Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Allison, I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

The Secret River by author Ms Kate Grenville, has been awarded the Australian Literacy Fiction Book of the Year 2006 and overall Australian Book of the Year 2006 in the Australian Book Industry Awards and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and

(ii)

Far From a Still Life: Margaret Olley by author Ms Meg Stewart, has been awarded Australian Biography of the Year 2006; and

(b)

congratulates Ms Grenville and Ms Stewart for their outstanding contributions to Australian literature.

Question agreed to.