A two day wine industry event on Monday 13 and Tuesday, 14 November at Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Wagga Wagga Campus will bring together researchers, winemakers and representatives of the peak wine research and funding bodies. Together, they will discuss the future of winemaking and winegrowing in New South Wales.

Serrated Tussock has the potential to bring sheep farmers to their knees, according to Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Mr Aaron Simmons. A postdoctoral research fellow at CSU, Mr Simmons is conducting research that will give local farmers new tools in their battle against this nationally significant weed in native pastures.

A journalism lecturer at CSU has been engaged to develop a communication strategy for a $25 million AusAid agricultural project in Timor-Leste.

National Water Week focuses Australia on issues that affect one of the nation’s most precious and most scarce resources - water.

For the first time, the health of Australia’s agribusinesses in each and all regions will be measured and reported when the inaugural Westpac/CSU Agribusiness Survey commences in January 2007.

"The current drought is creating a generation of forgotten people. Young people are losing touch with education access," said Professor Margaret Alston from Charles Sturt University.

Today's water conference in Canberra will discuss the handover of control of the Murray Darling system from the States to the Federal Government. Charles Sturt University has specialist commentators who are available for comment on water issues and the Federal Government initiative.

World Water Day on Thursday 22 March draws attention to the world’s most valuable natural resource and the research on how to best use and protect it. Charles Sturt University’s Institute for Land, Water and Society has a number of expert commentators who can discuss the environmental, economic and social aspects of water.

The Prime Minister today announced that water allocations in the Murray-Darling basin will be frozen if significant rains do not fall in the next eight weeks. Once again, water is high on the national agenda.