Charles Sturt University must maintain its strong relationships with the many communities it relates to, according to retiring Vice Chancellor Professor Cliff Blake, AM.

In recent months, much media and political attention has been focused on the social and economic disadvantages of regional Australia.

Agriculture and food researchers from around Australia, New Zealand and the United States attending the Agrifood Research Network meeting in the small NSW town of Tumbarumba this week have been told there is a research vacuum to fill as policy makers grapple with new problems.

If powerful computers of the future behave in the same way as humans, will they have moral rights and responsibilities?

By Professor Allan Fels, Chairman, Australian Competition and The stated aim of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act) is to enhance the welfare of Australians through the promotion of competition and fair trading and consumer protection (section 2 of the Act).

Jasmina Bajraktarevic wanted to be an astrophysicist. She dreamt of life beyond the stars but was grounded by some of the darker aspects of life on earth.

Women in the church and the role of regional press are the subjects of the first two history doctoral theses at Charles Sturt University.

Historically Australia has had an impressive record in assisting refugees but in more recent times refugees and asylum seekers have endured a rapidly changing profile in Australian society.

Australia's refugee policy and current issues and research on asylum seekers will be examined by academics and human rights organisations at a national conference in Sydney on Friday 20 October.