The horrendous fires that have razed many parts of Victoria have highlighted issues surrounding bushfires in Australia, especially in the increasing threats posed by climate change. As Australia's national inland university, CSU has a number of researchers and commentators regarding various issues surrounding bushfire.

CSU Vice-Chancellor and President, Professor Ian Goulter, today welcomed the Budget announcement of $34 million in new funding for CSU for the construction of the National Life Sciences Hub on the Wagga Wagga Campus.

Senior scientists from Hohai University, in Nanjing in central China, will talk and travel with senior CSU researchers to investigate how Australia manages its water and to explore possibilities for collaboration.

The significance of sharp falls in the numbers of freshwater fish, shellfish and other aquatic animals has been frequently overlooked by natural resource managers worldwide, according to a CSU researcher.

Two Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers have been named ARC Future Fellows by the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr.

A study comparing attitudes to prenatal genetic testing and abortion among university students in three countries including Australia has found the Australians were more likely to consider a pregnancy termination if a predisposition to alcoholism, cancer, or a short life expectancy was diagnosed than their counterparts.

Despite optimistic expectations for significant action, the Rudd government announcement on Monday 15 December of its long-awaited climate change targets, including a five per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020, has been met with scepticism and disappointment.

A symposium held to look at the future of regional rail has called upon state, commonwealth and local governments to seriously examine options to lift the threat of collapse from the regional rail system.

Lessons from the tilled and grazing Commons of the Middle Ages could well help farms in Australia, particularly smaller farms and holdings, become more sustainable.