The Prime Minister John Howard flies to Fiji today for the Pacific Islands Forum, and once again the Solomon Islands is expected to be the focus of discussion. While relations between Australia and the Solomons becomes increasingly more strained, a CSU PhD student, Cliff Bird, described as “one of the prime intellectuals of the country” is preparing to address a Solomon leadership forum on conflict resolution.

Leading Charles Sturt University research ranging from addressing the scourge of cereal cropping in southern Australia - annual ryegrass - to developing a computer game to simulate a major national crisis has won major funding in the latest round of Federal Government grants.

Charles Sturt University and Victoria Police have been recognised with a joint award from the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers at its annual conference in Brisbane in October.

Hunter Valley winemaker and NSW wine industry award winner Phil Ryan described studying at Charles Sturt University in the late 1970s as an exciting period in the evolution of the Australian wine industry.

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.

Those ‘first day at school’ anxieties won’t be a problem for young children in the Dubbo region thanks to a project coordinated by six Charles Sturt University (CSU) students which concludes this Friday.

The Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (ACCC) has announced the appointment of two eminent Australians to the Board of the ACCC. They are Lieutenant General (Retd) John Sanderson AC, and the newly installed Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge.

Research that could help HIV/AIDS and cancer patients retain muscle mass and independent living has won the inaugural national award from the Australian Association for Exercise and Sport Science (AAESS).

Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) international links will further expand this Friday (15 December 2006) when Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Goulter signs an agreement with Sylvia Barnard, President of Cambrian College which is located in Sudbury, Canada.