70 alumni and staff acknowledged in 2023 Australia Day Honours

A list of Australia Day Honours 2023 received by members of the University community can be found below.

Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• The Honourable James Leslie Allsop AO (B.A. '74 LL.B. '80)
  For eminent service to the judiciary and to the law, to organisational and technological reform, to legal education, and to insolvency law.

Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Distinguished Professor Matthew Malcolm Colless (B.Sc. '83)
  For distinguished service to scientific research, particularly to astronomy and astrophysics, and to professional societies.
• Dr Anthony James Press (B.Sc. '77 Ph.D. '83)
  For distinguished service to the environment, particularly to the preservation of the Antarctic and Kakadu.
• Dr John Alexander Craven (B.V.Sc. '63)
  For distinguished service to food biosecurity and environmental safety, to veterinary science research, and to the dairy industry.
• Professor Emerita Jane Latimer (B.App.Sc.(Phty) '82 Grad.Dip.App.Sc.(Manipulative Phty) '90 Ph.D.(Phty.) 97)
  For distinguished service to tertiary education and research, particularly public health, and to women.
• Professor Emerita Jill Patricia McKeough (LL.M. '89)
  For distinguished service to intellectual property law, to tertiary education, to law reform, and to professional organisations.
• Mr Christopher Richard Johnson AM (B.Arch. '68)
  For distinguished service to urban design and architecture, to planning reform and compliance, and to the community.
• Professor Clare Elizabeth Collins (Dip.Nutr.Diet '82)
  For distinguished service to nutritional health and dietetics research and communication, and to scientific organisations.
• Professor Susan Elizabeth Kurrle (M.B.,B.S. '77 Ph.D. '03)
  For distinguished service to medicine as a geriatrician, and to research into dementia and cognitive function.
• Mr Phillip Roger Noyce (B.A. '73)
  For distinguished service to the arts as a film and television director, producer, and screenwriter.

Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Dr Michelle Anne Potter (B.A. '68 Dip.Ed. '69)
  For significant service to the performing arts in a range of roles.
• Professor Emerita Jennifer Jane Hocking (Ph.D. '90)
  For significant service to the preservation of Australian political history.
• Dr Neil John Peppitt (B.D.S. '80 M.D.Sc. '84)
  For significant service to dentistry, and to tertiary education.
• Professor Emerita Diane Priscilla Speed (B.A. '65 M.A. '68 M.Th.(Honours) '99)
  For significant service to tertiary education, and to the Anglican Church of Australia.
• Professor Jennifer Mary Burn (M.A.(Pass) '89)
  For significant service to the law in the field of anti-slavery and migration.
• Dr Annabelle Farnsworth (M.B.,B.S. '78)
  For significant service to medicine, and to women's health.
• Professor Gemma Alexandra Figtree (B.Sc.(Med)(Hons) '98 M.B.,B.S. '00)
  For significant service to medicine in the field of cardiology.
• Dr Jennifer Flavia Delima (M.B.,B.S. '83)
  For significant service to rural and remote medicine.
• Ms Mary Patetsos (B.S.W. '87)
  For significant service to multicultural affairs, and to aged care through board positions.
• Professor Kiaran Kirk (B.Sc. '85 Ph.D. '89)
  For significant service to science education and research, and to professional organisations.
• Professor Robert Brander (Ph.D. '98)
  For significant service to coastal science, and to the community, through beach safety research and education.
• The Honourable Professor Verity Firth (B.A. '97 LL.B. '99)
  For significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to social inclusion.
• Dr Gary Allen Shiels (M.Urb.Des. '00)
  For significant service to town planning, and to the community.
• Dr Stuart Russell McGill (BE(Chem) '64 PhD(Research) '69)
  For significant service to the mining and resources sector, and to business.
• Ms Joanne Emily Muller (B.Sc. '82)
  For significant service to youth, to community health, and to the law.
• Dr Robin Jana Kramar (Ph.D. '90)
  For significant service to education in the field of human resource management.
• Professor Clara Kayei Chow (M.B.,B.S. '98 Ph.D. '08)
  For significant service to medicine as a cardiologist, and to research.
• Dr Thomas Wells Cottee (M.B.,B.S. '75)
  For significant service to obstetrics and gynaecology.
• Professor Katharine Shirley Steinbeck (M.B.,B.S. '74 Ph.D. '92)
  For significant service to adolescent medicine through a range of roles.
• Dr Lisa Joy O'Brien (M.B.,B.S. '84 M.B.A. '91 M.H.R.M.Coaching  '05)
  For significant service to the community, particularly through social welfare organisations.
• Professor Anna Poidevin (De Fazio) (Ph.D. '88)
  For significant service to medicine, particularly cancer research.
• Distinguished Professor Lyn Robyn Griffiths (Ph.D. '90)
  For significant service to genetics, and to research into neurological disorders.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

