Charles Sturt University, Griffith City Council and TAFE NSW Riverina Institute will cooperate to develop further opportunities for higher education in Griffith and the Western Riverina region though a Memorandum of Understanding to be signed this week in Griffith.

The Westpac and Charles Sturt University Agribusiness Index for the September 2007 quarter shows a downturn in agribusiness activity and confidence for regional NSW and northern Victoria.

Charles Sturt University computer science student James Bekkema from Bathurst, NSW, has been awarded two Apple University Consortium Innovation Grants in competition with computing students from universities around Australia.

Charles Sturt University will be part of the consortium that will help ‘internationalise’ Australian higher education. The Minister for Education, Science and Training, Julie Bishop announced the 14 Universities that will make up the consortium yesterday.

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 delegation from Yangzhou University, China, will visit Charles Sturt University (CSU) on Friday 15 December 2006 to discuss the developing relationship between the two universities.

Australia and other developed countries could learn a lot from some developing countries about how communities can work to address pressing needs caused by climate change, says the new Director of Charles Sturt University's Institute for Land Water and Society, Professor Max Finlayson.

"My advice was to give two votes per farm, initiate time-limited leadership positions, and introduce gender awareness training for industry bodies. The most radical recommendation I gave was bodies that do not represent gender equity should not be given government funding. Now that is the one that will really shake them up." Professor Margaret Alston, Director of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Centre for Rural Social Research is talking about her recommendations to the Federal Government’s Inquiry into Women’s Representation on Rural and Regional Bodies of Influence.

There is no such thing as a "level playing field" in international trade, , but it is how you deal with the uneven conditions that counts, according to former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Deputy Prime Minister, The Hon. Tim Fischer.