It may come as no surprise that paramedics and firefighters are considered by the Australian public to be the 'most trusted professions'. Both share the number one position in the Readers Digest 2013 Australia's Most Trusted Professions poll.

Misbehaviour by sports celebrities, including legal and illegal drug taking, is part of a wider issue which links the many and frequent media stories about sport recently, says a CSU expert on sport media and law.

Lax regulation of performance enhancing drugs by Australian state and federal governments and the governing bodies of professional sports has allowed the use of drugs and match-fixing to be swept under the carpet for many years, according to a CSU academic.

Researchers from CSU have contributed to research that has the potential to radically change the way septic shock (septicaemia, also known as 'blood poisoning') can be treated around the world and save millions of lives and millions of health care dollars annually.

Delegates at the Nationals' Federal Conference carried a motion yesterday, Sunday 16 September, supporting Charles Sturt University's proposal to establish a new medical school to address chronic shortages of doctors in rural and regional Australia.

Aboriginal students from schools across the Hastings region will take part in a workshop in Port Macquarie Monday 11 November designed to provide them with an insight into careers in the health sector.

Work will commence on the construction of the $7.2 million facility in Wangaratta for CSU on Wednesday 4 September.

Charles Sturt University will introduce its oral health therapy course, and expand enrolments into its rurally-based dental program in Orange, as part of its $63.6 million proposal to the federal government’s Education Investment Fund.

Support for the Murray Darling Medical School, proposed by Charles Sturt University and La Trobe University, has reached 50,000 people on Facebook.