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My name is Dale Kerrigan,
and this is my story.
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Our family lives at 3 Highview Crescent,
Coolaroo.
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Dad bought this place
15 years ago for a steal.
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As the real estate agent
said, "Location, location, location."
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And we're right next door
to the airport.
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It will be very convenient
if we ever have to fly one day.
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Dad still can't work out
how he got it so cheap.
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It's worth almost as much today
as when we bought it.
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Our street was going to be the heart
of a major housing development.
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But it never got up.
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They reckon the planes put people off.
Them and the power lines.
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Not Dad. He reckons power lines
are a reminder...
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of man's ability
to generate electricity.
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He's always saying
great things like that.
That's why we love him so much.
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Dad is the backbone
of the Kerrigan family.
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He made our billiard table.
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Shot, Dale.
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In fact, he's built half this house.
He's always planning extensions.
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I reckon we need a patio.
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Oh, darl, how about we finish
the back room first?
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No, I'm waiting
on some cheap siding.
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I reckon we give
the patio another go.
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Dad is a tow truck driver.
One of the best in the game.
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He takes great pride
in his work.
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And he comes home
with so many stories.
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You see, the car was wrapped
around the pole,
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so I said, " Why not hook the chain
on the back axle?"
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See, no one
had thought of that.
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If Dad is the backbone,
Mum is the other bones. All of them.
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She keeps
the family together.
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Dad adores Mum,
and Mum adores him.
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They met at the greyhounds one night,
and it was love at first sight.
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Mum just loves craft.
And she can pretty up
just about anything.
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How did you do that?
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- Spray can and stencil, darl.
That's all you need.
- You could sell that.
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Dad always reckons
Mum could open a shop,
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but she has a good part-time job
in the office at Sunbeam.
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Dad reckons Mum is
the greatest cook on Earth.
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- What do you call that, darl?
- Sponge cake.
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Beautiful. And what's
that stuff on top?
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- Icing sugar.
- How is it, kids?
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And why would you want
to go out to a restaurant...
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when this keeps coming up
night after night?
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I have two brothers
and a sister, all older than me.
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Steve is an apprentice mechanic,
but he spends most of his time
reading the Trading Post.
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He just loves
buying and trading.
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Dad, ergonomic chairs.
Four of them.
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- What does he want?
- One-eighty.
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He's dreaming.
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Him and Dad
really know bargains.
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Steve is also an ideas man.
That's why Dad calls him the ideas man.
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He has lots of ideas.
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It's a motorcycle helmet
with a built-in brake light.
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You are an ideas man, Steve.
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Dad thinks all of us
are tremendous,
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but I guess it's no secret
that Tracey's his favorite.
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How do I look, Dad?
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Dad just loves her.
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You look beautiful.
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Thanks, Dad.
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Tracey's the only girl in the family,
apart from Mum and Gran.
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Tracey constantly
gave Dad proud moments.
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Once she was
on "The Price Is Right".
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It was such
an exciting afternoon for us.
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Swap them around.
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None of us could actually
believe it was Tracey up there
with Larry Emdier.
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$45,000 worth of prizes.
The luggage needs to be more than 640.
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It needs to be less
than 740.
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She almost won the lot.
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If only she'd known
the price of the luggage.
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I'm so sorry about that.
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But she still managed to come home
with a tumble dryer and drill set.
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She is the only member of the Kerrigan
family who'd had a college education.
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Dad reckons the day she graduated
as a fully-qualified hairdresser...
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was about
the proudest day of his life.
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I knew he thought
about that... a lot.
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There were only two places
he did his thinking--
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in the poolroom and out the back,
looking up at the power lines.
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Yep, Dad's a real thinker.
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But the proudest day
was the day she got married
to this nice guy called Con.
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He is an accountant,
but also a fanatical kickboxer.
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Now Tracey's
taken up kickboxing too.
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Dad could not get
the smile off his face.
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And he gave a speech
that brought the house down.
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Now, as the bride's parents,
I don't mind paying for the wedding,
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but could you please stop busting
all them plates?
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That being
a Greek custom and all.
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I suppose, as a father,
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you'd like your daughter
to marry one of your own.
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And let's not beat around the bush.
The Greeks have a reputation.
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At first, the Petropoulouses
thought he was having a go at them.
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But Dad was just saying
how much he thought of Con.
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I never thought anyone
could love our Trace...
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as much as me,
Sal and the boys.
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But there is
another person. Con.
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Smart, polite,
fit as a fiddle.
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And anyone who loves our Trace
as much as us deserves our love.
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So we love you, Con.
We love you.
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Thank you, and, uh,
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"Kalispera".
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That's "Good evening."
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We'd had many top nights,
but this was the most top.
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Pity my oldest brother
couldn't be there.
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His name's Wayne.
He's in jail.
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Eight years
for armed robbery.
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Many people call him the black sheep
of the family. But not Mum and Dad.
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He got caught up with the wrong crowd.
He didn't mean to rob the gas station.
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Now he's sorry. With good behavior,
he'll be out in a couple of years.
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I visit him every Friday.
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- How's Mum?
- Good.
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- How's Dad?
- Good.
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- How's Trace?
- Good.
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- How are you?
- Good.
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- How's Dave?
- He's all right.
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Good.
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Even though he's the oldest
and I'm the youngest, we get on great.
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We can just chat for hours.
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Thanks for coming down.
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- You want some chewy?
- No.
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So, as you can see,
our family is very close-knit.
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We also have pets.
Four greyhounds.
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Banshee,
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Starflash,
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Trailblazer and Coco.
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Coco is the best,
most successful Dad has ever had.
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She picked up two firsts
in the country and a third in town.
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Dad feeds them every morning
in big bowls...
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that Steve made out
of tractor hubcaps.
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They are good dogs. Good to Dad.
And Dad is good to them.
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All of them are descended
from his first dog, Red Rocket.
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Dad never stops marveling
at the beauty of the greyhound.
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In fact, he doesn't even
race them for the money.
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He reckons they are noble animals.
Skinny and sleek...
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and have a beautiful snout.
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Another thing Dad loves
is his boat. Sea Lady.
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He cleans it every Saturday
with something else Steve built.
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It's a brush
with a hose in it.
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Dad never stops marveling
at Steve's ideas.
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He's a ideas man, Steve.
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Steve gave it to Dad
for Father's Day.
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That's something our family
prides itself on. Presents.
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Even though none of us
have a real lot of money,
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we love giving
each other presents.
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- He got a rod and reel from Trace.
- A rod and reel.
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- I gave him a new muzzle.
- A muzzle.
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Wayne sent him an ashtray
he'd made in prison shop.
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An ashtray?
But I don't smoke.
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And Mum, well, Mum got him a big German
beer mug from Franklin Mint.
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Dad couldn't believe his eyes. It was
too good to even drink beer out of.
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I'd like
to do pottery.
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Oh, you should.
You'd be good at it.
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This is going straight
to the poolroom.
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All Dad's most prized possessions
are in the poolroom –
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all his mementos and things
that remind him of something special.
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So, by him saying it was
"going straight to the poolroom"
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meant he thought
it was special.
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That is a collector's item.
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This has been
the best Father's Day ever.
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Of course there
were ups and downs.
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Wayne being in jail
was an example of a down.
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But, all in all,
3 Highview Crescent was a happy home.
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Dad called it his castle.
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But one day in June,
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a knock at the door
was to change all that.
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- Yeah?
- Mr. Darryl Kerrigan?
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- Yeah?
- John Clifton.
I'm from the local council.
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- Is this about the dogs?
- No.
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- The aerial? The extensions?
- No.
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Look, if this is about
my truck on the nature strip,
I've had it out with you guys.
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No, I'm a valuer
with the local council.
I'm here to do a land valuation.
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- What for?
- Well, all properties
get valued from time to time.
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So, you'd be able
to give me a value on this place?
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- That's my job.
- That'd be good.
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- Do you want me
to show you around?
- If you wouldn't mind.
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Oh, not at all.
Be pleased to.
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Because, between you and me,
I reckon the values around here are--
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As you can see,
I've put a fair bit of work into it.
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Would you like me to point out
the features as we go along?
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- If you wouldn't mind.
- You see that lace up there?
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- Yeah?
- Fake. Plastic.
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Gives the place
a Victoriana feel.
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The chimney? Fake too.
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Why is it there?
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Charm. Adds a bit of charm.
Look at the size of that aerial.
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That's a big aerial.
What do you think? Add a bit of value?
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- Hard to say. Yeah.
- Yeah.
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You can overcapitalize,
can't you?
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But it's a huge aerial.
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And this is my backyard.
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- Shuttle. From Melbourne to Sidney.
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- How close are you
to the end of the runway?
- Ah, just over the fence.
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- Is that the runway there?
- Yeah.
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- There?
- Yeah.
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Beautiful machines.
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Sometimes you think
they're gonna land right on top of you.
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Freaks the dogs, though.
Greyhounds.
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Large kennel.
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Well, originally, it was a tree house
when the kids were growing up.
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I was thinking of turning it
into another room.
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- But the county said no.
- Ah.
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Now, here back, all landfill.
Not allowed to build there.
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- Has the soil been tested?
- Oh, yeah.
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Nothing too serious
in there.
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What do you know
about lead?
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Oh, this is
beautiful, darl.
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- What do you call these things again?
- Meat loaf.
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Everybody cooks
meat loaf, darl.
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Yeah, but it's
what you do with them.
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Mum reckons the trick is you
don't use minced meat.
She gets topside and crushes it.
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Is that right, darl?
Well, it shows.
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She gets silverside
and she'll crush that too.
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Dad, a guy's selling
a pair of jousting sticks.
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Jousting sticks?
What does he want for them?
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- Make us an offer.
- Darl, what do you want
with jousting sticks?
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Oh, I don't know. But I reckon they
wouldn't come up all that often.
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But they're jousting sticks.
What would anyone want
with jousting sticks?
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Well, if you get them
for half price, it's a bargain.
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- Give him a call?
- Yeah.
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I'll be interested to see
this fella's valuation.
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- Are you thinking
of selling, Dad?
- Oh, no, mate, no.
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But it would be nice to know
what we're sitting on here.
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Clay.
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No, mate.
The value of the house.
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You know, it's odd, because
Farouk reckoned he had
some bloke around as well.
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Must've been doing
the whole street.
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- Maybe the market's on the move.
- Here?
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Dad? Four-fifty.
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For jousting sticks?
Tell him he's dreaming.
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How much is a jousting stick worth,
Dad?
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Well, it couldn't be more
than 250.
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00:13:10,778 --> 00:13:14,370
- Depending on the condition.
- When do we find out?
232
00:13:14,445 --> 00:13:18,172
Well, we should have the official notice
in a couple of weeks.
233
00:13:18,245 --> 00:13:20,212
But just quietly,
234
00:13:20,279 --> 00:13:24,769
I reckon we could be in
for a little surprise.
235
00:13:24,878 --> 00:13:27,810
Compulsorily acquired.
236
00:13:29,379 --> 00:13:31,811
Compulsorily acquired.
237
00:13:33,378 --> 00:13:36,642
You know what this means,
don't you?
238
00:13:36,712 --> 00:13:41,575
- They're acquiring it compulsorily.
- It must be a mistake.
239
00:13:41,645 --> 00:13:44,579
They're gonna take our place,
and we don't get a say in it.
240
00:13:44,647 --> 00:13:49,012
- Well, how can they do that?
- I don't know. 70,000 bucks.
241
00:13:49,079 --> 00:13:51,136
Who the hell
is Air Link?
242
00:13:51,212 --> 00:13:55,336
- Dad, a guy's selling seven coolers.
- Hang on, Steve.
243
00:13:55,412 --> 00:13:57,673
What's that?
Is this about Wayne?
244
00:13:57,744 --> 00:14:00,209
No, no. Look.
245
00:14:00,278 --> 00:14:02,471
What do you make
of that?
246
00:14:04,878 --> 00:14:08,776
Jesus. This is
a kick-out notice.
247
00:14:08,845 --> 00:14:12,800
I'll get it. I'll get it.
248
00:14:17,778 --> 00:14:20,367
- Ah, good day, Farouk.
- Hello, Mr. Kerrigan.
249
00:14:20,443 --> 00:14:22,534
Can you read to me something,
please, I get today?
250
00:14:22,612 --> 00:14:25,043
Yeah, sure, mate,
but I'm a bit busy at the moment.
251
00:14:25,111 --> 00:14:28,079
Can I-- Can I come--
252
00:14:28,146 --> 00:14:31,838
- Shit. You got one too.
- Got what?
253
00:14:31,910 --> 00:14:35,367
What the hell
is going on?
254
00:14:35,444 --> 00:14:39,069
Jesus Christ.
Jack!
255
00:14:49,645 --> 00:14:52,405
Jack, it's Darryl, mate.
256
00:14:58,278 --> 00:15:01,767
Someone is going
to take me house, Darryl.
257
00:15:08,844 --> 00:15:12,936
- Mr. Kerrigan.
- Yeah. Yeah.
258
00:15:15,311 --> 00:15:17,402
Mr. Kerrigan--
259
00:15:17,479 --> 00:15:20,773
Darryl, this is
a compulsory acquisition.
260
00:15:20,845 --> 00:15:22,969
Yeah.
261
00:15:23,045 --> 00:15:26,531
Mr. Kerrigan,
the airport is expanding.
262
00:15:26,609 --> 00:15:29,403
They're setting up one of the largest
freight-handling facilities...
263
00:15:29,478 --> 00:15:32,875
in the Southern Hemisphere,
and they need a great deal of space.
264
00:15:32,944 --> 00:15:35,432
Yeah.
265
00:15:35,512 --> 00:15:40,035
And your house...
is on that space.
266
00:15:40,113 --> 00:15:42,668
Yeah. Yeah,my house.
267
00:15:42,745 --> 00:15:45,176
That's right. Your house.
268
00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:47,368
That's why
you'll be duly compensated.
269
00:15:47,443 --> 00:15:51,673
No. No, you've missed the point.
I'm not interested in compensation.
270
00:15:51,744 --> 00:15:54,041
I don't wanna go.
271
00:15:54,112 --> 00:15:56,269
Under the laws
of compulsory acquisition--
272
00:15:56,344 --> 00:16:00,003
and I don't necessarily
agree with those laws--
273
00:16:00,076 --> 00:16:02,565
I can understand
the pain and trouble--
274
00:16:02,643 --> 00:16:05,236
Would you stop pretending
to be on my side?
