The spread of commercial olive cultivation across Australia in the 1990s poses a major weed threat, if the spread of feral olives from former South Australian groves is any indication.

Postgraduate training for NSW police officers is on the increase, as nearly 200 officers accept awards in a range of specialist degrees from Charles Sturt University at a graduation ceremony in Sydney tomorrow.

Internationally recognised expert on Australian muttonbirds, Associate Professor Nick Klomp, has been following the recent mass deaths of the birds around the Australian coast with considerable interest.

Charles Sturt University's expertise in exporting education was recognised when it was announced as runner-up in the education category of the Premier's NSW Exporter of the Year Awards.

Charles Sturt University academic staff will receive salary increases in their next pay packet with the signing of the new Academic Staff Enterprise Agreement.

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.

Leading marketing expert and educationalist Professor Roger Layton AM, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce at the University of New South Wales will give a special seminar on new management practice and its relevance for Australian universities.

Regional businesses will have the opportunity to take advantage of specialised management and psychological expertise with the launch of Charles Sturt University's Organisational Services Unit in Bathurst tomorrow.

The first year it was a giant map of Australia, the next a huge wallaby. This year it will be the biggest effort yet - a 1.2 kilometre long goanna.