The proposed NSW legislation to protect paramedics (ambulance officers) from assaults is an important and symbolic action by the State government but it should not be the only protective intervention, according to a visiting Fulbright Scholar at CSU.

Research by a CSU academic has identified 15 recommendations to address a range of shortcomings in the professional development of health services managers in rural New South Wales.

Around 150 academic staff at CSU will have their leadership in tertiary learning and teaching on show this week when they meet for the CSUED 2009 conference at CSU at Albury-Wodonga.

Research about the professional ethical issues faced by psychologists working in rural Canada has implications for psychologists in rural and remote Australia, according to a CSU PhD graduate.

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.

The NSW Police Force's new Mental Health Intervention Team training program for its front-line officers received endorsement from the CSU program evaluation team before its extension across the service.

A CSU lecturer and researcher says his new book about the fifth NSW colonial governor tries to go beyond the standard 'Father of Australia' profiles that might arise in the bicentennial year of the start of Lachlan Macquarie's 12-year administration (1810-1821).

Agricultural productivity is slowing down as is agricultural research and Australian governments and agricultural industries should be concerned, according to an award winning agricultural economist and researcher with CSU.

Terrorism and cross-border organised crime from South and Southeast Asia continue to impact upon Australia and drive significant strategic and tactical planning responses by domestic and international law enforcement and security agencies, according to a CSU lecturer.