275
00:16:06,811 --> 00:16:09,469
All right, Mr. Kerrigan,
I'll state this simply.
276
00:16:09,544 --> 00:16:11,477
There is
an ironclad agreement...
277
00:16:11,545 --> 00:16:14,375
between federal, state
and local governments
and the Airports Commission.
278
00:16:14,443 --> 00:16:16,375
Yeah?
279
00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:20,840
Well, where's the agreement
with Darryl Kerrigan,
3 Highview Crescent, Coolaroo?
280
00:16:20,910 --> 00:16:24,434
Where'sthat agreement?
281
00:16:24,510 --> 00:16:28,773
It's not gonna happen.
282
00:17:33,443 --> 00:17:35,999
I don't know, Darryl.
This isn't my area.
283
00:17:36,073 --> 00:17:39,269
What do you mean this is not your area?
This is law.
284
00:17:39,343 --> 00:17:41,773
Darryl, the airport
wants to buy your place.
285
00:17:41,841 --> 00:17:45,913
Airports come under federal law.
Federal? I just do small stuff.
286
00:17:45,990 --> 00:17:47,931
Conveyancing, magistrates.
287
00:17:47,999 --> 00:17:50,840
- You defended Wayne.
- Yeah, and he got eight years.
288
00:17:50,910 --> 00:17:54,377
Yeah, but you did your best.
I mean, you can hold your head up high.
289
00:17:54,455 --> 00:17:56,726
He was the one that
held up the service station.
290
00:17:56,799 --> 00:17:59,904
- I don't know anything
about this sort of stuff.
- But they can't do this.
291
00:17:59,980 --> 00:18:03,356
- I don't know. Maybe they can.
- They can't.
292
00:18:03,424 --> 00:18:06,493
Look, I'll ring around
and I'll see what I can find out.
293
00:18:06,569 --> 00:18:09,241
Good on you, Dennis. Eh.
294
00:18:09,316 --> 00:18:11,253
How is Wayne?
295
00:18:11,321 --> 00:18:15,200
Good. Yeah, good.
Behaving himself.
296
00:18:15,268 --> 00:18:17,577
- Any word?
- Nah, nah.
297
00:18:17,646 --> 00:18:21,183
They reckon he's still
a couple of years off.
298
00:18:21,259 --> 00:18:23,460
I'll let you know.
299
00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:26,034
But Dad was never one
to bring worries home.
300
00:18:27,118 --> 00:18:31,464
Even in the down times he'd still
tell us funny stories about his day.
301
00:18:31,534 --> 00:18:35,502
It's a head-on between
a Geo and a Volksy.
302
00:18:35,579 --> 00:18:39,655
Dad also had a way
of making everyone feel important.
303
00:18:39,732 --> 00:18:42,639
Come on, Dale.
Tell 'em.
304
00:18:42,708 --> 00:18:46,451
Go on. Tell 'em.
Dale dug a hole.
305
00:18:46,524 --> 00:18:49,330
- Like the time I dug a hole.
- Started the patio.
306
00:18:49,403 --> 00:18:53,211
- Good on you, Dale.
- And he'd compliment Mum every
single night on her cooking.
307
00:18:53,281 --> 00:18:57,161
Well, hello.
How's this, boys? Whoo-hoo!
308
00:18:57,230 --> 00:18:59,731
- What do you call this?
- Chicken.
309
00:18:59,807 --> 00:19:03,081
- Yeah, but it's got something
sprinkled on it.
- Seasoning.
310
00:19:03,154 --> 00:19:05,093
Seasoning.
311
00:19:05,162 --> 00:19:08,001
Looks like everybody's
kicked a goal.
312
00:19:08,072 --> 00:19:10,011
How are our
backs feeling?
313
00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,254
Steve did get them
ergonometric chairs.
314
00:19:13,327 --> 00:19:16,132
And Mum had already
started prettying hers up.
315
00:19:16,203 --> 00:19:19,409
Dad placed a great deal
of importance on mealtime.
316
00:19:19,482 --> 00:19:21,423
He had
a very strict rule:
317
00:19:21,491 --> 00:19:25,963
When the family starts to eat,
the television is definitely
turned down.
318
00:19:26,042 --> 00:19:30,457
But as soon as we've finished eating,
it's a different story.
319
00:19:30,525 --> 00:19:33,298
That was great.
320
00:19:33,370 --> 00:19:36,347
Dad, 7:30.
321
00:19:36,415 --> 00:19:39,654
All right,
time for some fun.
322
00:19:39,727 --> 00:19:43,607
Dad reckons there's only one show better
than Funniest Home Videos,
323
00:19:43,676 --> 00:19:46,549
and that's The Best
of Funniest Home Videos.
324
00:19:46,619 --> 00:19:50,432
It made Dad laugh. And when Dad laughed,
his whole body joined in.
325
00:19:50,503 --> 00:19:52,535
And then we would too.
326
00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:54,879
Doggy breath!
327
00:19:54,953 --> 00:19:59,629
It was funny how on the fun nights,
part of me got sad,
328
00:19:59,702 --> 00:20:03,046
'cause I'd think about
my big brother in prison
and wonder what he was doing.
329
00:20:04,622 --> 00:20:07,120
Wayne always reckoned
he was doing fine,
330
00:20:07,198 --> 00:20:11,581
but I get the feeling
he was missing us more
than he was letting on.
331
00:20:11,650 --> 00:20:14,318
It'll be great
when he comes home.
332
00:20:22,088 --> 00:20:24,291
You're a ripper, Dennis.
333
00:20:24,364 --> 00:20:28,780
I said you're
a bloody ripper!
334
00:20:28,848 --> 00:20:32,385
Yeah, okay.
335
00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:36,669
- That's it, Sal. All fixed.
- What did he say?
336
00:20:36,746 --> 00:20:41,628
He said I have recourse
to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
337
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:45,166
All I gotta do is run
up there, put my case,
and they can go and get stuffed.
338
00:20:45,247 --> 00:20:47,185
Good on you, darl.
339
00:20:47,253 --> 00:20:50,128
- He still hasn't noticed, Mum.
- What?
340
00:20:50,197 --> 00:20:54,076
- Oh, it's finished.
- Today.
341
00:20:54,147 --> 00:20:57,282
How is that?
You should open a shop.
342
00:20:57,356 --> 00:21:01,202
Dad, some guy's selling
an overhead projector.
343
00:21:01,272 --> 00:21:03,213
Nah--
344
00:21:03,281 --> 00:21:06,226
Nah, hang on, Steve.
What's he asking?
345
00:21:06,293 --> 00:21:09,737
- One-fifty.
- Tell him he's dreaming.
346
00:21:09,805 --> 00:21:13,182
- Yeah.
- So what else
did Dennis have to say?
347
00:21:13,251 --> 00:21:16,286
- Nothing. It's fixed.
- Yeah, but when's the hearing?
348
00:21:16,364 --> 00:21:18,966
Monday. And I know exactly
what I'm gonna say.
349
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,645
- Don't babble on, darl.
- I don't babble on.
When do I babble on?
350
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,562
- You do babble on.
- All right.
351
00:21:25,632 --> 00:21:28,576
But I tell you
what we're gonna do.
352
00:21:28,644 --> 00:21:31,383
Friday we're gonna
pick up Trace and Con,
353
00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:35,629
and then we're going straight up
to Bonnie Doon for the weekend.
354
00:21:35,703 --> 00:21:40,051
And we're not worrying about
those clowns for another second.
355
00:21:40,122 --> 00:21:44,070
- Mum! Price is Right'son.
- All right, eh.
356
00:21:44,138 --> 00:21:48,085
I'd better ring up Farouk and Jack
and Evonne and the others...
357
00:21:48,154 --> 00:21:51,325
and tell 'em
what's going on.
358
00:21:57,187 --> 00:22:01,535
Trace and Con had
a great honeymoon in Thailand.
359
00:22:01,604 --> 00:22:04,546
We met them as they came off
the plane with a baggage cart,
360
00:22:04,614 --> 00:22:07,558
which was lucky 'cause
they had heaps of stuff.
361
00:22:09,634 --> 00:22:12,977
We couldn't wait to hear all
the stories about their trip,
362
00:22:13,048 --> 00:22:15,489
and we didn't have
to wait all that long either.
363
00:22:15,558 --> 00:22:18,399
'Cause one of the good things
about living next to the airport...
364
00:22:18,468 --> 00:22:20,909
is that it doesn't
take long to walk home.
365
00:22:31,584 --> 00:22:34,896
And they had these masks
which you put over your eyes
when you're sleeping...
366
00:22:34,966 --> 00:22:36,903
so that you can't
see anything.
367
00:22:36,971 --> 00:22:39,413
- And they were complimentary.
- Yeah, they were for free.
368
00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:41,545
It was the first time
anyone in our family...
369
00:22:41,624 --> 00:22:43,564
had traveled
outside the county.
370
00:22:43,632 --> 00:22:45,902
And we just sat glued
listening to all the details.
371
00:22:45,973 --> 00:22:48,710
Oh, Mum, we had a choice between fish
and Beef Wellington.
372
00:22:48,782 --> 00:22:51,591
- Beef Wellington?
- What's that, darl?
373
00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:53,966
It's beef
done in pastry.
374
00:22:54,036 --> 00:22:56,673
And it was an absolute
credit to the airline.
375
00:22:56,748 --> 00:22:58,688
- Did they show a film?
- Two.
376
00:22:58,756 --> 00:23:00,697
- Two?
- Yeah.
377
00:23:00,764 --> 00:23:02,897
- And they also had--
- What were they?
378
00:23:02,972 --> 00:23:06,110
- We saw Twister. And they had--
- Was it on a screen or a telly?
379
00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:10,256
Telly. And they had
easy listening, classic gold,
contemporary rock, world--
380
00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:12,604
What was the other one,
the other film?
381
00:23:12,677 --> 00:23:15,117
- Uh,Juman-- Jumanji, yeah.
-Jumanji.
382
00:23:15,341 --> 00:23:18,228
- And with the headphones--
- Which one was first?
383
00:23:18,296 --> 00:23:20,715
- Twister. You could
turn the sound all--
- How many on the way back?
384
00:23:20,785 --> 00:23:23,706
- Dale! You can ask all this later.
- Sorry, Trace.
385
00:23:23,772 --> 00:23:26,919
It was so dry in the plane
that your hair actually dehydrates.
386
00:23:26,995 --> 00:23:31,031
- Doesn't it, Con?
- It loses its moisture.
- It's so interesting.
387
00:23:31,108 --> 00:23:32,752
We could have
listened for hours,
388
00:23:33,353 --> 00:23:35,086
but then it
was presents time.
389
00:23:35,371 --> 00:23:38,380
For you, Dad. It's a samurai sword
letter opener.
390
00:23:38,458 --> 00:23:40,574
That is handcrafted.
391
00:23:40,649 --> 00:23:44,328
How's that, love?
That is just--
392
00:23:44,398 --> 00:23:46,877
This is going straight
to the poolroom.
393
00:23:46,954 --> 00:23:49,242
You should use it, Dad.
394
00:23:49,313 --> 00:23:52,389
This I am not even taking
out of the wrapper.
395
00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:57,105
They bought Mum a genuine Rolex
for 15 bucks off a guy at the beach.
396
00:23:57,179 --> 00:23:59,397
He said he'd mail
the warranty later.
397
00:23:59,470 --> 00:24:03,747
I got a necklace with a shark tooth.
They got a Walkman for Steve.
398
00:24:03,817 --> 00:24:07,236
'Cause it was Friday,
I told Trace I'd take
Wayne's present to him.
399
00:24:07,303 --> 00:24:10,379
It was an elephant,
'cause elephants bring good luck,
400
00:24:10,455 --> 00:24:13,172
especially if the trunks are up,
and his trunk was up.
401
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,091
It really made Wayne's day.
402
00:24:17,162 --> 00:24:20,012
- She's great, isn't she? Trace.
- Yeah.
403
00:24:20,081 --> 00:24:23,523
It brings good luck.
She's coming in on Monday.
404
00:24:23,601 --> 00:24:26,282
Great. And when's Dad going in
to do that hearing?
405
00:24:26,355 --> 00:24:28,281
- On Monday.
- Yeah?
406
00:24:28,348 --> 00:24:32,920
- Yeah. He reckons they can't do it.
- Dad would know.
407
00:24:32,995 --> 00:24:37,237
- You going up to
Bonnie Doon tonight?
- Yeah. Maybe. I don't know.
408
00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:40,625
I didn't want to tell Wayne
that we were going to Bonnie Doon,
409
00:24:40,694 --> 00:24:43,614
just in case he'd feel bad
that we were going to Bonnie Doon.
410
00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:47,380
He liked it there.
We all liked it there.
411
00:24:47,522 --> 00:24:50,451
* We're going to Bonnie Doon *
412
00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:53,531
We all left soon after,
except for Trace and Con.
413
00:24:53,607 --> 00:24:57,215
As you can just imagine,
they were just married and
wanted some time to themselves.
414
00:24:57,293 --> 00:24:59,541
So they drove up
in their own car.
415
00:24:59,614 --> 00:25:02,466
Dad had a song he used to sing
about going to Bonnie Doon.
416
00:25:02,537 --> 00:25:05,613
Only he sang it a lot,
and it was a bit repetitive.
417
00:25:05,689 --> 00:25:07,612
Darl!
418
00:25:13,566 --> 00:25:16,315
- Dad, radar!
419
00:25:23,667 --> 00:25:26,097
- How much did that cost?
- Seventy bucks.
420
00:25:26,237 --> 00:25:28,649
Just paid for itself.
421
00:25:30,606 --> 00:25:33,255
Dale, why don't you
unload the boat, Mate?
422
00:25:33,413 --> 00:25:36,455
Steve, don't forget
the dog food, pal.
423
00:25:41,073 --> 00:25:44,614
Hey, boy. Hey!
424
00:25:44,690 --> 00:25:49,399
- Bloody marvelous to be
up here, isn't it, Dale?
- Yeah.
425
00:25:49,468 --> 00:25:52,557
- Bonnie Doon.
- Dad loved Bonnie Doon.
426
00:25:52,575 --> 00:25:53,882
How do I describe it?
