CSU’s political offensive charm-offensive continues, hosting federal comms minister Paul Fletcher and Senator Perin Davey (Nats-NSW) at the Wagga Wagga campus

The pair were there for briefing on CSU’s digital ag tech.. It follows a campus visit by NSW higher education minister Geoff Lee and local MPs Wes Fang and Joe McGirr (CMM November 2).

Making friends in political places is needed indeed, considering federal regional education minister Andrew Gee is a vocal critic of CSU’s refusal to release an independent report on its finances (CMM October 26). Mr Gee’s electorate includes two CSU campus towns. And the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency tells CMM that education portfolio minister Dan Tehan has asked it to look at CSU’s financial status (CMM November 5).