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Carbon tax good first step: CSU economist
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The new Carbon Tax is a good first step in addressing Australia's high carbon emissions, "but we really need to introduce the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2015 for the carbon price to be an effective pollution deterrent," said senior CSU economist, Professor Kevin Parton.
CSU confers honorary doctorate on Korean church leader
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003CSU conferred an honorary doctorate on Reverend Dr Cho Seong Gi, the head of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, when he visited Adelaide on Monday 16 July.
CSU kayaker to compete at London Olympics
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A first-year paramedic student at CSU has put her books aside temporarily as her training intensifies for the K4 500 metre kayaking event at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
TAFE presents trauma car for CSU paramedics
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A specially constructed pull-apart vehicle to help train paramedic students to free victims trapped in motor vehicle accidents will be officially handed-over to CSU by representatives of TAFE Western Institute on Friday 19 July.
Teenage fast bowlers wanted for CSU research
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Researchers at CSU in Bathurst are seeking teenage cricket fast bowlers to help determine standards to minimise the risk of lower back injury.
Question Australia's role in global food security: CSU expert
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU professor has cautioned that accepting without question what he has described as "some pervasive beliefs about rural Australia related to farming and land management" could lead to poor planning of Australia’s agricultural future.
Theatre keen on Colette
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Ms Colette Keen's play Windows on the World has been chosen over more than 1 000 entries received by Noah Wyle's The Blank Theatre Company in Los Angeles, to open their 21st season, with a benefit performance featuring a cast of well-known Hollywood actors.
Walkley Award for CSU graduate
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A CSU theatre/media graduate has won a prestigious Walkley Young Journalist of the Year Award for her online reporting of the recovery of the Grantham community in south-east Queensland following the devastating floods that swept through the town in January 2011.
Languages shouldn't be foreign in schools
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003In response to recent political discussions regarding the study of foreign languages in schools, Charles Sturt University's School of Teacher Education lecturer, Ms Maria Bennet says, "to remain competitive, Australian schools need to move beyond a monolingual base and engage with languages other than English in order to prepare Australians to live, work and compete in a global society".
Politicians don't understand science: Jones
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Iconic science, former politician and Australia’s longest serving Science Minister, The Hon. Dr Barry Jones, presented a public lecture on 15 August in Albury on the history of science in Australia.