regional city of Albury on the NSW-Victoria border. CSU in Ontario students head down under 27 Apr 2006
For seven lucky Charles Sturt University (CSU) Ontario students, their practicum teaching will provide more than the usual additional knowledge and opportunities. The Bachelor of Primary Education Studies students are heading ‘down under’ for between three and six weeks. Academic denies the dumbing down of the English syllabus 20 Apr 2006
Is the English syllabus taught in Australian schools being dumbed down by "rubbish" post modern literature as suggested by the Prime Minister John Howard in Brisbane today. Bird Flu Public Information Evening 20 Apr 2006
Charles Sturt University’s Institute for Land Water and Society will host a free public information evening on “Bird Flu-a local perspective” on Wednesday, May 3 from 6.30-8.30 pm in the Conference Room, Charles Sturt University, Orange. |
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