427
00:25:54,102 --> 00:25:56,388
It is a little town
on a big lake.
428
00:25:56,460 --> 00:26:01,166
It's a beautiful place,
especially this time of year
when the water levels are down.
429
00:26:01,239 --> 00:26:03,921
Dad could not believe his luck
when he found this place.
430
00:26:03,994 --> 00:26:06,416
It was a bargain,
and he couldn't work out why.
431
00:26:06,483 --> 00:26:09,493
It was just a block of land
with a beautiful view.
432
00:26:09,571 --> 00:26:12,355
It took him five years
to build this place.
433
00:26:12,425 --> 00:26:15,105
He bought an unfinished kit home
out of the Trading Post,
434
00:26:15,179 --> 00:26:18,620
built it in the backyard
and towed it up here with his truck.
435
00:26:18,699 --> 00:26:21,120
He was the only bloke
he knew with a holiday home.
436
00:26:21,189 --> 00:26:23,340
Not a mobile home,
a holiday home.
437
00:26:23,412 --> 00:26:25,992
And he reckoned we were
the luckiest family in the world.
438
00:26:26,066 --> 00:26:30,786
- Dale, I reckon we're the luckiest
family in the world. - Yeah.
439
00:26:30,787 --> 00:26:31,874
He loved the serenity of the place.
440
00:26:31,941 --> 00:26:33,964
How's the serenity?
441
00:26:34,108 --> 00:26:36,307
I think he also just loved the word.
442
00:26:36,442 --> 00:26:38,656
So much serenity.
443
00:26:40,223 --> 00:26:44,288
Let's get to bed.
Tomorrow is going to be a great day.
444
00:26:44,289 --> 00:26:45,051
Yeah.
445
00:26:48,425 --> 00:26:50,971
If there's one thing
Dad loved more than serenity,
446
00:26:51,047 --> 00:26:53,627
it was an outboard motor
on full throttle.
447
00:27:00,704 --> 00:27:04,246
Listen to that!
Singing like a bird!
448
00:27:04,322 --> 00:27:07,732
He just loved Bonnie Doon,
and he reckoned the faster you went,
449
00:27:07,732 --> 00:27:09,016
the more you saw of it.
450
00:27:09,077 --> 00:27:10,063
Look at that!
451
00:27:10,654 --> 00:27:13,834
- What?
- Back there.
452
00:27:13,835 --> 00:27:18,088
But eventually he found a place
he reckoned looked like a good spot.
453
00:27:18,089 --> 00:27:20,578
I reckon this looks like a good spot.
454
00:27:21,685 --> 00:27:24,793
Dad loved fishing. And he really
looked after his equipment.
455
00:27:25,222 --> 00:27:28,933
He said they only made on good rod.
It's called the 'Ugly Stick'
by Shakespeare.
456
00:27:29,086 --> 00:27:33,380
It's so strong, you can bend it
right around on itself.
457
00:27:33,381 --> 00:27:36,818
Look at that.
Bends right around on itself.
458
00:27:38,284 --> 00:27:41,044
The lake had trout,
redfin and carp.
459
00:27:41,118 --> 00:27:44,107
The carp was not a good eating fish,
but it was good catching.
460
00:27:44,107 --> 00:27:46,099
They could grow
to quite a size.
461
00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:49,619
Genuinely, that just hooked himself.
But occasionally Dad went crafty,
just nibbling at the bait.
462
00:27:51,288 --> 00:27:52,541
- Got a nibble.
463
00:27:52,924 --> 00:27:57,167
Dad reckoned that fishing
was 10 percent brains
and 95 percent muscle...
464
00:27:57,167 --> 00:27:59,502
and the rest
was just good luck.
465
00:28:01,998 --> 00:28:06,441
We all got a few carp that day,
and each of us know how to muscle fish.
466
00:28:10,924 --> 00:28:13,218
- Where's Con?
- Down the shops.
467
00:28:13,739 --> 00:28:15,422
You and Con talked about kids yet?
468
00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:18,468
Yeah – Con wants to start
straightaway.
469
00:28:18,469 --> 00:28:20,159
But, you know,
I've got a career.
470
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,401
Of course.
471
00:28:21,402 --> 00:28:24,176
So, I said I'm not having kids
until I'm at least 23.
472
00:28:24,177 --> 00:28:26,117
Times have changed.
473
00:28:40,955 --> 00:28:43,182
- Gail had a boy.
- Was he a whopper?
474
00:28:43,183 --> 00:28:46,308
Mmm, 10 pounds. They're gonna
be a big beefy family.
475
00:28:46,309 --> 00:28:50,727
Tyler Jay. Even the birth notice
was big – stork and everything.
476
00:28:50,728 --> 00:28:53,248
Shannon was nine pounds. - Mmm.
- What did you make then?
477
00:28:53,249 --> 00:28:56,199
Oh, I knitted a pair of bootees.
You always need bootees.
478
00:28:56,811 --> 00:28:59,506
- I reckon you should make
fake flowers. - Oh, yeah.
479
00:28:59,769 --> 00:29:01,642
- Jenny makes fake flowers.
- Jenny?
480
00:29:01,643 --> 00:29:02,912
- Yeah.
- Jenny Jenny?
481
00:29:02,913 --> 00:29:05,162
No, microwave Jenny. She reckons
the trick is to make 'em real
482
00:29:05,163 --> 00:29:08,177
but not too real, just real enough
to know that they're fake.
483
00:29:09,087 --> 00:29:11,980
- I'd like to do pottery.
- Wow! On a wheel?
484
00:29:11,985 --> 00:29:14,593
Yeah. I just love mugs.
485
00:29:15,361 --> 00:29:17,287
Yeah, I'd like
to make my own mugs.
486
00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:20,131
- Mum...
- Yeah?
487
00:29:20,393 --> 00:29:21,760
- What's the matter?
- Nothing.
488
00:29:22,841 --> 00:29:24,049
- You worried about the house?
- No.
489
00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:28,915
- Dad said everything's
gonna be OK.
- Of course it is, darl.
490
00:29:34,633 --> 00:29:37,863
We ended up with four carp
and one redfin –
491
00:29:37,933 --> 00:29:42,558
a reasonable day's fishing,
considering we had to get back
earlier when Coco got seasick.
492
00:29:42,636 --> 00:29:45,294
Steve wasn't looking
all that flash either.
493
00:29:50,401 --> 00:29:53,333
Keep it still, Trace.
494
00:29:55,199 --> 00:29:57,132
Disciplined,
isn't he, Sal?
495
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,333
Here are you and I relaxing,
having a beer, and he's still training.
496
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,890
Yeah, he just loves
that sport.
497
00:30:05,967 --> 00:30:09,627
- Well, you gotta have
a passion for something.
- Yeah.
498
00:30:12,566 --> 00:30:15,794
How's the serenity?
499
00:30:18,299 --> 00:30:21,790
Dad! Where do you want me to put
the chicken coop?
500
00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:24,391
Up the back, Steve.
501
00:30:26,869 --> 00:30:30,460
45 bucks. You couldn't buy
the materials for that.
502
00:30:30,533 --> 00:30:33,521
Now, what do you want
with a chicken coop?
503
00:30:33,602 --> 00:30:36,033
And what do we want
with a kit home?
504
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,692
Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
505
00:30:39,767 --> 00:30:43,129
Now, give me a kiss,
you big hunk of a man.
506
00:31:18,330 --> 00:31:22,461
Marvellous, ain't it?
The lake, the kids.
507
00:31:26,665 --> 00:31:30,095
Oh, look at the dogs!
Don't they love it?
508
00:31:33,170 --> 00:31:35,129
Oh, smell that!
509
00:31:36,365 --> 00:31:38,629
- Two-stroke.
- Yep.
510
00:31:40,923 --> 00:31:43,287
Pity Wayne can't be here.
511
00:31:43,355 --> 00:31:46,945
- Darl.
- No, no, I could've done better.
512
00:31:48,522 --> 00:31:52,147
Well, let's start
cooking this feast.
513
00:31:52,222 --> 00:31:55,212
- Who ordered medium rare?
- Me.
514
00:31:55,291 --> 00:31:57,221
Good stuff.
515
00:31:57,288 --> 00:32:00,014
Check that, Steve.
It could be a little underdone.
516
00:32:00,086 --> 00:32:04,612
- I bet they don't have places
like this in Thailand, Con.
- No, Mr. Kerrigan.
517
00:32:04,688 --> 00:32:07,656
Hey, hey, hey.
"Darryl" now, mate.
518
00:32:07,723 --> 00:32:10,018
Sorry, Darryl.
519
00:32:10,089 --> 00:32:13,952
- It's a good place, though.
- Yeah, yeah, I'm curious.
520
00:32:14,023 --> 00:32:18,454
Now, I know it's unfair
to compare anyplace to Bonnie Doon,
521
00:32:18,522 --> 00:32:20,952
but why would I want to go there
instead of here?
522
00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:23,953
- It's for young people, Dad.
- I know that, Trace.
523
00:32:24,021 --> 00:32:27,681
- It's the culture, Darryl.
The place is full of culture.
- Chockers.
524
00:32:27,755 --> 00:32:29,688
- Oh, yeah.
- Something for everyone.
525
00:32:29,757 --> 00:32:32,016
- What was that movie again, Con?
- Dale.
526
00:32:32,088 --> 00:32:34,020
There were so many stories.
527
00:32:34,088 --> 00:32:36,519
At the hotel
Trace and I were staying in,
they had this one channel:
528
00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:39,111
kickboxing, 24 hours a day.
529
00:32:40,018 --> 00:32:43,241
It was just so interesting
to hear about another county.
530
00:32:43,243 --> 00:32:46,538
Meals were 5 dollars, mum –
the most beautiful satays.
531
00:32:46,539 --> 00:32:47,370
What's that, darl?
532
00:32:47,371 --> 00:32:50,852
It's meat on a skewer with
peanut sauce and grilled.
533
00:32:50,865 --> 00:32:53,559
And the stories
went on and on all night.
534
00:32:53,716 --> 00:32:57,079
The value for money is
absolutely second to none.
535
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,726
- One of the other Sony Walkmans...
- With presets?
536
00:32:59,727 --> 00:33:04,074
Yeah, presets AND megabass –
$85 Australian.
537
00:33:04,419 --> 00:33:06,189
- Wow!
- Bargain? - Shit yeah!
538
00:33:07,643 --> 00:33:10,545
But I reckon someone like you, Steve,
could have got him down even further.
539
00:33:11,639 --> 00:33:13,592
I can't wait to go to Bangkok.
540
00:33:14,275 --> 00:33:17,403
- It's great to have you two back.
- It's great to be back.
541
00:33:17,914 --> 00:33:20,405
Great to be up here.
542
00:33:20,481 --> 00:33:24,349
They haven't got
a place like this in Bangkok.
543
00:33:24,417 --> 00:33:26,814
How's the serenity?
544
00:33:28,482 --> 00:33:30,415
Not a sound.
545
00:33:40,392 --> 00:33:43,071
On Monday morning Dad
was chomping at the bit.
546
00:33:43,082 --> 00:33:46,277
- Feeling good, Sal.
- Good on you, darl.
547
00:33:46,350 --> 00:33:48,612
Steve, could you move
the Corolla?
548
00:33:48,683 --> 00:33:51,115
I need to get to the Torana out
so I can get to the Commodore.
549
00:33:51,183 --> 00:33:53,615
I'll have to get the keys
to the Cortina if I'm going
to move that Corolla.
550
00:33:53,682 --> 00:33:56,113
- Watch the boat, mate.
- Yeah.
551
00:33:56,183 --> 00:33:58,705
- Know why I'm feeling good, Sal?
- Why?
552
00:33:58,783 --> 00:34:02,714
I'll tell you why.
Because this is an example
of the individual.
553
00:34:02,781 --> 00:34:05,544
Of how the individual,
if he has the guts to stand up...
554
00:34:05,617 --> 00:34:08,946
and shove it right up
those people who think
they can stand on top of you.
555
00:34:09,017 --> 00:34:12,380
The people who think
they can do that, that's why.
556
00:34:17,785 --> 00:34:19,805
What do you mean
what's my plea?
557
00:34:20,066 --> 00:34:22,395
- What is the case you are putting?
- I told you.
558
00:34:22,464 --> 00:34:25,625
I mean, you just can't walk in
and take a man's house.
559
00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:28,631
Mr. Kerrigan, are you disputing
the amount of compensation?
560
00:34:28,698 --> 00:34:33,563
I'm not interested in compensation.
I'm saying that you can't kick me out.
561
00:34:33,631 --> 00:34:35,927
Very well.
562
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,464
- What is your argument?
- That's it.
563
00:34:38,531 --> 00:34:42,365
That's my argument.
You can't kick me out.
564
00:34:42,433 --> 00:34:46,421
And on what law do you base
that argument?
565
00:34:46,498 --> 00:34:50,058
- The law
of bloody common sense!
- Mr. Kerrigan.
566
00:34:50,132 --> 00:34:53,722
- I must ask you
to restrain yourself.
- Yeah, all right.
567
00:34:53,797 --> 00:34:58,233
Mr. Kerrigan, this is
the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
568
00:34:58,299 --> 00:35:01,628
You are an applicant.
You need to show--
569
00:35:01,698 --> 00:35:05,425
I need to show?
So it's up to me, is it?
570
00:35:05,499 --> 00:35:09,159
Mr. Kerrigan, Air Link,
as a federal authority,
571
00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:11,926
has the right to purchase property
compulsorily.
572
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,794
And, as far as I can see,
you have offered no evidence
to refute that right.
573
00:35:16,867 --> 00:35:18,890
No evidence?
574
00:35:18,964 --> 00:35:23,625
It's not a house. It's a home.
A man's home is his castle.
575
00:35:23,698 --> 00:35:28,653
I mean, it's-- it's--
it's Jack's castle.
It's Farou-Farouk's castle.
576
00:35:28,731 --> 00:35:31,094
You just can't walk in
and steal our homes.
577
00:35:31,164 --> 00:35:34,097
- You will be compensated.
- I don't wanna be compensated.
578
00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,597
You can't buy
what I've got.
579
00:35:38,163 --> 00:35:41,599
Mr. Kerrigan, I am rapidly
running out of patience.
580
00:35:41,666 --> 00:35:45,324
- You're running out of patience.
