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.

Listening to Associate Professor Tom Watson talk about his time as Head of the School of Communication at Charles Sturt University’s Bathurst Campus, the analogies with his favourite pastime – flying – prove too hard to resist.

Fifty one matches will be played during the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup. How much of that match time will players spend standing, running, sprinting and jogging? Dr Rob Duffield, lecturer in the School of Human Movement at Charles Sturt University (CSU), knows the answer.

The decision by the newly elected Rudd Labor government to ratify the Kyoto Protocol effectively ends Australia’s international isolation on climate change and redefines the national agenda for social, economic and environmental challenges.

A recommendation by the Productivity Commission that the Federal Government no longer match the research levy paid by farmers is a risky experiment based on little evidence, says a respected economist with CSU.

A CSU researcher cautioned a NSW Parliamentary enquiry on Monday 19 April that it can't be assumed that broadband use will 'take-off' across all sectors of the economy and society, and that innovations do not 'sell' themselves to everyone.

A senior CSU regional economist hailed the 2010 Federal Budget as fiscally responsible, but believes it does not recognise the contribution of regional businesses to the current sound financial position of the nation.

Immigrants to regional and rural Australia report high levels of satisfaction across a range of indicators, and say that they tend to immigrate to Australia mainly because of non-economic reasons, according to a researcher from CSU.

Amid a serious skills shortage in Australia, transition programs assisting school students into work while they are still at school have large and immediate benefits for employers, schools and students, according to studies by a senior Charles Sturt University education researcher.