Governments need to take immediate positive steps to alleviate the deepening world food crisis which has triggered recent unrest in developing countries due to mounting food scarcity and rising food prices, says a leading CSU academic.

Record low sales performance was reported by businesses across the NSW Central West region in the June quarter, although sales still remained positive, according to the latest Reliance Credit Union Regional Business Survey released by CSU Western Research Institute on Tuesday 8 July.

Record low sales performance was reported by businesses across the NSW Orana region in the June quarter, although sales still remained positive, according to the latest Reliance Credit Union Regional Business Survey released by CSU's Western Research Institute on Tuesday 8 July.

The youngest student ever to study at Charles Sturt University is on the verge of completing a first year university level Information Technology subject in Wagga Wagga.

A national competition run by the Institute of Chartered Accounts in Australia has seen two accounting students from CSU come up trumps.

Australian agribusinesses are showing positive signs of growth and have recorded their best ever overall results since the research commenced in 2006, according to the latest Westpac & Charles Sturt University Agribusiness Index.

The implications of China’s membership to the World Trade Organisation for the health and well-being of its people will be scrutinised at an international conference to be held at CSU next week.

Businesses in the Orana region of NSW are continuing to perform well despite recent interest rate rises, according to the results of the latest Reliance Credit Union Regional Business Survey released today, Monday 14 April, by Charles Sturt University’s Western Research Institute.

Interest rate increases and the slowing national economy are having an increasing impact on sales, however businesses in the Central West region of NSW remain resilient and continue to perform well, according to the Reliance Credit Union Regional Business Survey for the 2008 March quarter.