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Encore: A family story of growing up poor in Outback Queensland
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Journalist Rick Morton on how his mum raised three children in poverty and the class disparities in Australia.
Rick's family come from the vast country of Outback Queensland, near the Birdsville Track.
His grandfather, George Morton, was a wealthy landholder and he ruled over his family like a tyrant.
When Rick was little, a terrible accident was followed by the break-up of his family and…