1 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:11,840 TONY: Gazza, you don't think someone here, one of us...? 2 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,040 GAZZA: What? Did that? 3 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:14,760 Mate, piss off! 4 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,200 So, you're pregnant. 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:19,800 Yvgeny, the officials... 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:22,400 Nobody wants this. 7 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:26,720 AUTOMATED VOICE: Hello, you've reached Mt. Lawley Family Planning Centre. 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:28,440 We're sorry we can't take your call... 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,320 Got us out of the office. 10 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,240 - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Not me. 11 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,960 I'm thinking what the hell is Wayne up to. 12 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:38,440 Stubborn as he is stupid as he is suss. 13 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:40,920 Now I have to find Bob's "Malaysian bloke." 14 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,360 He knows someone at the refugee camp. Bob gave him our money. 15 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:47,160 He's a liar. A crook. 16 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,520 It's your dream, not mine. 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:52,320 - What is then? - I don't know... 18 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,400 - Bowie, music. - (CHUCKLES) 19 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,160 - BILYA: Uncle Adam warned me. - What? 20 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:58,800 That you’d bow down to ’em. 21 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,640 To keep my job. To keep the roof over our head. 22 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,840 - That's what they did to us. - Time to go, mate. 23 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:07,560 You haven't told her yet, have you? 24 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,440 - Listen, George. - (GROANS) Fuck. 25 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:12,000 (BREATHES SHARPLY) 26 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:17,880 RADIO OPERATOR: 95 FM. The best of the West never sounded better. 27 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,320 PETE: The North American Defence Centre 28 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,280 said this Yank Skylab space station is plunging to Earth. 29 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,040 But no-one knows where the damn thing is going to land. 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,960 MAL: Well, you say that, Pete, but we've a young Perth woman on the line 31 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,560 who claims to know exactly where Skylab is coming down. 32 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,360 Tilly! Are you listening to this? 33 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,080 PETE: Okay, so, Tilly, where is this thing going to hit? 34 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,520 - TILLY: Perth, Mal. - PETE: I’m Pete. He’s Mal. 35 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,040 - Let's get the names right. - TILLY: Perth, Pete. In about a week. 36 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,160 Tilly? 37 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,440 MAL: NASA and the folks in Canberra 38 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,280 don't seem to know where Skylab will fall, what makes you so clever? 39 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,400 TILLY: I've been working with a professor on this, we applied linear regression. 40 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,520 The results give a 95 percent confidence interval of it landing near Perth. 41 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:57,600 Tilly? 42 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:00,480 TILLY: Uh, Skylab will create a debris field 100 miles wide 43 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:02,560 and a 1000 miles long. 44 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:06,120 PETE: Okay, Tilly, I mean, aren’t you being just a touch alarmist? 45 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,640 TILLY: What? That in a week your audience will be zero? 46 00:02:08,640 --> 00:02:13,480 PETE: Ouch! Oh, Tilly! All gloom and doom this morning. 47 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,160 TILLY: No, uh, just... science, Mal. 48 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,760 - PETE: Yeah, I'm Pete. - TILLY: (CHUCKLES LIGHTLY) I know. 49 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:22,880 (LINE DISCONNECTS) 50 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,120 PETE: Well, it appears we've lost Tilly there... 51 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,000 - JUDY: Hey, while you're in there... - (BREATHES DEEPLY) 52 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,320 ...have a shower, we've got school. 53 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,760 MAL: ...thanks to our budding scientist there, but don’t panic people. 54 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:32,520 Come on, sweetie. You were great, they're just... 55 00:02:32,662 --> 00:02:34,600 - Idiots. Arrogant, stupid men. - (INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO) 56 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,160 - Well, there’s a few of them about. - (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO) 57 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,720 Come on, get ready. I'll drop you at school. 58 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,640 You know what? If we're lucky maybe we can run over 59 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:44,320 a breakfast DJ on the way. 60 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,960 Did you hear that? Tilly, that was nuts! 61 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:50,960 No! School. Now! 62 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:53,480 - Waves. Me. Surfing. See ya! - No. Not. 63 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:56,720 But there's a surf comp’ tour that I wanna enter. I have to practise. 64 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,440 Look, I've told you. 65 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,240 You quit school for college or a job, that’s it. 66 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,640 (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING OVER RADIO) 67 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:05,280 Tell you what, 68 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:07,480 why don't you get ready? 69 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:10,560 We're gonna try the job option today. 70 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:13,280 (GRUNTS) 71 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,160 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 72 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,080 (THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES) 73 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,800 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER) 74 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:53,760 (BILYA CHUCKLING) 75 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,160 You're almost as good as Poppy. 