He worked as a reporter for the Melbourne newspaper Truth before going to work for the new Sunday Australian in 1971 .
Whitton was raised in Murgon in Queensland , and went away to boarding school at age eight .
Whitton worked as a reporter for the Melbourne newspaper Truth before going to work for the new Sunday Australian in 1971 .
Whitton was raised in Murgon in Queensland , and went away to boarding school at age eight .