Identity theft and information corruption do not justify civil disobedience for a 'higher cause', says a leading ethicist from CSU, Dr Edward Spence.

A CSU academic says the televised interview confession by controversial cycling champion and self-confessed drugs cheat, Lance Armstrong, with US television personality Oprah Winfrey on Friday 18 January, was in the form of a TV secular 'confessional' which has been indulged in before by public 'sinners' in our time.

Ms Karen Pollard, lecturer with the School of Clinical Sciences at Charles Sturt University, has attracted extensive media coverage for her research into the safety of ultrasound screenings during pregnancy.

The Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Ms Julia Gillard, MP, has made an unprecedented move to call an election seven months out from polling day, due on Saturday 14 September.

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.

Few journalists starting out in their careers can claim to have worked alongside the world's top sporting media at the biggest sporting event in history.

Two recently published papers by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) public relations academic suggest the discipline and practice of public relations is an ethical minefield with little to guide those who work in the field.

Four CSU television production graduates are living the dream, having successfully secured a highly sought after year-long internship with the Nine Network in Sydney.

Four CSU veterinary science students are finalists in two very different categories at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney this month.