- What is your case in law?
581
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,830
Well, okay, um,
582
00:35:49,897 --> 00:35:55,022
the law is supposed
to be about justice-- no, fairness.
583
00:35:55,098 --> 00:36:00,256
And I know that sometimes
what is right and fair is
not clear-cut. It's a bit iffy.
584
00:36:00,331 --> 00:36:05,387
But this is not iffy.
I mean, this is as clear as day.
585
00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:10,622
It is right and fair
that a family be allowed
to live in its own house.
586
00:36:10,698 --> 00:36:13,095
That is justice.
587
00:36:14,665 --> 00:36:17,257
I rest my case.
588
00:36:19,465 --> 00:36:23,260
Dad reckoned he'd nailed it.
Farouk agreed.
589
00:36:26,063 --> 00:36:28,725
But Dad was wrong.
590
00:36:28,799 --> 00:36:33,789
I can't believe I lost.
I've let you down.
591
00:36:33,865 --> 00:36:37,296
No, no, Mr. Kerrigan.
You do good job.
592
00:36:37,362 --> 00:36:40,558
- Please, Farouk, call me Darryl.
- Okay, Mr. Darryl.
593
00:36:40,631 --> 00:36:43,754
But, you know, I never heard that one
you say before.
594
00:36:43,831 --> 00:36:47,126
"A man's home is his castle."
Well, that's an old saying.
595
00:36:47,196 --> 00:36:51,561
No, no. Other one. Other one.
"Is not house, is home."
596
00:36:51,630 --> 00:36:54,688
Farouk, I lost.
597
00:36:54,765 --> 00:36:57,390
I know, Mr. Darryl.
598
00:36:57,464 --> 00:37:00,090
Farouk, how much
are they paying you?
599
00:37:00,165 --> 00:37:03,358
- $65,000.
- For your place?
600
00:37:03,431 --> 00:37:07,829
Yes. They say the plane,
they fly overhead, drop the value.
601
00:37:07,898 --> 00:37:11,886
I don't care. In Beirut,
plane fly overhead, drop bomb.
602
00:37:11,964 --> 00:37:16,191
- I like this plane.
- What are we going to do, Darryl?
603
00:37:16,263 --> 00:37:18,229
I don't know, Jack.
604
00:37:18,299 --> 00:37:22,162
This is the only place I can afford.
I don't wanna move.
605
00:37:22,232 --> 00:37:24,163
You see what
they're doing, Sal?
606
00:37:24,229 --> 00:37:26,389
Mm.
607
00:37:26,462 --> 00:37:30,123
- How long you lived here, Jack?
- Three years.
608
00:37:30,197 --> 00:37:33,753
Now, in the area.
How long have you lived around here?
609
00:37:33,830 --> 00:37:35,922
Fifty-seven years.
610
00:37:35,998 --> 00:37:39,522
Fifty-seven years.
611
00:37:39,597 --> 00:37:43,825
And they're gonna
kick you out on your ass.
612
00:37:43,896 --> 00:37:48,260
Well, bugger 'em.
I'm not giving up, Jack.
613
00:37:48,329 --> 00:37:52,764
If they wanna play things by the law,
fine. We'll play by the law.
614
00:37:52,830 --> 00:37:55,795
But they're not
the only big guns in town.
615
00:37:55,862 --> 00:38:00,319
If it's gonna be lawyers, I'm gonna
hit them with the big artillery.
616
00:38:00,428 --> 00:38:04,885
Hang on, Darryl.
Jesus, these fucking photocopiers.
617
00:38:04,963 --> 00:38:07,895
What the fuck is that?
I cleared tray three.
618
00:38:07,962 --> 00:38:09,895
Why don't you get your girl
to do that for you?
619
00:38:09,963 --> 00:38:14,123
She's not here on Mondays.
She does Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.
620
00:38:14,196 --> 00:38:16,958
F-3. What the fuck
is that?
621
00:38:17,031 --> 00:38:19,258
- Dennis, how did it go?
- Not good.
622
00:38:19,331 --> 00:38:23,262
I spoke to every barrister I know.
No one wants to touch it.
623
00:38:23,329 --> 00:38:25,660
All right. You do it.
624
00:38:25,729 --> 00:38:28,218
I told you, Darryl,
I'm not qualified.
625
00:38:28,295 --> 00:38:31,695
You're not qualified?
Now I've heard everything.
626
00:38:31,764 --> 00:38:33,922
What do you mean
you're not qualified?
627
00:38:33,996 --> 00:38:36,361
I mean I'm not
in the big time.
628
00:38:36,430 --> 00:38:38,419
You have lost faith
in yourself, Dennis.
629
00:38:38,499 --> 00:38:41,292
- Darryl--
- You have lost faith.
630
00:38:41,363 --> 00:38:45,318
Darryl, it's over my head.
It's over your head too.
631
00:38:45,396 --> 00:38:49,328
Over my head? Dennis.
632
00:38:49,397 --> 00:38:52,521
- Darryl, have you heard
of the Barlow Group?
-No.
633
00:38:52,597 --> 00:38:56,121
It's basically a big investment company
controlled by three blokes...
634
00:38:56,197 --> 00:38:58,128
worth about
a half a billion each.
635
00:38:58,196 --> 00:39:00,752
Well, the Barlow Group
is Air Link.
636
00:39:00,829 --> 00:39:03,058
I thought Air Link
was the government.
637
00:39:03,130 --> 00:39:07,256
It's a government authority,
but all the money's coming from Barlow.
638
00:39:07,329 --> 00:39:11,920
It's a way of privatizing
without privatizing.
Anyway, it's a big, big thing.
639
00:39:11,995 --> 00:39:14,984
Every level of government.
Huge investment.
640
00:39:16,062 --> 00:39:18,187
All right, fine.
So they're big.
641
00:39:18,263 --> 00:39:20,252
But why do they
wantmy house?
642
00:39:20,330 --> 00:39:23,728
Why don't they just fill in
the old quarry and build it there?
643
00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:26,815
I don't know. Maybe it's just cheaper
to pull down more houses.
644
00:39:26,895 --> 00:39:31,589
- So we fight 'em.
- Darryl, they want this thing to work.
645
00:39:31,661 --> 00:39:36,618
- They're gonna get their way.
- And you know why people
like that get their way?
646
00:39:36,696 --> 00:39:40,129
Because people like us
don't stand up to 'em.
647
00:39:40,196 --> 00:39:42,388
Now, they've still
gotta play by the rules.
648
00:39:42,462 --> 00:39:46,451
Darryl, they write the rules.
They own the game.
649
00:39:46,528 --> 00:39:50,461
Fuck, Dennis. It's my fucking house.
You're not gonna run scared on me.
650
00:39:51,894 --> 00:39:54,225
I can't do this by myself.
651
00:39:54,295 --> 00:39:57,092
All right, mate.
652
00:39:57,163 --> 00:39:59,889
Let me think about it.
653
00:40:04,628 --> 00:40:08,857
- Con's working late tonight.
- He's just so busy.
654
00:40:08,929 --> 00:40:11,861
I cannot believe
this postcard arrived today.
655
00:40:11,931 --> 00:40:14,019
Thanks
for dropping in.
656
00:40:14,095 --> 00:40:16,185
How's he treating
my princess?
657
00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:18,192
Dad!
658
00:40:18,261 --> 00:40:21,091
All right,
all right.
659
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,150
You saw
some amazing things.
660
00:40:24,229 --> 00:40:26,888
Now, that is
a bloody big statue.
661
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,223
- Yeah, and it's all made of gold.
- Is that so?
662
00:40:32,662 --> 00:40:35,059
This bloke's
gonna win the cars.
663
00:40:35,128 --> 00:40:38,422
- How's the salon?
- Good.
664
00:40:38,494 --> 00:40:40,428
And look at these models.
665
00:40:40,495 --> 00:40:44,927
They've got ripper bodies,
but they let themselves down
in the hair department.
666
00:40:44,994 --> 00:40:48,858
You ought to contact
Channel Nine, get
a contract with them.
667
00:40:48,928 --> 00:40:51,122
Dad, it doesn't work
like that.
668
00:40:51,193 --> 00:40:55,751
Well, look at them and look at you.
Now, that is a head of hair.
669
00:40:55,828 --> 00:40:58,760
- Just beautiful.
- Thanks, Dad.
670
00:40:58,828 --> 00:41:00,849
I'm only stating
the truth.
671
00:41:00,930 --> 00:41:03,691
Dad, what's a pulpit?
672
00:41:03,762 --> 00:41:08,091
Where the minister gives
his sermon from. How much?
673
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,957
- Eight hundred.
- Dreaming.
674
00:41:12,027 --> 00:41:15,289
Actually, I know how
to get you on there.
675
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,554
- Send in a photo of you
for the home viewers.
- Dad, if you dare.
676
00:41:19,627 --> 00:41:23,221
- Oh, I've got quite a few lying around.
- Dad!
677
00:41:23,294 --> 00:41:26,919
Actually, I think I've got one taken
when you were two...
678
00:41:26,993 --> 00:41:28,926
and you didn't have
any clothes on.
679
00:41:28,994 --> 00:41:30,926
Dad! Don't you--
680
00:41:30,994 --> 00:41:33,823
- Quite a few to choose from there.
- Don't-- No!
681
00:41:38,395 --> 00:41:41,588
That night I thought of Wayne again.
682
00:41:41,661 --> 00:41:45,185
I wondered what he was doing
and whether the elephant's
trunk was still up.
683
00:41:45,262 --> 00:41:47,193
'Cause that
brings good luck.
684
00:42:00,961 --> 00:42:02,893
So, in conclusion,
685
00:42:02,962 --> 00:42:06,585
my client will be appealing the decision
to the federal court...
686
00:42:06,661 --> 00:42:11,060
and, as an interim, will
be seeking an injunction...
687
00:42:11,127 --> 00:42:14,890
to stop any further action
in this matter.
688
00:42:14,961 --> 00:42:17,893
Sincerely, Dennis Denuto.
689
00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:52,419
Hammersley and Laycock.
May I help you?
690
00:42:52,493 --> 00:42:54,619
Yes, putting you through now.
691
00:42:58,994 --> 00:43:03,392
I'm afraid he can't come
to the phone right now, Farouk.
He's up in the ceiling.
692
00:43:03,458 --> 00:43:08,482
All right, I'll get him
to give you a call
as soon as he comes down.
693
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:12,287
Okay. Oh, give my love to Taboulah.
694
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:14,382
- Good-bye.
- Shit!
695
00:43:15,458 --> 00:43:17,788
Steve!
696
00:43:17,858 --> 00:43:20,883
- Yeah?
- The beams aren't supporting.
697
00:43:20,958 --> 00:43:24,517
- I reckon we put a hold
on the mezzanine.
- Yeah, all right.
698
00:43:24,593 --> 00:43:29,390
But I'll have to give that guy a
call about the spiral staircase
'cause he's holding it for us.
699
00:43:29,460 --> 00:43:32,686
- Darl, can you give Farouk a ring?
- Yeah.
700
00:43:32,759 --> 00:43:35,819
- Where's Dad?
- Up in the roof.
701
00:43:35,892 --> 00:43:38,722
- Dad!
- Yeah, mate?
702
00:43:38,793 --> 00:43:44,088
I dug another hole.
It's filling with water.
703
00:43:59,744 --> 00:44:04,765
You are fucking kidding me.
I cleared that tray three fucking times!
704
00:44:04,843 --> 00:44:07,106
- Mr. Denuto.
- Yeah?
705
00:44:07,176 --> 00:44:10,141
Ron Graham, Hammersley and Laycock.
Got your note during the week.
706
00:44:10,211 --> 00:44:15,372
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Um, sit down.
707
00:44:18,910 --> 00:44:22,673
Now, the Kerrigan matter.
708
00:44:24,110 --> 00:44:26,869
Well, we're going
to be taking it further.
709
00:44:26,942 --> 00:44:31,568
Yes, we totally understand,
and we're here on behalf
of our client to apologize.
710
00:44:31,643 --> 00:44:33,803
- We made a mistake.
- You have?
711
00:44:33,875 --> 00:44:38,672
Yes, it appears that the house
belonging to Mr. Kerrigan was
grossly undervalued by mistake,
712
00:44:38,741 --> 00:44:41,073
and our client would like
to rectify the situation.
713
00:44:41,142 --> 00:44:45,165
- Well, what are you offering?
- Another $25,000.
714
00:44:45,243 --> 00:44:47,733
- Whoa.
- As a separate cash check.
715
00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:51,070
You know, Darryl, my client,
716
00:44:51,141 --> 00:44:54,472
is disputing
the compulsory purchase.
717
00:44:54,544 --> 00:44:57,202
Yes, though with
the correct valuation,
718
00:44:57,277 --> 00:44:59,540
we thought this may put
the dispute to rest.
719
00:44:59,610 --> 00:45:01,665
What if it doesn't?
720
00:45:02,976 --> 00:45:04,908
If I were you,
721
00:45:04,976 --> 00:45:07,807
I would advise Mr. Kerrigan
against taking any further action.
722
00:45:07,877 --> 00:45:09,967
This is
a multi-billion dollar project.
723
00:45:10,043 --> 00:45:12,566
It's been in planning
for a long time.
724
00:45:12,644 --> 00:45:17,098
If this action were to delay
or spoil the plans,
725
00:45:17,178 --> 00:45:21,369
the understandable anger
could well spill into something else.
726
00:45:21,441 --> 00:45:24,170
- Are you threatening?
- Hang on.
727
00:45:24,242 --> 00:45:27,900
I just came in here,
apologized and increased
the offer by $25,000.
728
00:45:27,975 --> 00:45:31,772
- I'm sorry.
- And that offer should
be put to Mr. Kerrigan...
729
00:45:31,843 --> 00:45:34,638
with your strongest
possible recommendation.
730
00:45:37,908 --> 00:45:40,340
Tell 'em to get stuffed.
731
00:45:40,409 --> 00:45:44,433
- It's $25,000, Darryl.
- Don't you get this, Dennis?
732
00:45:44,510 --> 00:45:47,304
Darryl, they're
offering 25 grand extra.
733
00:45:47,376 --> 00:45:51,433
Dennis, this is not about money.
I am not leaving my house.
734
00:45:51,508 --> 00:45:53,838
- Tell 'em I'm not moving.
