unsw degrees etc
The fact is a uni degree is pretty useless unless you're trying to get into Qantas and we know what sorta percentage of pilot applicants that is. Where you do it is even less of interest as are your grades. The only reason airlines want their pilots to have degrees is because the number of employees in a company can raise the status of a company on the Forune 500 list and therefore the price of the stock - at least that's how it works in the US and I'm guessing similar in oz. This is what i"ve heard anyway.
Also it helps to have a bit of grey matter upstairs if you do get into the airlines. Ground school is harder than any uni course or ATPL subject I ever did. But don't get too excited because you think your uni has a better course. At the end of the day it won't really matter