The Australian Taxation Office, CQU Sydney International Campus, the campus TECC (Training, Employment and Career Coaching) department and the trained student volunteers have created one of the nation’s largest tax help centres.

Now in its third year, the Tax Help Centre at CQU Sydney International Campus is growing in student volunteers and satisfied customers.

CQU's Centre for Environmental Management (CEM) is part of a push to encourage people to report sightings of the endangered Capricorn subspecies of yellow chat.

CEM research officer Wayne Houston is coordinator of a new sign to be erected at Twelve Mile Creek, one of only a few places in the world where the rare bird is found.

The Information Technology industry is benefitting from new student pathways involving the niche areas of animation and computer games.

But it can also prove its worth as a career path in the broader sense, with the best job opportunities in many years, combined with good pay and conditions.

Former Queensland Treasurer Dr David Hamill is guest speaker for CQU's graduation ceremony for Brisbane and Gold Coast graduates.

A total of 140 graduates from 27 nations are due to attend the ceremony, from 2pm on Wednesday, August 30 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (South Bank).

CQU Emerald is organising a Learning Festival to be held from 10am to 2pm at the Emerald Shire Hall on September 2.

The event will showcase hobby groups, sporting clubs, social clubs and academic institutions in order to celebrate Adult Learners Week.

Rockhampton author Dr Ann-Marie Priest’s highly acclaimed debut book on the love lives of 20th century writers has earned her an invitation to attend the Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals in the coming weeks.

The CQU academic’s recently launched book (May 2006), 'Great Writers, Great Loves: The Reinvention of Love in the Twentieth Century', explores the love lives of 8 20th century writers and shows how they radically transformed our ideas of romantic love.

The CQ Koala Volunteers are promoting a pocket-sized calendar and diary to help raise funds for koala research.

It is available for sale for $12 via the CQU Bookshop or from the CQU Press office on the ground floor of the former Commonwealth Building (corner East and Fitzroy streets in Rockhampton\\\'s CBD).

The Central Queensland University STEPS (Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies) program celebrates 20 years of success this year.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, CQU is inviting back all past STEPS graduates and their families to a celebratory evening at each of the STEPS sites, including Rockhampton, Gladstone, Mackay, Bundaberg and Emerald.

Tim Costello is guest speaker for the CQU Melbourne International Campus graduation, scheduled for 2pm on Thursday, August 31 at the Grand Hyatt Savoy Ballroom.

Reverend Tim Costello, AO, is the Chief Executive of World Vision, Australia’s largest overseas aid organisation.

More than 600 graduates from 38 nations are due to attend the CQU Sydney International Campus graduation, from 12.30pm on Tuesday August 29 in Sydney Town Hall.