• Mr Frederick William Stolz (Dip.Ed. '56)
  For service to secondary education.
• Mr Stuart Graeme Tipple (Grad.Dip.Crim. '79)
  For service to the law.
• Ms Deborah Ann Beck (M.A.(Res.) '10)
  For service to the arts.
• Ms Chantal Marie-Rose Abouchar (BA(VisArts) '84)
  For service to business, and to the media.
• Ms Ellen Louie (LL.B. '84 LL.M. '95)
  For service to aged welfare.
• Dr Ernest Yinson Chan (B.D.S. '83)
  For service to the community, and to dentistry.
• Mr Rodney Turner Halstead (LL.B. '65)
  For service to the community through a range of roles.
• Ms Katherine Maka (B.App.Sc.(Phty) '02 B.App.Sc.(Phty) '02)
  For service to community health.
• Dr Coralie Wales (Grad.Dip.Rehab.Clng. '94 M.Rehab.Clng. '95 Ph.D.(Behv&Comm.Hlth.Sc.) '11)
  For service to community health.
• Dr Kristin Bindley (B.A. '02 B.S.W. '04)
  For service to the community through palliative care initiatives.
• Ms Julie Helene Loblinzk (Grad.Cert.Hlth.Sc.(D.D.) '08)
  For service to people with disability.
• Mrs Jacqueline Dominish (B.App.Sc.(OT) '00 B.App.Sc.(OT) '00)
  For service to health administration.
• Dr Ian Douglas McCrossin (M.B.,B.S. '72)
  For service to dermatology.
• Dr Philip Robert Holmes (B.Sc.(Vet) '73 B.V.Sc. '74 Ph.D. '14 Ph.D. '14)
  For service to the livestock industry.
• Mr Jeffrey Michael Morris (B.Ec. '83 LL.B. '85)
  For service to financial sector accountability, and to local government.
• Dr Darren Curtis Mitchell (B.Ec. '83 M.Ec. '89 Ph.D. '20 )
  For service to veterans.
• Mr Glenn Lloyd Ball (Dip.Appl.Sc.(Nursing) 89' B.N. 97' MSc(CoachPsych) '15)
  For service to the community through a range of roles.
• Mr John Desmond Ward (B.A. '65)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Mrs Pamela Kay Ward (Grad.Dip.Ed.Studies '91)
  For service to the community through a range of organisations.
• Ms Patricia Ann Ellis (MIndigLangEd '13)
  For service to the Indigenous community of the Eurobodalla Shire.
• Mr Richard John French (B.Pharm. '80)
  For service to the community of Muswellbrook.
• Mr Anthony Mylan (M.B.A. '01)
  For service to the community, to youth, and to education.
• Mr Garth Setchell (B.Arch. '59 M.Arch. '61 Dip.T.C.P. '64)
  For service to the community through a range of roles.
• Dr Roslyn Allayne Crampton (M.B.,B.S. '79)
  For service to medical administration.
• Dr Raymond John Cook (M.B.,B.S. '83)
  For service to medicine as a neurosurgeon.
• Dr Peter Alexander Roberts (M.B.,B.S. '85)
  For service to emergency medicine.
• Mr Graham Edward Reed (Materia Medica (Pharmacology))
  For service to cricket.
• Mr Jonathon Nigel Leek (LL.M. '98)
  For service to the law.
• Mr Uri Windt (B.Sc. '69)
  For service to the Jewish community.
• Ms Kristy Chong (B.A '00)
  For service to business, and to charitable organisations.

Conspicuous Service Cross

• Squadron Leader Gregory Dennett Baker-Moss (B.A. '04)
  For outstanding devotion to duty in support to the Governor of New South Wales, and in the development and implementation of management systems at Government House Sydney.

Ambulance Service Medal

• Dr Gary Tall (M.B.,B.S. '87)
  For service to the medical field.

Australian Police Medal

• Detective Superintendent Martin James Fileman (E.M.P.A. '14)
  For service to the police field.

Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

• Professor Emerita Linda Mary Barwick (B.A.(Hons), Ph.D. (Flinders), F.A.H.A.)
  For significant service to the preservation and digitisation of cultural heritage recordings.
• Professor David Alan Hensher BCom(Hons) PhD UNSW; FASSA; FCILT; FAITPM; CompIEAust; MAPA; AM
  For significant service to transport, and to supply chain management.
• Professor Emeritus John Alexander Thomson BSc(Med), MBBS, MD (Syd), DSc (Hon), FRACS, FACS (Hon), FAHM
  For significant service to botanical science and research, and to tertiary education.

Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

• Ms Robyn Leonard
  For service to community health and medical research.
• Professor Emeritus Peter Hayden Curson (B.A., M.A.(Hon), Ph.D.)
  For service to tertiary education.