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Australia-Asia Literary Award (AALA) was an initiative of the Government of Western Australia Department of Culture and the Arts. It was Australia’s richest literary prize with a purse of A$110000. The award was established in 2007 and the first and only winner was announced in November 2008 from entries published in 2007. In 2010 it was announced the award would be discontinued with resources merged with the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards (PBA).