- They're not gonna be happy.
735
00:45:53,909 --> 00:45:57,865
- Who cares?
- I mean, they're
gonna be really unhappy.
736
00:45:59,441 --> 00:46:02,736
- So what are you telling me, Dennis?
- Nothing, Darryl.
737
00:46:02,807 --> 00:46:05,172
- Did they threaten you?
- Not me, really.
738
00:46:05,242 --> 00:46:07,639
- They threatened me.
- Not exactly. They just said--
739
00:46:07,708 --> 00:46:10,433
- They fucking well threatened me.
- They just said--
740
00:46:10,507 --> 00:46:15,737
I want you to get on that phone
right now and tell 'em where
they can shove their 25 grand.
741
00:46:15,808 --> 00:46:18,434
Darryl, " them"
is the Barlow Group,
742
00:46:18,509 --> 00:46:20,500
people used
to getting their way.
743
00:46:20,578 --> 00:46:22,974
Now, they want
to expand the airport,
744
00:46:23,043 --> 00:46:25,408
and there's one bloke
who's a pain in the ass.
745
00:46:25,477 --> 00:46:29,032
Tell 'em to get stuffed.
746
00:46:39,374 --> 00:46:41,364
More, darling?
747
00:46:41,441 --> 00:46:45,431
Oh, no. No, love. That was beautiful.
What do you call that?
748
00:46:45,507 --> 00:46:47,702
lce cream.
749
00:46:47,775 --> 00:46:52,036
Yeah, but what you've done with it.
What did you do to it?
750
00:46:52,109 --> 00:46:55,199
Scooped it out of the tub.
751
00:46:55,274 --> 00:46:57,538
Did I do the right thing?
752
00:46:57,609 --> 00:47:00,506
Oh, yes, sweetheart,
you did the right thing.
753
00:47:00,574 --> 00:47:03,836
- Twenty-five grand, Dad.
- Yeah, but not that way, Steve.
754
00:47:03,909 --> 00:47:06,168
We're not gonna
take the money.
755
00:47:09,573 --> 00:47:12,336
- I want to tell you a story.
- Oh, good.
756
00:47:12,408 --> 00:47:14,806
- About how your father and I met.
- I know this one.
757
00:47:14,876 --> 00:47:16,804
Not all of it, Dale.
758
00:47:16,874 --> 00:47:22,001
You see, I used to go out
with a very handsome young man,
759
00:47:22,074 --> 00:47:24,233
well-to-do,
called Bob Thompson.
760
00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:27,864
Big Bob Thompson.
What's he doing now, eh?
761
00:47:27,940 --> 00:47:29,998
Putting in fence posts
in the country.
762
00:47:30,074 --> 00:47:32,562
- He runs a construction company.
- So he says.
763
00:47:32,641 --> 00:47:35,573
Well, anyway, one night he took me
to the greyhounds.
764
00:47:35,641 --> 00:47:39,631
- He put on a real show.
We ate at the carvery.
- What did you have?
765
00:47:39,707 --> 00:47:41,696
Uh, pork.
766
00:47:41,775 --> 00:47:44,432
Anyway, we had wine, champagne.
767
00:47:44,507 --> 00:47:47,802
He put on all my bets,
and he was just sweeping me off my feet.
768
00:47:47,874 --> 00:47:51,361
And I wouldn't have
been at all surprised
if he'd popped the question.
769
00:47:51,441 --> 00:47:54,566
Well, anyway, later on--
I don't know what it was--
770
00:47:54,642 --> 00:47:58,573
But out of the corner of my eye
I spotted this lanky bloke...
771
00:47:58,641 --> 00:48:00,970
- struggling with one of his greyhounds.
- Red Rocket.
772
00:48:01,041 --> 00:48:05,301
- That's you, Dad.
- Now, Bob, he went off to talk
to one of the stewards.
773
00:48:05,373 --> 00:48:09,068
And this young fella,
he comes right up to me
and starts chatting to me...
774
00:48:09,141 --> 00:48:11,231
and he asks me out.
775
00:48:11,307 --> 00:48:15,069
And I said,
"Well, I'm on a date."
776
00:48:15,139 --> 00:48:18,300
Well, he backed right off.
777
00:48:18,373 --> 00:48:23,169
He said he wasn't cutting
anyone's lunch,
and he wished me good night.
778
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:27,534
And I thought,
"That man has principles."
779
00:48:27,605 --> 00:48:32,470
And from that day on,
I've only had eyes for one man.
780
00:48:32,540 --> 00:48:35,098
Hook, line and sinker.
781
00:48:35,174 --> 00:48:39,004
And that's what I love about him:
his principles.
782
00:48:39,072 --> 00:48:41,835
So we're not taking
the money, Steve.
783
00:48:41,908 --> 00:48:45,534
Hang on. I'll get it.
784
00:48:47,873 --> 00:48:50,668
What was the carvery like?
785
00:48:52,772 --> 00:48:55,238
- Yeah?
- Mr. Kerrigan.
786
00:48:55,305 --> 00:48:58,035
- Yeah? What?
- I've just got a message to pass on.
787
00:48:58,107 --> 00:49:00,800
- From who?
- I'm just passing on a message.
788
00:49:00,873 --> 00:49:03,668
- Are you from the council?
- No, I'm not from the council.
789
00:49:03,741 --> 00:49:06,672
- The company.
- I'm just passing on
a message, Mr. Kerrigan.
790
00:49:06,739 --> 00:49:09,002
They always send
someone different, don't they?
791
00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:12,800
The message is,
"Take the offer and shut up."
Understood?
792
00:49:12,873 --> 00:49:15,203
- Are you threatening me?
- I'm just passing on a message.
793
00:49:15,275 --> 00:49:17,761
- Fuck off, you clown! Fuck off!
- Mr. Kerrigan--
794
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,238
- You better watch your mouth, pal.
- You heard my dad.
795
00:49:20,306 --> 00:49:23,500
- Now, fuck off!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa. Fine.
796
00:49:23,574 --> 00:49:26,436
I'm just trying
to tell you.
797
00:49:30,073 --> 00:49:32,870
And what the fuck do you think
you're doing?
798
00:49:32,940 --> 00:49:35,428
You know what I said after Wayne.
No more guns in the house.
799
00:49:35,507 --> 00:49:37,769
- Yeah, but he was threatening you.
- Where did you get it?
800
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:40,169
- Trading Post.
- And what did you pay for it?
801
00:49:40,240 --> 00:49:43,206
- One-eighty.
- What was he asking?
802
00:49:43,272 --> 00:49:46,830
- Two-fifty.
- He was dreaming.
803
00:49:46,906 --> 00:49:50,464
- Yeah.
- Get rid of it.
804
00:49:52,573 --> 00:49:54,506
Sell it.
805
00:50:13,573 --> 00:50:16,004
Pricks!
806
00:50:19,239 --> 00:50:22,761
All right. All right.
807
00:50:22,838 --> 00:50:25,829
I might pass on
a message of my own.
808
00:50:39,072 --> 00:50:43,629
Don't bullshit me, pal.
I know why you want Highview Crescent.
809
00:50:43,704 --> 00:50:46,830
It's because you're
too much of a tight-ass
to fill in the quarry.
810
00:50:46,906 --> 00:50:50,565
It's easier to knock down
people's houses than it
is to fill in a hole.
811
00:50:50,639 --> 00:50:52,626
Well, what do
you say to that?
812
00:50:52,706 --> 00:50:54,671
Get off my property
or I'll call the police.
813
00:50:54,738 --> 00:50:58,102
Fuck the police! You're the asshole
who had my car smashed!
814
00:50:58,172 --> 00:51:00,866
Settle down, mate.
Settle down.
815
00:51:00,940 --> 00:51:03,632
It's just what
he wants us to do.
816
00:51:05,404 --> 00:51:10,166
Let's just keep our cool.
We don't wanna do anything stupid.
817
00:51:39,004 --> 00:51:42,335
- Darryl John Kerrigan?
- You know who I am, Mick.
818
00:51:42,404 --> 00:51:45,132
- Darryl John Kerrigan.
- Yes, officer?
819
00:51:45,206 --> 00:51:48,729
Were you on Lansell Road,
Toorak at approximately
2:30 this morning?
820
00:51:48,804 --> 00:51:52,601
- No.
- Is there anyone who can verify
your whereabouts at that hour?
821
00:51:52,673 --> 00:51:57,103
Yeah, yeah. Everyone in this house.
While we've still got it.
822
00:51:57,171 --> 00:52:01,158
- Daz, I know you did it.
- I told you, mate.
I don't know anything--
823
00:52:01,236 --> 00:52:04,567
- Shut up. I'm not going to book you.
This is just a warning.
824
00:52:04,639 --> 00:52:08,570
I know what's going on.
No one wants to see you get
the rough end of the stick,
825
00:52:08,637 --> 00:52:10,899
but you're gonna have
to watch yourself.
826
00:52:10,968 --> 00:52:13,561
- Otherwise, you'll end up losing more
than this house.
- Mick.
827
00:52:13,638 --> 00:52:17,763
Darryl, I've seen it happen, mate.
Now, settle down.
828
00:52:17,839 --> 00:52:22,168
If you wanna take 'em on,
do it the right way. By the book.
829
00:52:22,237 --> 00:52:25,633
- All right, Mick.
- Oh, and, uh, Daz?
830
00:52:25,704 --> 00:52:29,363
- Yeah?
- Put them gates around the back.
831
00:52:29,438 --> 00:52:31,369
Oh.
832
00:52:38,669 --> 00:52:41,295
Now, listen.
Things are gettin' a bit serious.
833
00:52:41,369 --> 00:52:45,633
Last night I had a visit
from some hired thug.
834
00:52:45,702 --> 00:52:48,759
- Yeah, me too.
-What do you mean, you too?
835
00:52:48,836 --> 00:52:52,929
A man, he come to my house and he say,
"Stop with the court business."
836
00:52:53,002 --> 00:52:55,663
If no stop, he have friend
who come and beat me.
837
00:52:55,736 --> 00:52:58,260
And I say,
"You have friend, I have friend.
838
00:52:58,337 --> 00:53:01,701
My friend come to your house,
put bomb under your car
and blow you to fucking sky."
839
00:53:01,770 --> 00:53:04,794
- What'd he do?
- He get scared and he leave.
840
00:53:04,871 --> 00:53:08,164
- I bet he did.
- I-I don't really
have friend like this,
841
00:53:08,237 --> 00:53:11,794
but, you know, I'm Arab and people think
all Arab have bomb.
842
00:53:11,870 --> 00:53:15,824
You're a bloody ripper, Farouk.
That's fuckin' fantastic.
843
00:53:15,906 --> 00:53:19,132
- Excuse the French, Evonne.
- Get your hand off it, Darryl.
844
00:53:19,204 --> 00:53:22,658
Anyway, um,
I was worried for everyone.
845
00:53:22,737 --> 00:53:26,670
I just didn't want to force
anyone into this. Farouk?
846
00:53:26,738 --> 00:53:29,100
No, I'm with you,
Mr. Darryl.
847
00:53:29,170 --> 00:53:32,261
- Evonne?
- What are they gonna do
my ex hasn't done?
848
00:53:32,335 --> 00:53:35,600
- Jack?
- Yeah, fuck 'em.
849
00:53:35,671 --> 00:53:38,865
Well, Dennis Denuto
is acting on our behalf.
850
00:53:38,937 --> 00:53:41,732
We've gotta be
in federal court next Tuesday.
851
00:53:41,804 --> 00:53:43,564
Does he think
we've got a good case?
852
00:53:43,637 --> 00:53:46,899
Well, he reckons it just has
to contravene the Constitution.
853
00:53:46,968 --> 00:53:49,866
And the Constitution
is the biggest law we've got.
854
00:53:51,618 --> 00:53:52,684
How much?
855
00:53:52,872 --> 00:53:55,359
Ah, good point, Evonne. Steve?
856
00:53:57,669 --> 00:54:01,500
Now, all up,
it's gonna cost 1,500.
857
00:54:01,569 --> 00:54:05,058
Now, that's 750 now,
750 in six months' time.
858
00:54:05,139 --> 00:54:07,432
So 150 each.
859
00:54:07,502 --> 00:54:10,699
And, Jack, I know you can't do it,
so I'm kickin' in for you.
860
00:54:10,771 --> 00:54:13,362
Oh, good on you, Darryl.
I'll pay you back.
861
00:54:13,438 --> 00:54:15,925
- Evonne?
- Yeah, fine.
862
00:54:16,004 --> 00:54:18,162
- Farouk?
- I pay cash now.
863
00:54:18,237 --> 00:54:23,362
No, no, no, hold your horses.
What is it with wogs and cash?
864
00:54:23,436 --> 00:54:26,369
Anyway, it's
bargain-basement prices,
865
00:54:26,435 --> 00:54:31,027
and, uh, you'd better
wear a suit this time, Farouk.
866
00:54:31,103 --> 00:54:33,365
What's this Dennis Denuto
like, Darryl?
867
00:54:33,436 --> 00:54:37,630
Ah, he's a lawyer.
This is about the law.
868
00:54:37,705 --> 00:54:40,362
He's gotta know
what he's doin'.
869
00:54:43,802 --> 00:54:46,530
Um... all--
all right.
870
00:54:46,602 --> 00:54:48,898
Gi-Give me
one moment...
871
00:54:48,969 --> 00:54:50,902
and I--
and I will.
872
00:54:50,969 --> 00:54:53,560
Um... it's the--
873
00:54:55,635 --> 00:54:57,627
the, um-- the--
874
00:54:59,505 --> 00:55:02,230
the Constitution
of Australia.
875
00:55:02,303 --> 00:55:06,030
This is a blatant violation...
876
00:55:06,103 --> 00:55:09,591
of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Australia.
877
00:55:09,672 --> 00:55:12,602
And when it comes
to violations,
878
00:55:12,669 --> 00:55:14,863
they don't come
any bigger.
879
00:55:16,335 --> 00:55:19,700
What section of the Constitution
has been breached?
880
00:55:19,770 --> 00:55:21,702
Section?
881
00:55:21,770 --> 00:55:24,463
Wh-What section?
882
00:55:24,536 --> 00:55:27,093
There is no one section.
883
00:55:27,170 --> 00:55:30,861
It's just the vibe of the thing.