76 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:58,800 When she's got her roller skates on. 77 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,360 - Oh, bugger off! - (BOTH CHUCKLE) 78 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,240 - You're good at this. - BILYA: Ta. 79 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:05,520 Don't let anyone tell you different, yeah? 80 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,320 (CHUCKLES) 81 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,400 Does Rocco know you're taking his daughter to the deb? 82 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:11,887 (CHUCKLES) 83 00:04:11,887 --> 00:04:15,440 I don't think Rocco knows much about what Poppy or Rose get up to. 84 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,320 I don't think he cares. 85 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,360 Oh, he'll care if some Black kid 86 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:21,360 turns up with this daughter on the dance floor. 87 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:24,880 (SIGHS) 88 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,200 Listen, I've got to rehearse too. 89 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:29,800 (CLEARS THROAT) 90 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,800 "I'm honoured to be asked to come on air and talk with you. 91 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,160 "I've lived in Scarborough for 20 years and listened to this station. 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,600 "The coastal suburb of Scarborough was..." 93 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,280 But you don't have to do this, right? 94 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,360 It's all right. 95 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,520 It's just a natter about how I become a teacher. 96 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,880 - I don't even have to show my face. - (BILYA GRUNTING) 97 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,040 You can come along. 98 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,400 (SIGHS) Really? 99 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,960 And do they wanna know what you’ve really been through? 100 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:57,200 Or what, Nan? 101 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:00,720 Hey, you've gotta tell them the truth. 102 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,520 Don't let anyone tell you any different. Yeah? 103 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,080 Leave it. You can't change the past. 104 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:11,640 BILYA: Yeah? 105 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,080 But Mum reckons we should never forget it. 106 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:20,920 Could've told us the truth about Bob. 107 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,360 Man, he seemed all right. (CHUCKLES) 108 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,800 - He could've even... - What's with the bullseye on my bedsheet? 109 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,760 (CLICKS TONGUE) What? 110 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,320 Me? No, no. 111 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,320 - That's weird. - EILEEN: Hmm. 112 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:39,480 (SOFT MUSIC CONCLUDES) (BIRDS CHIRPING) 113 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:40,800 (DOOR CLOSING) 114 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:48,040 No temple? 115 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:49,680 You all right? 116 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,520 - Binh will be late for school. - LAM: Where is he? 117 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,000 But you're okay? 118 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:02,720 I don't know. 119 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:08,840 I thought maybe this time with Bob's contact and all that money... 120 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,680 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 121 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:21,640 - That we’d have something to show for. - (BREATHES DEEPLY) 122 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:23,640 Someone. 123 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:30,840 (KISSES) 124 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,400 - (BREATHES DEEPLY) - (SOFT MUSIC FADES) 125 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,360 (ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO) 126 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:54,600 LAM: You'll be late. 127 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,080 - (DOOR SLAMMING) - (CHUCKLES) 128 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,200 - (ROCK MUSIC CONCLUDES) - (CAR HORN BLARING) 129 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,040 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 130 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:13,760 REPORTER: (OVER TV) How big is it? This Skylab? 131 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,640 It's a bit hard to find an earthbound thing to compare it with. 132 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,960 But as it was when it was launched, as is now that it's in orbit... 133 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:21,400 - (CLICKS TONGUE) - (YVGENY HUMMING TUNE) 134 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,880 REPORTER: ...and as it will be when it falls out of that orbit, 135 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,080 hits the Earth's atmosphere... 136 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:26,880 You have already told your superior, 137 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,360 so why must you keep us locked up in here? 138 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:32,040 YVGENY: Because he told me to deal with it. 139 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,240 So only three of us know. 140 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,480 We cannot afford for anyone to see that. 141 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,560 - Five days... we'll be gone. - (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 142 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,720 (REPORTER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER TV) 143 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,600 REPORTER: Our story goes back to 1973, the beginning of Skylab's... 144 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,320 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 145 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,960 (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 146 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:06,000 - Yes, how can I help you? - Yvgeny, open the door, please. 147 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,120 Svetlana has missed three call times already. 148 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:14,480 - I'd like to see her, please. - Not possible, she's still sick, you see. 149 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,520 She's asleep now. 150 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:22,560 I have 75 girls to look after, and I'm spending all my time on Svetlana! 151 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,120 I... I'm sorry, but cannot be helped. 152 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:29,640 Miss Adelaide? 153 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:36,080 We get drunk again. You flirt. I smile. 154 00:08:36,560 --> 00:08:39,120 It... It will fix all this? No? 155 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:43,160 Tell Svetlana, if she misses today's ball gown parade, 156 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,040 she will be disqualified! 