Stacey Coates (Western Sydney U PhD candidate) is in-coming president of the National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association.

Jon Watson is appointed executive dean of UWA’s faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. He has been dean of medicine at Deakin U since 2014.

Recent Uni Adelaide graduates Amber Smith and Anthony Cox​ win the South Australian Water Award student prize.

The Academy of the Humanities announces 2019 Fellows

 Elected Fellows: * Christian Barry (ANU). * Frank Bongiorno (ANU). * Mark Brett (Whitely College). * Denis Byrne (Western Sydney U). * Gerard Docherty (Griffith U). * Anne Dunlop (Uni Melbourne). Geoffrey Dunn (Australian Catholic U). * Terry Flew (QUT). * Christopher Hilliard (Uni Sydney). * Craig Jeffrey (Uni Melbourne). * Hyun Jin Kim (Uni Melbourne). * Tim Lindsey (Uni Melbourne). * Simone Murray (Monash U). * Nicolas Rasmussen (UNSW). * Claire Smith (Flinders U). * Joanne Tompkins (Uni Queensland). * Myfany Turpin (Uni Sydney).

Corresponding Fellows: * Felix Kofi Ameka (Universiteit Leiden). * John Nguyet Erni (Hong Kong Baptist University). * Alison Wylie (University of British Columbia).

Honorary Fellows: * Susan Cohn (artist and designer). * Richard Flanagan (author). Richard Mills (conductor and composer). * Julie Rose (translator). * Roger Woodward (pianist).