Research for a recently awarded CSU PhD thesis has found that understanding how households make decisions about their electricity use could be the key to savings for governments, generators and consumers.

A constitutional challenge to the new Federal mining tax by mining magnate Mr Andrew Forrest is highly likely to fail, according to a CSU constitutional law expert.

A CSU resources expert has discussed the trade-offs involved in the proposed transfer of water to the environment in the proposed Murray Darling Basin Plan in a public lecture.

Leading inland higher education provider Charles Sturt University has specialist researchers available for comment on drought issues such as agricultural production and water use, access to services and impacts on families, regional businesses and communities.

Accounting practices in Tudor England have relevance and application today for issues such as disaster management and relief in Australia and internationally, according to a CSU accountancy researcher.

Over 800 university students are graduating from Charles Sturt University in four ceremonies being held across China.

More CSU journalism students will be heading overseas thanks to a scholarship program funded by the Copyright Agency Ltd (CAL) Cultural Fund.

The 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.

A 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.