157 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,840 You cannot do that, she's the representative of the Soviet... 158 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,480 We can. And we will! 159 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,320 And you are appalling at flirting. 160 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:06,240 What do we do now? 161 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:11,760 We could get Mick to help. 162 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:15,600 He knows a dressmaker that can help... 163 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:18,840 hide this. 164 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:23,800 Mick’s business is selling stories like this. He cannot know. 165 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:26,120 He already knows. 166 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,840 - You told him! Why? - Yvgeny, it's all right. We can trust him. 167 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:33,560 Just let me call him, huh? 168 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,760 (BREATHES DEEPLY) What choice do we have? 169 00:09:41,400 --> 00:09:43,960 (WAVES CRASHING) 170 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:46,680 (DOOR CLOSING) 171 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,160 JUDY: Hmm. Nice to see you up. 172 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:52,080 (TONY GRUNTING) 173 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:58,160 Update, your eldest daughter has locked herself in the bathroom 174 00:09:58,440 --> 00:10:00,360 and I don't have time to wait around for that 175 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,600 because I am running late for work. 176 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,840 Besides, it doesn't matter, it's all gonna be over in a week. 177 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,360 Life, the universe, the lot... 178 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,160 (SLURPS) ...apparently. Just ask Tilly. 179 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,480 - Tilly, hurry up. You're gonna be late. - You've got a mystery package. 180 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,400 Do you have a secret admirer, Dad? 181 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,240 And, uh, this one's coming to work with me today. 182 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,880 - Come on. - Go get the bastards, Mia. 183 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,080 (DOOR OPENING, CLOSING) 184 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,720 - (SIGHING) - (TILLY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 185 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:46,280 Tilly. 186 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,280 (TILLY CONTINUES SPEAKING) 187 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:54,680 Tilly, unlock this door. 188 00:10:58,320 --> 00:10:59,560 Mm-hmm. 189 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:02,520 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 190 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:04,840 What are you doing? 191 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,760 What do you think? 192 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,840 This is the safest place in the house. 193 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:14,320 Tilly. 194 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,480 Walls and pipes. 195 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,000 - Sweetheart. - TILLY: It’s true. 196 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:21,480 When Cyclone Tracey hit Darwin, this... this is where people survived. 197 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,480 - Tilly, you've got school. - No one is taking this seriously. 198 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,520 We have to get ready. We’ll only get a couple of hours warning. 199 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,600 Now you listen to me, young lady. 200 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,480 We'll... We’ll kill each other in here before Skylab gets us. 201 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:44,920 Come with me. 202 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:46,680 I've got an idea. 203 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,680 (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 204 00:11:56,440 --> 00:11:58,920 (GRUNTS) Come on. 205 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,400 This way, keep up. 206 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:34,280 (BOTH BREATHE DEEPLY) 207 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:36,280 That... 208 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:38,880 is our shelter. 209 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:42,080 - (BIRD CHIRPING) - (WHIMSICAL MUSIC CONCLUDES) 210 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,400 - (CHIMNEY CHUGGING) - (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 211 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:51,800 (MUSIC TURNS MISCHIEVOUS) 212 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,560 (SIGHS) 213 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,080 - What? Do you think he's onto us? - No, he’s not clever enough. 214 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,840 (LOCK RATTLING) 215 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:24,560 Ta-da! 216 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,280 You do realize you can get three years hard labour for that? 217 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:31,760 Are you sure you want to do this? 218 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:33,520 No. 219 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,960 But don’t want to do another round of redundancies either. 220 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:40,000 So we need to get in there, figure out what the hell he's up to. 221 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,240 Find out why he’s trying to block us from fixing this. 222 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:46,520 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 223 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,760 I'm so done with being the Angel of Death. 224 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:51,760 FRANCESCA: Girls! 225 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,240 (PAPERS RUSTLING) 226 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:02,640 Hey, look. 227 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:04,960 Do it. 228 00:14:18,252 --> 00:14:19,400 (DRAWER CLOSING) 229 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:22,600 An old speeding ticket. 230 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:25,760 A warning from the tax office. 231 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,320 (CHUCKLING) A threatening letter from an ex-girlfriend. 232 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,280 Does Wayne do business overseas? 233 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:39,520 Wayne? He thinks Sydney is a foreign country. 234 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,120 Japan? Maybe? He’s never mentioned it. 235 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,360 You know what, this looks like a contract. 236 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,760 Know any Japanese interpreters? 237 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,840 - (GRUNTS) - (MISCHIEVOUS MUSIC FADES) 238 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,440 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 239 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,000 - Thanks for this, Dad. - (TONY GRUNTING) 240 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,680 - We do what we have to. To stay safe. - (PANTS) 241 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,680 - Where did you learn to do this? - (TONY GRUNTING) 242 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,040 Here and there. 