It's a cosmic irony that a book deeply critical of the government should be among the winners of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards , author Rick Morton says.

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His non-fiction work about the robodebt scandal, Mean Streak, has won its category, making Morton one of six authors to receive the prestigious $80,000 prize.

Currently in Paris writing a novel, Morton has mixed feelings about the win and says he wonders why he has had the opportunity to write books when others never have.

"I have a very complicated relationship with acknowledgement and also with money ... don't get me wrong I'm excited about it but it also just felt so weird," he

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