884
00:55:32,503 --> 00:55:36,401
I'm afraid, Mr. Denuto,
you'll have to be more specific.
885
00:55:36,468 --> 00:55:38,399
Oh, yeah,
sure, sure.
886
00:55:38,468 --> 00:55:41,697
I was just starting general,
and then I was getting...
more specific...
887
00:55:41,770 --> 00:55:45,791
with the-- the, um--
Just one moment, please.
888
00:55:45,871 --> 00:55:48,129
The, um--
889
00:55:48,203 --> 00:55:51,602
Jesus, Darryl,
I am sweatin' here.
890
00:55:51,669 --> 00:55:53,795
You're killin' them,
Dennis.
891
00:55:53,869 --> 00:55:56,358
I don't even know
Roman numerals.
892
00:55:56,437 --> 00:55:59,697
Um-- It's-- It's--
893
00:55:59,767 --> 00:56:01,701
Ju--
I've got it here.
894
00:56:01,769 --> 00:56:05,758
It's the... section 51,
895
00:56:05,836 --> 00:56:09,267
uh, second
from the bottom.
896
00:56:10,637 --> 00:56:13,260
"The Parliament shall
have power to make laws...
897
00:56:13,336 --> 00:56:16,562
with respect to copyrights,
patents of inventions...
898
00:56:16,633 --> 00:56:18,897
and designs
and trademarks."
899
00:56:18,969 --> 00:56:21,595
It's all part of it.
900
00:56:21,670 --> 00:56:24,067
This is what I'm getting at.
That's my point.
901
00:56:24,134 --> 00:56:26,396
It's-- It's
the vibe of it.
902
00:56:26,469 --> 00:56:29,561
All right. Taken.
903
00:56:29,634 --> 00:56:32,226
Do you have a precedent
which supports...
904
00:56:32,301 --> 00:56:34,597
this...vibe?
905
00:56:34,668 --> 00:56:37,829
Uh... yes.
906
00:56:37,902 --> 00:56:41,061
Yes, I do.
Um, just one moment.
907
00:56:42,603 --> 00:56:45,829
What's the name
of the famous aboriginal?
908
00:56:45,903 --> 00:56:48,165
- Cathy Freeman.
- No, the court case.
909
00:56:48,236 --> 00:56:50,893
- Evonne Goolagong.
- No, no, no. Ma-- Mabo.
910
00:56:50,968 --> 00:56:52,957
Mabo.
911
00:56:53,036 --> 00:56:55,626
What about it?
912
00:56:55,702 --> 00:56:59,393
That's your classic case
of big business...
913
00:56:59,469 --> 00:57:01,434
trying to take land,
914
00:57:01,501 --> 00:57:03,433
and they couldn't.
915
00:57:03,501 --> 00:57:06,491
Mr. Denuto,
the Mabo decision...
916
00:57:06,568 --> 00:57:11,126
pertains to the specific
issue of native land title
and terra nullius.
917
00:57:11,201 --> 00:57:13,167
Yeah.
918
00:57:13,235 --> 00:57:17,429
So what part of the judgment
is relevant to this case?
919
00:57:17,502 --> 00:57:22,161
A-Again, i-it's just
the vibe of it.
920
00:57:24,335 --> 00:57:27,426
Actually, may I
approach the bench?
921
00:57:35,335 --> 00:57:37,924
Am I wasting
my time here?
922
00:57:38,001 --> 00:57:40,331
Your case
is not strong.
923
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:44,265
- Am I sort of in the ballpark though?
- I'm a judge.
924
00:57:44,333 --> 00:57:47,096
I understand.
Can you just give me an angle?
925
00:57:47,168 --> 00:57:49,599
I'm sorry, Mr. Denuto.
I can't.
926
00:57:49,667 --> 00:57:51,826
Understood.
Understood.
927
00:57:51,902 --> 00:57:54,595
I think I've got
a good one anyway.
928
00:58:01,434 --> 00:58:05,424
In summing up,
i-it's the Constitution,
929
00:58:05,501 --> 00:58:09,092
it's Mabo,
it's justice, it's law.
930
00:58:09,168 --> 00:58:12,996
It's the vibe,
and, uh--
931
00:58:13,066 --> 00:58:15,590
No, that's it.
It's the vibe.
932
00:58:17,666 --> 00:58:19,792
I rest my case.
933
00:58:20,868 --> 00:58:22,855
That was sensational.
934
00:58:22,933 --> 00:58:25,264
Counsel for the respondent?
935
00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:29,258
Your Honor, I don't wish to waste
any more of your time.
936
00:58:29,334 --> 00:58:32,766
- Appreciated.
- All our arguments are contained
in the forward documents,
937
00:58:32,834 --> 00:58:36,563
and we'd be more than happy
for that to constitute
the case for the respondent.
938
00:58:36,634 --> 00:58:38,861
Thank you. So be it.
939
00:58:38,934 --> 00:58:41,365
I call a one-hour
adjournment.
940
00:58:41,434 --> 00:58:44,422
Good on ya, Dennis.
That shut 'em up.
941
00:58:44,500 --> 00:58:47,523
I'm going for a bit
of a breather, mate.
942
00:59:29,264 --> 00:59:31,198
How you goin'?
943
00:59:31,266 --> 00:59:33,390
Oh, fine. Fine.
944
00:59:33,464 --> 00:59:35,955
- Got a case comin' up?
- Uh, no, no.
945
00:59:36,033 --> 00:59:38,964
I'm here to see someone.
I'm-I'm a spectator today.
946
00:59:39,031 --> 00:59:42,898
- Are you?
- My son's first appearance.
947
00:59:42,966 --> 00:59:46,626
Oh? Do you reckon
he'll get off?
948
00:59:46,699 --> 00:59:49,222
Oh, no, no.
He's a barrister.
949
00:59:49,301 --> 00:59:52,958
- He's appearing for
the first time as a barrister.
- Congratulations.
950
00:59:53,034 --> 00:59:55,555
- Thank you.
- Uh, Darryl Kerrigan.
951
00:59:55,632 --> 00:59:58,530
- Lawrence Hammill.
- G'day, Lawrence.
952
00:59:58,600 --> 01:00:01,895
Barrister, eh?
He'd need a degree for that.
953
01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:05,420
Yes, yes. He-He's got a couple,
actually.
954
01:00:05,499 --> 01:00:09,625
- Ah, you must be as proud as punch.
- Well, you know.
955
01:00:09,700 --> 01:00:12,165
Oh, I know.
I've got a daughter.
956
01:00:12,233 --> 01:00:16,028
Diploma certificate,
fully qualified hairdresser.
957
01:00:16,100 --> 01:00:20,429
The day she came home
and told me she'd got
into Sunshine Tech...
958
01:00:20,497 --> 01:00:23,931
- was the proudest day of my life.
- Yes, yes, I can imagine.
959
01:00:23,999 --> 01:00:28,022
Yeah, sure makes us parents
look like a bunch of dodos, eh?
960
01:00:29,401 --> 01:00:32,625
You wouldn't have dreamt
of doing what your son's done.
961
01:00:32,698 --> 01:00:36,460
No, no. Anyway, Darryl,
what brings you here?
962
01:00:36,532 --> 01:00:39,055
Our bloody government's
trying to take my house.
963
01:00:39,133 --> 01:00:41,724
This new Air Link thing.
I mean, imagine that.
964
01:00:41,798 --> 01:00:44,391
Sal and me, we brought up
our whole family in that house,
965
01:00:44,466 --> 01:00:47,125
and they think they
can just walk in--
966
01:00:48,633 --> 01:00:51,530
Anyway, we're takin' 'em
to court.
967
01:00:51,599 --> 01:00:55,393
Bloody outrageous.
It's gotta be against the Constitution.
968
01:00:55,464 --> 01:00:58,489
Yes, it is outrageous.
Who's acting for you?
969
01:00:58,567 --> 01:01:02,258
- Dennis Denuto.
- Uh, never heard of him.
970
01:01:02,331 --> 01:01:05,229
You wouldn't have.
He just does our local area.
971
01:01:05,298 --> 01:01:08,561
Yeah, but I've never heard of him
in Constitutional law.
972
01:01:08,632 --> 01:01:11,563
Oh, no, you wouldn't.
No, he does conveyancing mainly.
973
01:01:11,630 --> 01:01:14,154
You know, wills, petty theft,
that sort of thing.
974
01:01:14,230 --> 01:01:16,720
But hey, it's all based
on the Constitution.
975
01:01:16,798 --> 01:01:20,287
Yes. Yes, in a way.
976
01:01:20,368 --> 01:01:24,128
- Good bloke though.
- Yes. Sounds like it.
977
01:01:24,198 --> 01:01:27,063
Anyway, uh,
I'd better be going.
978
01:01:27,132 --> 01:01:30,620
- Sure.
- Nice talking to you, Lawrie.
979
01:01:30,698 --> 01:01:33,358
- Nice talking to you, Darryl.
- And good luck with your boy.
980
01:01:33,431 --> 01:01:37,921
Thanks, Darryl.
I hope everything works out.
981
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,964
Ah, yeah, yeah.
I'm pretty confident.
982
01:01:41,032 --> 01:01:43,396
I find in favor
of the respondent.
983
01:01:43,466 --> 01:01:45,454
Yes!
984
01:01:47,734 --> 01:01:49,994
It's them, Darryl.
985
01:01:50,065 --> 01:01:53,360
But we was respondin'
to them.
986
01:01:53,431 --> 01:01:57,489
We lost, Darryl.
I'm sorry.
987
01:01:57,566 --> 01:02:00,827
Dad reckons he must have
sat there for an hour.
988
01:02:00,896 --> 01:02:04,524
He said it was like being kicked
in the guts with the back end of a bus.
989
01:02:04,599 --> 01:02:08,724
Dad had to explain to Farouk
that they had lost.
990
01:02:08,831 --> 01:02:11,992
It was really hard
telling Evonne too.
991
01:02:12,066 --> 01:02:14,997
But the toughest one
was Jack.
992
01:02:20,498 --> 01:02:22,429
Trace and Con
were great though.
993
01:02:24,397 --> 01:02:28,488
Good on you, Dad. You stood up to them.
I'm so proud of you.
994
01:02:28,564 --> 01:02:32,156
I'm so impressed with your fighting
quality, Mr. Kerrigan.
995
01:02:32,232 --> 01:02:34,162
Thanks, mate.
996
01:02:34,231 --> 01:02:38,027
And can I just say how disenchanted
I am with our legal system.
997
01:02:43,598 --> 01:02:46,928
Dad was very quiet
after losing the court case.
998
01:02:46,999 --> 01:02:49,624
I'd never seen him so down.
999
01:02:49,699 --> 01:02:53,151
He even stopped complimenting Mum
on her cooking.
1000
01:02:55,564 --> 01:02:57,653
You all right there,
Darryl?
1001
01:02:57,730 --> 01:02:59,664
Yeah.
1002
01:03:04,164 --> 01:03:06,629
Dad?
1003
01:03:06,697 --> 01:03:09,561
Someone's, uh,
1004
01:03:09,630 --> 01:03:12,389
sellin' a telephone box.
1005
01:03:19,496 --> 01:03:22,326
They said no
to an extension.
1006
01:03:23,563 --> 01:03:26,087
Dennis says we've got
to be out in two weeks.
1007
01:03:26,163 --> 01:03:28,096
Two weeks?
1008
01:03:35,398 --> 01:03:37,955
I haven't told Wayne yet.
1009
01:03:39,663 --> 01:03:42,458
I think Dad felt he'd let
everyone down, but especially Wayne.
1010
01:03:42,529 --> 01:03:45,463
That's why he'd been
puttin' off tellin' him.
1011
01:03:45,531 --> 01:03:48,498
He just couldn't think of a way
to break it to Wayne.
1012
01:03:48,565 --> 01:03:51,687
I told Dad not to worry.
I knew how to tell Wayne we'd lost.
1013
01:03:51,762 --> 01:03:55,423
- We lost.
- Lost?
1014
01:03:55,496 --> 01:03:58,259
Yeah.
1015
01:03:58,331 --> 01:04:00,262
Did Dad do his nut?
1016
01:04:00,330 --> 01:04:03,558
Nah, he's gone all quiet.
1017
01:04:04,762 --> 01:04:07,357
Quiet?
1018
01:04:07,429 --> 01:04:10,759
Yeah. I think he thinks
he's let everyone down.
1019
01:04:10,830 --> 01:04:12,762
Letus down?
1020
01:04:12,831 --> 01:04:15,593
Yeah, that's what I think.
1021
01:04:15,662 --> 01:04:17,594
See, especially you.
1022
01:04:17,664 --> 01:04:20,992
I think he was lookin' forward
to the day you came back to the house.
1023
01:04:21,062 --> 01:04:23,493
Well, you tell Dad...
1024
01:04:23,563 --> 01:04:27,326
the only reason
I loved that house is 'cause
it had him and Mum in it...
1025
01:04:27,397 --> 01:04:30,295
and like... everyone else.
1026
01:04:30,364 --> 01:04:33,023
Wherever they go,
I'll love...
1027
01:04:33,097 --> 01:04:36,530
as long as it
has them in it.
1028
01:04:36,595 --> 01:04:40,960
And all those lawyers
and government people
can just go and get fucked.
1029
01:04:41,029 --> 01:04:42,962
"...as long as it
has them in it.
1030
01:04:43,029 --> 01:04:46,392
And all those lawyers
and government people
can go and get fucked."
1031
01:04:46,462 --> 01:04:50,690
Ah, he wanted me to change
that " get fucked" bit, but I forgot.
1032
01:04:50,763 --> 01:04:53,522
On you, mate.
1033
01:04:53,595 --> 01:04:56,186
I'd better keep packin'.
1034
01:05:34,761 --> 01:05:38,355
Dad?
1035
01:05:38,428 --> 01:05:40,952
Steven.
1036
01:05:41,028 --> 01:05:45,894
I can, uh, get you
some more boxes, if you want.
1037
01:05:45,961 --> 01:05:48,793
No, I think I'll be all right,
Steve.
1038
01:05:53,528 --> 01:05:55,458
Dad?
1039
01:05:57,727 --> 01:05:59,990
You haven't let anyone down.
1040
01:06:01,527 --> 01:06:05,290
I don't know what the opposite of...
lettin' someone down is,
1041
01:06:07,196 --> 01:06:09,626
but you done
the opposite.
