Awards and Nominations
- 2012: Miles Franklin Award: longlisted for The Street Sweeper
- 2005: Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay: winner for Three Dollars
- 2005: Film Critics Circle of Australia, Best Screenplay - Adapted: winner for Three Dollars
- 2005: AWGIE Awards, Film Award, Feature: shortlisted for Three Dollars
- 2004: Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book: shortlisted for Seven Types of Ambiguity
- 2004: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book: shortlisted for Seven Types of Ambiguity
- 2004: Miles Franklin Award: shortlisted for Seven Types of Ambiguity
- 2000: Arts Queensland Steele Rudd Australian Short Story Award: joint winner for The Reasons I Won't Be Coming
- 1999: Betty Trask Award for Commonwealth Writers Under 35 Years: winner for Three Dollars
- 1999: Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Literary Work Advancing Public Debate: joint winner for Three Dollars
- 1999: Miles Franklin Award: shortlisted for Three Dollars
- 1998: The Age Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: winner for Three Dollars
- 1998: The Age Book of the Year Award, Fiction Prize: winner for Three Dollars
- 1994: The Age Short Story Award: winner for The Reasons I Won't Be Coming
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