A refugee policy built on deflecting the issue, rather than confronting it, is not sustainable. We cannot continue to 'contract out' our international obligations.
Professor Michelle Simmons, the 2018 Australian of the Year, is among 110 members of the UNSW community named in the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours List.
Hollywood actress, writer and producer Rebel Wilson, leading surgeon Associate Professor Kelvin Kong, and Paralympian Prue Watt OAM are among 13 star alumni to be celebrated at the 47th UNSW Alumni Awards.
Australia's first female Prime Minister spoke at a sold-out event presented by UNSW Centre for Ideas in partnership with the Australian Human Rights Institute.
![2019 UNSW Alumni Award winners: Prue Watt, Rebel Wilson and Kelvin Kong [From Left]](https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumbnail/public/thumbnails/image/media_release_v5_4.jpg?itok=2E4H_64x "2019 UNSW Alumni Award winners: Prue Watt, Rebel Wilson and Kelvin Kong [From Left]")
