Two political experts from CSU in regional NSW have welcomed the formation of a government after the recent Federal election.

A CSU sociology lecturer will receive a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council at a presentation ceremony in Canberra on Monday 9 August.

Terrorism and cross-border organised crime from South and Southeast Asia continue to impact upon Australia and drive significant strategic and tactical planning responses by domestic and international law enforcement and security agencies, according to a CSU lecturer.

Speaking at CSU in Bathurst on Tuesday 3 August, the long-serving NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Nicholas Cowdery AM QC, urged the vigilant preservation of 'fragile' human rights over knee-jerk political responses to law and order issues, particularly at election time.

Five academics at CSU have been announced as recipients of Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation awards for 2010.

A CSU lecturer and researcher says his new book about the fifth NSW colonial governor tries to go beyond the standard 'Father of Australia' profiles that might arise in the bicentennial year of the start of Lachlan Macquarie's 12-year administration (1810-1821).

A CSU journalism graduate has won the prestigious 2010 Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award at a ceremony hosted by the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance in Sydney on Wednesday 23 June.

Immigrants to regional and rural Australia report high levels of satisfaction across a range of indicators, and say that they tend to immigrate to Australia mainly because of non-economic reasons, according to a researcher from CSU.

Research about the professional ethical issues faced by psychologists working in rural Canada has implications for psychologists in rural and remote Australia, according to a CSU PhD graduate.