A Charles Sturt researcher says palliative care for culturally and linguistically diverse groups in Australia needs urgent intervention and without it, many members of these groups will continue to remain disempowered.

Four academics say the NSW Government’s decision to secure bromadiolone baits for farmers will kill more than just the mice plaguing the state. They explain why it puts the animals that feast on mice at risk and why it is dangerous to humans too.

In Library and Information Week (17 to 23 May) researchers at Charles Sturt University remind us that public libraries in Australia kept operating to serve their users, even when libraries were closed due to the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.

A constitutional law expert at Charles Sturt University says the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has made even more clear than before the need for constitutional reform in Australia.

Two experts argue that many children with communication needs are not receiving the support they need, with the national shortage of speech pathologists causing long wait lists and many children – including those with NDIS funding – to miss out.

The most common forms of elder abuse are psychological and financial, it’s not new and we will never know the full extent of this criminal activity.

Four academics argue the government’s budget announcement for childcare funding, which was framed in part as being a boost for women’s participation in the workforce, fails Australia’s early childhood workforce – 95 per cent of whom are women.

On International Nurses Day (Wednesday 12 May) a leading nursing academic at Charles Sturt University urges us all to celebrate the work of nurses who are working in rural and remote Australia with courage and care.

The lack of maternity services for women in rural Australia is not a new issue – it’s been a persistent issue within our health system for two decades.