Archive
Same-sex marriage laws need Commonwealth and state backing
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003A legal expert on social justice from CSU believes that a law permitting same-sex marriage needs support from both Commonwealth and state governments for significant constitutional changes to be made.
Childcare whose responsibility?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Australia’s most influential players in childcare will debate Childcare - whose responsibility? in Sydney on Wednesday 9 August. The event will explore ways of improving access to quality childcare, and features a panel of some of Australia's leading childcare providers, experts and commentators, including Fran Press, Charles Sturt University (CSU) senior childhood education lecturer.
CSU historian to address Oxford Round Table
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Charles Sturt University (CSU) academic Professor Lyn Gorman is among a select group of international scholars invited to address the annual Oxford Round Table in the United Kingdom in August.
Playing to our strengths
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The future of Charles Sturt University was further secured recently when the CSU Council re-appointed Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter, Chancellor Lawrie Willett AO and Deputy Chancellor Ian Macintosh AM. It is this team that recently unveiled CSU’s new five-year corporate strategy that Professor Goulter says will "focus on what we do well; deliver distinctive and quality educational programs for the professions, concentrate on our research on agricultural and regional sustainability, and lead the nation in distance education".
Wikileaks - is it really 'whistleblowing'?
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003The release of diplomatic cables by Wikileaks is a wonderful source of history, political analysis, economic titbits and high grade gossip, but is it effective 'whistleblowing', asks a CSU researcher.
Accounting - in like Flynn
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Filling up his third passport and working as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers is a dream that's not out of reach for 29 year old CSU graduate, Mr Guy Flynn who began his studies to win a bet.
Commentators on Water recycling
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003After the recent rejection of water recycling from sewerage by Toowoomba residents in southern Queensland, a Charles Sturt University expert in the social impact of water management says the no vote reflects public perceptions of risk in public health and environmental issues.
CSU Quiz master retires
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003Associate Professor Charles Fogliani AM has had a life-long love affair but his wife doesn’t mind. It’s Chemistry he feels passionate about and will devote even more time to now that he is retiring after 36 years at Charles Sturt University (CSU).
Rape myth beliefs: implications for sexual assault policing
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003New South Wales Police force training and procedures for investigating sexual assault have changed substantially and are supported by CSU research that examined the influence of rape myths, victim dress and victim intoxication on the responses of police officers in a simulated sexual assault case.
The wisdom of WikiLeaks
Wednesday, 1 Jan 2003By disseminating information that is of public interest, WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief, Mr Julian Assange, did the right thing by informing the public of the truth, and should be thanked for it and named Australian of the Year, says a CSU media ethicist.