In 2002 Eva Sallis – activist and author of, among others, the 1997 Vogel winner Hiam, – launched ‘Australia IS Refugees’, a writing competition for young people aged between eleven and twenty years old. The competition – a project of the humanitarian organisation Australians against Racism, of which Sallis is present – swiftly gained the support of a wide range of high-profile companies and individuals, many doubtless contributing as a means to show disapproval of this country’s hardline, ethically dubious treatment of refugees.