Fiona Nash is joining Charles Sturt U, yes that Fiona Nash, the former National Party deputy leader who the High Court decided was not as exclusively Australian, as she had always thought. Ms Nash will become strategic advisor for regional development, which she knows a bit about having held that portfolio in cabinet. This general knowledge of regional issues could come in handy as CSU continues to push for the Murray Darling Medical School it wants to jointly establish with La Trobe U to serve south east regional NSW and north east Victoria.

CSU has also hired Laura Dan, chief programme officer at the Australian Research Council, to become director of knowledge exchange and engagement. They will both report to DVC R Mary Kelly.