CHASS has announced the winners for four categories of its prestigious Australia Prizes, which were presented at the 2016 CHASS Australia Prizes Dinner in Melbourne on October 20. Klaus Neumann, Across the Seas: Australia’s Response to Refugees: A History (Black Inc. Books) won the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize for a Book. I Am a Miracle (Malthouse Theatre) won the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize for Distinctive Work. Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Sarah Holland-Batt won the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize for a Future Leader. Gemma Hamilton (Deakin University) won the 2016 CHASS Australia Prize for a Student.

CHASS’s new book Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: It’s everyone’s business was formally launched at the event. Edited by CHASS President Professor Joseph M. Siracusa and published by Routledge, the pocket book features a range of essays by prominent Australian and international researchers, illustrating the diverse ways in which HASS disciplines provide essential services to citizens in all walks of life. Other highlights of the evening included a keynote address by singer, writer, artistic director, and public advocate for the arts, Robyn Archer AO FAHA CdOAL, who has also written the Foreword to the book.