1042
01:06:22,995 --> 01:06:25,459
When are you
gonna sign 'em?
1043
01:06:27,695 --> 01:06:30,923
- I don't know.
- They gotta be done by Friday.
1044
01:06:30,995 --> 01:06:33,722
I can't.
1045
01:06:33,794 --> 01:06:35,885
lcan't.
I just can't.
1046
01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:38,428
Darryl, we gotta go.
1047
01:06:38,496 --> 01:06:40,553
Yeah, I know.
I know we lost.
1048
01:06:40,628 --> 01:06:43,058
I know we gotta get out
of this place.
1049
01:06:43,129 --> 01:06:47,059
I know this is no longer
our house, but I'll be buggered
if I can sign those papers.
1050
01:06:47,129 --> 01:06:51,060
I just cannot physically
pick up the pen and sign them.
1051
01:06:56,060 --> 01:06:58,152
Did you speak
to Jack?
1052
01:06:58,227 --> 01:07:02,956
Yeah, yeah. His son-in-law's moved
to Perth, so he's no help.
1053
01:07:03,029 --> 01:07:06,424
Poor Jack.
1054
01:07:06,493 --> 01:07:10,552
Listen, I-I told him
he could stay with us
until we work somethin' out.
1055
01:07:12,226 --> 01:07:14,455
How'd you go
with the agent?
1056
01:07:14,528 --> 01:07:17,719
Two-bedroom units
are $80,000.
1057
01:07:17,793 --> 01:07:19,727
A flat.
1058
01:07:19,794 --> 01:07:23,316
With four people,
the greyhounds,
1059
01:07:23,394 --> 01:07:25,723
five cars,
1060
01:07:25,794 --> 01:07:27,784
the boat and Jack.
1061
01:07:27,861 --> 01:07:29,951
It'll be okay.
1062
01:07:30,027 --> 01:07:34,017
- And what are we gonna do with Wayne?
- Wayne'll understand.
1063
01:07:34,094 --> 01:07:37,493
You know he keeps a photo
of this place on his wall.
1064
01:07:37,561 --> 01:07:39,493
I know.
1065
01:07:39,562 --> 01:07:44,823
He gets out after five years,
we have to put him in a laundry
smaller than his cell.
1066
01:07:44,893 --> 01:07:48,381
- Maybe we rent.
- Rent?
1067
01:07:48,460 --> 01:07:51,824
We not only lose our place,
we're payin' for someone else's.
1068
01:07:51,894 --> 01:07:55,985
- Oh, Darryl--
- I'm starting to understand
how the aborigines feel.
1069
01:07:58,558 --> 01:08:01,152
Have you been drinkin'?
1070
01:08:01,227 --> 01:08:04,128
Well, this house
is like their land.
1071
01:08:04,197 --> 01:08:06,393
It-It holds
their memories.
1072
01:08:06,468 --> 01:08:08,902
The land is their story.
It's everything.
1073
01:08:08,969 --> 01:08:12,904
You just can't pick it up
and plonk it down somewhere else.
1074
01:08:14,374 --> 01:08:17,809
This country's gotta stop
stealin' other people's land.
1075
01:08:17,876 --> 01:08:21,406
Dad? There's someone
here to see you.
1076
01:08:23,450 --> 01:08:25,385
G'day, Darryl.
1077
01:08:26,554 --> 01:08:28,490
Lawrie.
1078
01:08:29,625 --> 01:08:31,890
So I thought
I'd come and visit.
1079
01:08:31,962 --> 01:08:34,955
- But how'd you find us?
- You know us dodos.
1080
01:08:35,029 --> 01:08:38,059
- We've got a few tricks up our sleeves.
- Don't I know it.
1081
01:08:39,169 --> 01:08:42,467
I, uh, heard
about the decision.
1082
01:08:42,540 --> 01:08:45,875
Yeah. Yeah, well,
that's the way these things are.
1083
01:08:45,944 --> 01:08:48,606
- How'd your boy go?
- Oh, fine. Yeah, fine.
1084
01:08:48,679 --> 01:08:52,551
- Great.
- Darryl, I wonder if I
could put something to you.
1085
01:08:52,619 --> 01:08:54,553
Yeah, sure.
1086
01:08:54,622 --> 01:08:57,613
I don't think I
introduced myself fully.
1087
01:08:57,690 --> 01:09:01,489
You see, I'm retired now,
but I'm actually a lawyer myself.
1088
01:09:01,562 --> 01:09:05,932
Three degrees in the family.
I'd like to see your poolroom.
1089
01:09:05,999 --> 01:09:09,061
I'm, uh,
what's called a Q.C.
1090
01:09:09,137 --> 01:09:12,367
- Are you? A Q.C.? You're one of those?
- What's that?
1091
01:09:12,441 --> 01:09:16,035
- Uh, Queens Counsel.
- Oh, you counsel the queen?
1092
01:09:16,112 --> 01:09:19,376
Uh, they're the lawyers
rich people use, love.
1093
01:09:19,447 --> 01:09:22,942
Yeah, well, that's probably
the most accurate way of describing us.
1094
01:09:23,020 --> 01:09:25,011
I don't think Dennis
would be a Q.C.
1095
01:09:25,089 --> 01:09:28,990
N-No, no, I don't think.
1096
01:09:29,059 --> 01:09:31,494
Anyway, my specialty
as a Q.C...
1097
01:09:31,563 --> 01:09:34,589
was Constitutional law,
Australian Constitutional law.
1098
01:09:34,667 --> 01:09:37,295
Have you heard of
the Tasmanian Dams case?
1099
01:09:38,537 --> 01:09:40,867
- Um--
- Mabo?
1100
01:09:40,940 --> 01:09:44,309
Oh, the aboriginal guy,
told the government to shove it.
1101
01:09:44,379 --> 01:09:46,310
That's the one.
1102
01:09:46,377 --> 01:09:50,214
Uh, anyway, I've had quite
a bit to do with these over the years,
1103
01:09:50,283 --> 01:09:54,053
and I've had a look into your case
over the last few days,
1104
01:09:54,123 --> 01:09:56,715
and I think there's
a bit more to it.
1105
01:09:56,793 --> 01:10:00,228
- What do you mean?
- I think you've got a case.
1106
01:10:00,294 --> 01:10:03,492
- So Dennis was on the right track.
- Y-Yes.
1107
01:10:03,564 --> 01:10:05,625
I told you that judge
had it in for him.
1108
01:10:05,702 --> 01:10:08,068
I believe there's a section
of the Constitution...
1109
01:10:08,138 --> 01:10:11,506
about the government's right to acquire
land that hasn't been tested.
1110
01:10:11,575 --> 01:10:13,736
But Dennis tested it.
1111
01:10:13,810 --> 01:10:17,837
Well, I-I think we
could test it better.
1112
01:10:17,915 --> 01:10:22,182
Anyway, I would like
to appear on your behalf... gratis.
1113
01:10:23,387 --> 01:10:26,654
- No fee.
- Well, no, we couldn't.
1114
01:10:26,728 --> 01:10:29,250
I've done pretty well
out of this law caper over the years,
1115
01:10:29,328 --> 01:10:32,320
- so if you're happy for me
to take it further--
- Further?
1116
01:10:32,399 --> 01:10:35,525
But we've been
to the federal court.
1117
01:10:35,600 --> 01:10:38,037
How much further
can we take it?
1118
01:10:38,137 --> 01:10:40,038
Three weeks later,
Mr Hammill, Dad and Dennis
1119
01:10:40,105 --> 01:10:44,272
went to the High Court in Canberra.
1120
01:10:44,346 --> 01:10:47,371
Lawrie asked Dennis to be
his instructing solicitor.
1121
01:10:47,449 --> 01:10:50,817
Dennis was stoked,
but shittin' himself at the same time.
1122
01:10:50,886 --> 01:10:53,378
I'm shittin' myself.
1123
01:10:53,457 --> 01:10:57,482
- Shall we?
- Let's stick it up 'em.
1124
01:11:00,130 --> 01:11:02,562
And so Dad, or as he
was called by the judge--
1125
01:11:02,632 --> 01:11:05,501
Darryl John Kerrigan--
1126
01:11:05,570 --> 01:11:07,902
sat in the High Court
of Australia and put his case.
1127
01:11:07,971 --> 01:11:10,239
Or at least
Mr. Hammill did.
1128
01:11:10,312 --> 01:11:14,769
Dennis was very helpful too.
He was passing books around
like a librarian.
1129
01:11:14,846 --> 01:11:18,009
He even learnt Roman numerals
especially for the trip.
1130
01:11:18,083 --> 01:11:22,248
Um, paragraph, uh... 31.
1131
01:11:22,322 --> 01:11:25,658
- Thank you, Dennis.
- But Dad reckoned there
was no doubt about it.
1132
01:11:25,728 --> 01:11:28,990
From the moment he stood up,
Mr. Hammill was the star of the show.
1133
01:11:29,062 --> 01:11:32,763
Section 51,
paragraph 31.
1134
01:11:32,835 --> 01:11:35,805
"The parliament shall
have power to make laws...
1135
01:11:35,871 --> 01:11:41,104
with respect to the acquisition
of property on just terms."
1136
01:11:41,176 --> 01:11:44,169
Let's think about those words,
"on just terms" ...
1137
01:11:44,247 --> 01:11:46,942
and how they relate
to real people.
1138
01:11:47,020 --> 01:11:49,509
Your Honor, my client
built his home by the law,
1139
01:11:49,587 --> 01:11:52,351
in full accordance
with the law.
1140
01:11:52,423 --> 01:11:54,916
He doesn't know
about the extensions.
1141
01:11:54,994 --> 01:11:57,224
But does he have
the protection of the law?
1142
01:11:57,295 --> 01:12:01,731
How can the forcible removal
of a family, a good family,
from their home...
1143
01:12:01,801 --> 01:12:04,930
have the blessing
of our Constitution?
1144
01:12:05,003 --> 01:12:08,371
How can that be...
"just terms" ?
1145
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:10,636
Dad reckoned it
was in the bag,
1146
01:12:10,710 --> 01:12:14,580
even though they had five times
more lawyers than we did.
1147
01:12:14,648 --> 01:12:17,585
My client has adhered
to the law, every law,
1148
01:12:17,652 --> 01:12:21,748
every statute from the Town Planning Act
to Civil Aviation Regulations.
1149
01:12:21,824 --> 01:12:25,122
But in what can only be described
as a last desperate measure,
1150
01:12:25,193 --> 01:12:29,596
my client is accused
of breaching none other
than the Constitution.
1151
01:12:29,664 --> 01:12:32,725
I mean, good Lord,
what else are we guilty of?
1152
01:12:32,803 --> 01:12:35,828
lnternational war crimes, hmm?
1153
01:12:35,906 --> 01:12:38,638
He's even paid people
to laugh for him.
1154
01:12:38,710 --> 01:12:42,146
I refer the court to His Honor
Mr. Justice Dixon's decision...
1155
01:12:42,213 --> 01:12:44,147
in Grace Brothers
and the Commonwealth.
1156
01:12:44,217 --> 01:12:47,515
As much as Dad hated to admit
it the other lawyer was good,
1157
01:12:47,585 --> 01:12:50,282
and he was gonna give us
a real run for our money.
1158
01:12:50,356 --> 01:12:52,290
A safeguard
to the commonwealth.
1159
01:12:52,357 --> 01:12:56,532
But if Mr. Hammill was worried,
he didn't show it. He kept right on at 'em.
1160
01:12:56,533 --> 01:12:59,021
...has acquired the status
of a constitutional guarantee,
1161
01:12:59,100 --> 01:13:01,294
which is designed
to protect the individual--
1162
01:13:01,369 --> 01:13:04,031
But everything he said,
they had an answer for.
1163
01:13:04,106 --> 01:13:07,665
- Your Honor, that statement
was obiter dictum.
- Was not!
1164
01:13:10,979 --> 01:13:13,380
Well, it wasn't.
1165
01:13:13,450 --> 01:13:15,713
- Was it?
- I don't know.
1166
01:13:15,785 --> 01:13:20,050
The interpretation of
"on just terms" was considered
in the Tasmanian Dams case.
1167
01:13:20,124 --> 01:13:24,320
The court took into account
the interests of the community,
1168
01:13:24,394 --> 01:13:27,454
such as, uh,
job creation--
1169
01:13:27,530 --> 01:13:30,158
Dad reckoned Dennis got
the hang of things real quick.
1170
01:13:30,232 --> 01:13:34,636
The main job of the senior counsel
was to provide backup for the Q.C.
1171
01:13:34,705 --> 01:13:38,436
Ah, yes. And this is further underlined
in Georgiades--
1172
01:13:38,511 --> 01:13:41,876
- And that's what Dennis did.
- Ah, utilitarianism.
1173
01:13:41,948 --> 01:13:44,814
The greatest good
for the greatest number.
1174
01:13:44,884 --> 01:13:47,877
But what this principle
fails to--
1175
01:13:54,529 --> 01:13:57,430
What this principle fails to take
into account...
1176
01:13:57,499 --> 01:14:01,526
is that competing rights cannot
be weighed one against the other.
1177
01:14:01,604 --> 01:14:05,200
Is a family's right to live freely
in their home outweighed--
1178
01:14:05,275 --> 01:14:07,605
It wasn't just
legal argument.
1179
01:14:07,676 --> 01:14:10,409
Mr. Hammill even put jokes in,
clever jokes.
1180
01:14:10,482 --> 01:14:14,042
...not that our children
will have a place to live,
1181
01:14:14,117 --> 01:14:18,246
but whether they'll have prompt delivery
of their parcels.
1182
01:14:18,322 --> 01:14:21,086
Dad thought
it was real funny,
1183
01:14:21,159 --> 01:14:23,457
even though he
didn't get it.
1184
01:14:23,530 --> 01:14:26,657
Suffer in your jocks.
1185
01:14:26,732 --> 01:14:30,897
In fact, there were
a lot of times he didn't quite
understand what was being said,
1186
01:14:30,968 --> 01:14:34,874
but one time he knew exactly
what was being said.
1187
01:14:34,943 --> 01:14:38,308
He's even approached
the appellant with an offer
of compensation,
1188
01:14:38,379 --> 01:14:43,113
a generous offer considering
the nature of the, uh, dwelling,
1189
01:14:43,185 --> 01:14:46,277
or as it might more accurately
be called, eyesore.
