A frequent features writer, Rick reports extensively on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, aged care, welfare and religion. One Hundred Years of Dirt, is an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a hero who is never rewarded. It is a meditation on the anger, fear of others and an obsession with real and imagined borders. Yet it is also a testimony to the strength of familial love and endurance.

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Entries open Monday 3rd September 2018 at 12:00pm AEST and close Sunday 30 September 11:59pm AEST. Winner determined Tuesday 2 October 2018 at News PTY Limited, 2 Holt St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010. Total prize pool valued at $599.80. Full terms and conditions available at www.theaustralianplus.com.au