New research that will help us better understand the movements of birds and help evaluate the risk of susceptible species such as waterfowl bringing diseases such as avian influenza into the country is underway.

Ground water and surface water in the Murray Darling Basin need to be managed as a single resource for us to go forward in solving the current water crisis in the Basin according to one of Australia’s leading water scientists.

Mr Howard’s $10 billion National Plan for Water Security is missing two essential ingredients – details on how public participation will be achieved, and an environmental perspective, according to a Charles Sturt University professor.

The ratings success of the current Underbelly television series proves it is entertaining, even enjoyable, but is it literature? Writer and former documentary filmmaker, Associate Professor Jane Mills at the CSU School of Communication, thinks so.

Research conducted by the Western Research Institute at CSU shows that the majority of accountants trained at the University choose to remain in regional Australia after they graduate, and many of those who move away return later seeking a quality of life they knew they enjoyed and could find again in the country.

The Prime Minister’s $10 billion National Water Reform Plan for the Murray Darling Basin could double the price of water recovery projects according to Water for Rivers CEO Neville Smith.

A major water conference that will look at the challenge of managing our streams and rivers for the future will be held in Albury, May 21 to 25.

The next generation of advertising whiz kids from CSU's School of Communication is switched on by The Gruen Transfer, the successful ABC TV show about advertising.

Annual stream flow into the Murray-Darling Basin is likely to fall by 10 to 25% by 2050, and by 16 to 48% by 2100 according to one of Australia’s leading experts on the effects of climate change on our river systems.