The recently announced carbon policy is the Gillard Labor Government's first real attempt at clear policy leadership, where "substance has prevailed over spin", says Charles Sturt University (CSU) political scientist, Dr Dominic O'Sullivan.

When the purple flowers of Paterson’s Curse begin to carpet paddocks this year some researchers at CSU will be paying particular attention.

Australia must reduce its carbon pollution emissions by 80 per cent if it is to help the globe avoid catastrophic climate change, according to CSU climate policy expert Professor Kevin Parton.

The details of the carbon tax announced on Sunday 10 July by Prime Minister Julia Gillard promises to generate discussion around Australia as its implications are assessed for various sectors of the Australian community, including those in regional areas.

A CSU research team is monitoring the effects on what could be the largest intended release of water ever used to maintain the ecological health of the Murrumbidgee River that flows across southern NSW.

Major Australian cities face decreasing drinkable water, increasing traffic congestion and pollution problems by 2050 if immediate changes are not made to current government policy, says CSU academic and former leading CSIRO scientist, Mr Barney Foran.

Assessing the best way forward for the Federal Government to manage the effects of climate change on Australia will be the focus of a workshop to be held this Wednesday 2 March in Canberra.

A new book on Australian mistletoes should go a long way to changing the public’s perception of these much-maligned parasitic plants, says CSU ecologist and author, Associate Professor David Watson.

The Vice-Chancellor and President of CSU, Professor Ian Goulter, today welcomed the publication of the first national evaluation of the research strengths of Australian universities. CSU research was ranked as world-class in the five broad fields of agricultural and veterinary science, education, biological science, environmental science and chemical science.