1190
01:14:46,353 --> 01:14:49,052
- What are you calling an eyesore?
- Darryl.
1191
01:14:49,125 --> 01:14:51,458
It's called a home,
you dickhead!
1192
01:14:51,528 --> 01:14:53,461
- Your Honor.
- Darryl!
1193
01:14:53,529 --> 01:14:56,497
It's a bloody fine one. If there
were more homes like that, we'd--
1194
01:14:56,567 --> 01:14:59,401
Have the jails full
of people like your son?
1195
01:14:59,469 --> 01:15:02,461
- Ah, this bloody asshole!
- Sit down, Darryl.
1196
01:15:02,539 --> 01:15:05,168
Mr. Hammill, I'm calling
an adjournment.
1197
01:15:05,242 --> 01:15:10,180
And I trust that your client
will, in the meantime, compose himself.
1198
01:15:10,249 --> 01:15:15,619
Mr. Lyle, I'll thank you
not to make any further value
judgments in this court.
1199
01:15:15,688 --> 01:15:17,714
I'm sorry, Lawrie.
1200
01:15:17,791 --> 01:15:19,781
That's all right, Darryl.
1201
01:15:19,858 --> 01:15:21,884
I was thinking
the same thing,
1202
01:15:21,963 --> 01:15:24,556
though not
in those words.
1203
01:15:24,629 --> 01:15:27,657
I wish I had your words.
1204
01:15:27,735 --> 01:15:29,669
How dare they?
1205
01:15:29,738 --> 01:15:31,671
I mean, an eyesore!
1206
01:15:31,740 --> 01:15:35,106
I mean, that--
that just goes to show
that they don't get it.
1207
01:15:35,176 --> 01:15:37,612
I mean, they're judging the place
by what it looks like,
1208
01:15:37,678 --> 01:15:42,777
and if it doesn't have
a pool or a classy front
or a big garden--
1209
01:15:42,852 --> 01:15:44,944
It's got a pretty good gate.
1210
01:15:45,022 --> 01:15:49,220
And then because of that,
it's not worth saving.
1211
01:15:49,293 --> 01:15:53,027
But it's not a house.
It's a home.
1212
01:15:53,098 --> 01:15:55,693
It's got everything.
1213
01:15:55,767 --> 01:15:59,464
People who love each other,
care for each other.
1214
01:15:59,535 --> 01:16:01,563
It's got memories.
1215
01:16:01,639 --> 01:16:03,667
Great memories.
1216
01:16:03,745 --> 01:16:07,646
It's a place
for the family to turn to,
1217
01:16:07,713 --> 01:16:10,309
come back to.
1218
01:16:10,385 --> 01:16:15,153
But that doesn't seem to mean as much
as a big fuckin' driveway.
1219
01:16:15,223 --> 01:16:18,421
Later it was time
for Mr. Hammill to sum up.
1220
01:16:18,494 --> 01:16:21,984
Dad said
he was unbelievable.
1221
01:16:22,063 --> 01:16:25,123
He reckoned he finished
like a champion greyhound.
1222
01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:26,603
People who love each other--
1223
01:16:26,604 --> 01:16:29,348
He quoted cases, he quoted laws.
1224
01:16:29,618 --> 01:16:33,502
But Dad nearly fell off
his chair when Mr. Hammill
finished by quoting Dad,
1225
01:16:33,576 --> 01:16:35,511
only better.
1226
01:16:35,578 --> 01:16:38,912
And somehow that's not worth
as much as a big driveway.
1227
01:16:38,983 --> 01:16:44,081
You may think our appeal
is based on emotion rather than law.
1228
01:16:44,156 --> 01:16:46,282
Not true.
1229
01:16:46,358 --> 01:16:50,624
It's about the highest law in
this country, the Constitution,
1230
01:16:50,698 --> 01:16:54,465
and one phrase within it:
"on just terms."
1231
01:16:57,106 --> 01:17:00,561
That's what this
is all about-- being just.
1232
01:17:00,639 --> 01:17:04,203
They want to pay only
for the house.
1233
01:17:04,278 --> 01:17:08,271
But they're taking away
more than that, so much more.
1234
01:17:08,349 --> 01:17:11,616
Sure, the Kerrigans
built a house,
1235
01:17:11,690 --> 01:17:14,451
then they built a home,
and then a family.
1236
01:17:14,523 --> 01:17:18,928
You can acquire a house,
1237
01:17:18,994 --> 01:17:21,792
but you can't
acquire a home,
1238
01:17:21,865 --> 01:17:24,664
because a home is not built
of bricks and mortar...
1239
01:17:24,735 --> 01:17:28,432
but love and memories.
1240
01:17:29,742 --> 01:17:31,972
You can't pay for it,
1241
01:17:32,043 --> 01:17:35,069
and you're just shortchanging
people if you try.
1242
01:17:35,146 --> 01:17:39,609
I can't speak for those
who wrote this document,
1243
01:17:39,686 --> 01:17:43,454
but I'll bet when they put in
the phrase " on just terms,"
1244
01:17:43,524 --> 01:17:46,960
they hoped
it would stop anyone...
1245
01:17:47,027 --> 01:17:51,623
shortchanging someone
like Darryl Kerrigan.
1246
01:17:53,769 --> 01:17:56,500
Thanks, Lawrence.
1247
01:18:02,744 --> 01:18:05,978
Thank you.
1248
01:18:06,047 --> 01:18:10,304
In the end, who knows whether
it was Dad's words or Mr. Hammill
1249
01:18:10,305 --> 01:18:13,901
or even Dennis' note passing--
...but we won the case.
1250
01:18:14,075 --> 01:18:16,018
...in favor
of the appellant.
1251
01:18:16,095 --> 01:18:18,029
Shit.
1252
01:18:19,797 --> 01:18:21,733
That's us.
1253
01:18:21,800 --> 01:18:24,598
Bullshit.
We won?
1254
01:18:24,669 --> 01:18:28,197
- We won.
- You little ripper!
1255
01:18:28,274 --> 01:18:32,336
Thanks, lads.
1256
01:18:32,411 --> 01:18:33,206
We won.
1257
01:18:33,207 --> 01:18:35,920
Dad was stoked
but suitably restrained.
1258
01:18:36,016 --> 01:18:39,009
He reckons the other side
didn't know what to do with themselves.
1259
01:18:39,085 --> 01:18:41,609
Dennis was so stunned,
he went all quiet.
1260
01:18:41,688 --> 01:18:45,387
Dad reckons he almost cried.
In fact, I think he did.
1261
01:18:45,461 --> 01:18:48,090
Mr. Hammill
just sat there for ages.
1262
01:18:48,164 --> 01:18:52,600
He reckoned it was the most satisfying
victory he'd had in 47 years.
1263
01:18:52,669 --> 01:18:56,502
Dad reckons it's important
to be noble in victory,
so he spoke to the other Q.C. ...
1264
01:18:56,573 --> 01:18:57,643
Oh, hey.
1265
01:18:57,644 --> 01:18:59,345
...the one who had a go at Wayne.
1266
01:18:59,493 --> 01:19:01,907
Bad luck.
1267
01:19:01,979 --> 01:19:05,178
You dickhead!
1268
01:19:06,349 --> 01:19:09,878
The case was all over
the news that night.
1269
01:19:09,990 --> 01:19:14,049
Good evening. First tonight,
a landmark decision in
the High Court today...
1270
01:19:14,126 --> 01:19:17,722
has confirmed the age-old saying,
"A man's home is his castle."
1271
01:19:17,799 --> 01:19:22,258
When the huge Air Link
consortium tried to compulsorily
acquire a string of homes...
1272
01:19:22,336 --> 01:19:24,827
on Melbourne's outskirts
earlier this year,
1273
01:19:24,907 --> 01:19:27,272
they didn't expect a fight.
1274
01:19:27,342 --> 01:19:30,936
- Well, they got one.
- It was a
case of Darryl versus Goliath...
1275
01:19:31,011 --> 01:19:33,446
in the High Court
of Australia today.
1276
01:19:33,515 --> 01:19:36,680
Mum reckons it's real funny
how one day you're not famous,
1277
01:19:36,752 --> 01:19:38,913
and then the next day
you are... famous,
1278
01:19:38,989 --> 01:19:40,921
and then you're not
anymore.
1279
01:19:40,989 --> 01:19:45,656
Dad had one of the biggest parties ever
that night back at home.
1280
01:19:45,729 --> 01:19:48,255
He invited everyone
from the neighborhood--
1281
01:19:48,332 --> 01:19:50,391
his friends,
family, in-laws.
1282
01:19:50,469 --> 01:19:53,664
This case has totally regained my faith
in the legal system.
1283
01:19:53,739 --> 01:19:55,645
Mr. Hammill even
brought his son along.
1284
01:19:55,646 --> 01:19:57,566
Really pleased to meet you.
1285
01:19:57,677 --> 01:20:00,305
Everyone was havin'
a real good time,
1286
01:20:04,250 --> 01:20:06,583
especially Mum and Dad.
1287
01:20:06,655 --> 01:20:09,986
I'd never seen them
so happy.
1288
01:20:10,057 --> 01:20:12,320
Dad invited everyone
up to Bonnie Doon.
1289
01:20:12,392 --> 01:20:14,657
I fix for you a special Farouk
pressure system.
1290
01:20:14,728 --> 01:20:18,427
Mr. Hammill said he'd love
to come. I don't think he'd
ever fished for carp.
1291
01:20:18,501 --> 01:20:22,961
Well, that party
went on and on and on.
Dad smiled all night.
1292
01:20:23,107 --> 01:20:25,271
See, this is why we need that patio.
1293
01:20:25,338 --> 01:20:27,674
The victory was reported
in all the papers.
1294
01:20:27,742 --> 01:20:30,680
It became known
as the Kerrigan Decision.
1295
01:20:30,747 --> 01:20:32,840
Jack, don't thank me.
This is the bloke.
1296
01:20:32,916 --> 01:20:36,444
Although Dad said,
as far as he was concerned,
it was Lawrie's victory.
1297
01:20:36,521 --> 01:20:39,614
And don't forget
Dennis here either.
1298
01:20:39,690 --> 01:20:43,184
That was the beginning
of a string of good luck
for our family.
1299
01:20:43,262 --> 01:20:47,787
Six months later
we got notice that Wayne would
soon be eligible for parole.
1300
01:20:47,867 --> 01:20:51,892
Dad rang Mr. Hammill,
who was more than happy
to come out of retirement again.
1301
01:20:51,970 --> 01:20:54,804
Wayne said the parole board
couldn't believe their eyes.
1302
01:20:54,874 --> 01:20:58,402
When Mr. Hammill walked in,
he reckons they granted him
parole out of shock.
1303
01:21:00,481 --> 01:21:03,109
Dennis became very well-known
after the case,
1304
01:21:03,183 --> 01:21:05,653
and people came from everywhere
to hire him.
1305
01:21:05,721 --> 01:21:07,657
He won a very big case,
1306
01:21:07,724 --> 01:21:11,784
a class action against people who put
lead in the landfill 15 years ago.
1307
01:21:11,860 --> 01:21:15,320
I think Mr. Hammill
helped him there too.
Dad is very happy for him.
1308
01:21:15,398 --> 01:21:18,664
He even bought himself
a new photocopier,
1309
01:21:18,735 --> 01:21:21,329
one that never breaks down.
1310
01:21:21,404 --> 01:21:24,896
And guess what. Mr. Hammill did go up
to Bonnie Doon.
1311
01:21:24,974 --> 01:21:28,173
At first Dad thought it was
out of politeness, but it can't be...
1312
01:21:28,246 --> 01:21:30,577
'cause he goes up there
all the time.
1313
01:21:30,649 --> 01:21:34,813
He and Dad still hit it off
as good as they did
the first day they met.
1314
01:21:34,888 --> 01:21:37,083
Coco never won another race,
1315
01:21:37,158 --> 01:21:40,285
but she had a son
which Dad called Son of Coco.
1316
01:21:40,360 --> 01:21:43,350
He hasn't won yet,
but Dad has high hopes.
1317
01:21:43,430 --> 01:21:47,764
Dad did finish the patio
in a Greek style, and the extension,
1318
01:21:47,835 --> 01:21:50,462
and he even put up those big iron gates
that he and Steve...
1319
01:21:50,538 --> 01:21:53,235
had gotten for a bargain
that night in Toorak.
1320
01:21:53,306 --> 01:21:55,706
Steve got back with Kerry,
his old girlfriend.
1321
01:21:55,777 --> 01:21:59,544
Eventually they got married
and had a little boy...
three weeks later.
1322
01:21:59,617 --> 01:22:02,744
"Baby carriage,
still in box."
1323
01:22:02,817 --> 01:22:05,049
Con and Trace
had a kid too.
1324
01:22:05,121 --> 01:22:09,748
He's already taken up kickboxing.
They are great parents.
1325
01:22:10,828 --> 01:22:14,788
Wayne started helping Dad
with the tow truck
and really made a go at it.
1326
01:22:14,864 --> 01:22:18,562
Dad's even more proud of him now
than when he was in jail.
1327
01:22:18,638 --> 01:22:20,832
It was Wayne's idea
to move into tray trucks.
1328
01:22:20,905 --> 01:22:23,603
Pretty soon they had two,
then three, then eight.
1329
01:22:23,674 --> 01:22:26,611
Who knows when it will stop?
Mum reckons 11.
1330
01:22:26,678 --> 01:22:29,342
She's as proud as punch
with all this.
1331
01:22:29,415 --> 01:22:34,285
And guess what. She did take up pottery.
She didn't even need lessons.
1332
01:22:34,355 --> 01:22:39,020
And Dad, well, he reckoned
he'd got everything
he'd ever wished for.
1333
01:22:39,094 --> 01:22:42,961
He often used to sit out on the patio
and just smile to himself.
1334
01:22:43,030 --> 01:22:45,866
And they still live
at 3 Highview Crescent,
1335
01:22:45,935 --> 01:22:48,370
even though it's only
them two livin' in it.
1336
01:22:48,438 --> 01:22:50,998
And Dad still calls it
"his castle."
1337
01:22:54,411 --> 01:22:58,110
My name's Dale Kerrigan,
and that was my story.