The 2008 Ned Kelly Awards (which honor crime writing in Australia) were presented in Melbourne on Friday 29th August, as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival.
The winners were:
Fiction
Shatter by Michael Robotham
First Novel
The Low Road by Chris Womersley
Non-Fiction
Red Centre, Dead Heart by Evan McHugh
Lifetime Achievement
Marele Day
You can read the full list of nominees here.