A controversial figure in the Australian legal sector will speak on 'Public education and the third great principle of secularism' in the 2011 Bob Meyenn Lecture this week at Charles Sturt University.

A CSU academic says that the recent comments by former federal Labor cabinet minister, Mr Lindsay Tanner, which he also expresses in his new book, Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy, are worthy of serious consideration for the simple reason that they are, in part at least, probably true.

An endangered native fish will be introduced to artificial wetlands on CSU's Albury-Wodonga Campus in a bid to conserve the species and allow them to breed up for their reintroduction into major inland rivers in the Murray Darling Basin.

A former paramedic from New York City has joined CSU as professor of paramedic practice and leadership, declaring that the University offers its students one of the most impressive paramedic programs in the world.

The Gillard Labor government is due to bring down the 2011 federal budget next Tuesday 10 May. CSU has experienced commentators to provide considered analysis of the budget.

Nearly 2 000 students will graduate from CSU in Bathurst at six morning and afternoon ceremonies on Wednesday 11, Thursday 12 and Friday 13 May.

CSU is hopeful of strong support from the federal government in its Structural Adjustment Funding bid to establish four new Regional University Centres alongside existing TAFE facilities in Port Macquarie, Wangaratta, Griffith and Parkes.

A former graduate of Bathurst Teachers' College will contribute his latest book to a time capsule at CSU that contains historical information about the history of teacher education in Bathurst.

The co-chair of CSU's Medical Program Development Community Consultative Committee, Mrs Audrey Hardman, OAM, expressed disappointment at the lack of action by the Federal Government in latest budget to support the development of a new medical school in rural NSW.