243 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,640 - When you were in the army? - (BREATHES HEAVILY) 244 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:19,400 Does it matter? (GRUNTING) 245 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,160 - You reckon this is deep enough? - (TONY GRUNTING) 246 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:25,560 Dad? Dad? 247 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,920 Hey? No. Keep digging. 248 00:15:31,027 --> 00:15:32,200 (GRUNTS) 249 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:41,760 I’m telling you. Sandy will have Svetlana ready for tonight's event. 250 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:46,200 - Yeah. But can she keep secret? - Yeah, you can trust her. 251 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,560 You said she is Vietnamese? 252 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,920 South? 253 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,640 Anti-communist? 254 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,440 Mate, I was there for two years. I didn’t care what they were, 255 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,120 as long as they weren’t anti-me. 256 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,440 This cannot go wrong. 257 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:12,800 What’s it gonna be like for Svetlana, returning home as a single mum? 258 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:14,760 Why you care? 259 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:21,640 The State helped to look after my boy. Be same for Svetlana and her baby. 260 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:23,280 (SNIFFLES) 261 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,160 Don’t worry. We will hide your baby. 262 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,440 You have been here a few years? 263 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:40,640 In Australia. 264 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,400 And Vietnam, you just... 265 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:45,560 left? 266 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:51,600 We paid someone all we had to be squeezed into a boat. 267 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,680 But yes, we left. 268 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:57,360 (SIGHS) 269 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,840 People here. They have no idea what it is like in our countries. 270 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,040 How could they? 271 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:08,640 They’re free. 272 00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,000 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 273 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,880 You see, my friend. Your spring rolls are great. The best. 274 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,280 But our Malaysian roti? 275 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,280 Well! (LAUGHS) 276 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,040 And our rice... 277 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,440 tastes better the next day. 278 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,960 Oh, we could never compete with your rice. 279 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,320 You know who would really love your roti? 280 00:17:50,360 --> 00:17:51,960 Your son, I know. 281 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,040 There is no news. There is nothing. 282 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:59,160 - Bob gave you our money to find. - Bob is gone. 283 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:07,040 Hey, try the roti, please. Not many guests get the owner cooking. 284 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,520 You weren't running a diner in Vietnam? 285 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,200 Those hands of yours are more suited to a chalkboard? A desk? 286 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,320 Engineering professor. Hanoi. 287 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,880 (LAUGHS) And now you sell "dimmies" to the Aussies. 288 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:33,560 Hey, sorry, my friend. No insult. Just a fact. 289 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,280 I was a journalist in Malaysia. 290 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:38,480 (SCOFFS) Not the best career there. 291 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,440 But promising more than you can deliver is a good business here? 292 00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:47,320 And so we find ourselves here. 293 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,280 Different worlds. Different lives. 294 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:56,280 - Everything changing. - But my son is still missing. 295 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:58,760 And that can change. Bob gave you a chance. 296 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,720 - Five thousand dollars bought us that. - And bought you this roti. 297 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,840 But no guarantees. 298 00:19:10,360 --> 00:19:12,760 We have done everything that we can. 299 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,440 Your money has not gone into my pocket. That's for others. 300 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,680 And now we wait. 301 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,320 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 302 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,560 MR TEO: Today, Van is missing, 303 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:34,800 tomorrow, who knows? 304 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:36,720 But you... 305 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,160 must look after your life. 306 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:42,080 Look after your family. 307 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,280 Not torture yourself. 308 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:58,320 And not come here again, my friend. 309 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:03,440 (DOOR CLOSING) 310 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:05,560 (SIGHS) 311 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,400 (TYPEWRITER KEYS CLACKING) 312 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,880 FRANCESCA: Judy? 313 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,360 Hiroshi. Judy. 314 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:20,640 The best barman in Perth, meet the best general manager. 315 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,040 (EXCLAIMING) Thanks for coming. 316 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,280 - HIROSHI: Huh! Saké? - (FRANCESCA SIGHING) 317 00:20:33,880 --> 00:20:36,120 - Sambuca. - (HIROSHI SCOFFS) 318 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,480 I take it you're not here for Fran's rocket fuel. 319 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,560 I do my best to educate her about real drinks. 320 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,600 - Where is it? - (PAPERS RUSTLING) 321 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,640 It’s a contract. 322 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:50,560 Contract for what? 323 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:52,600 Contract of sale. 324 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:54,840 Sale of what? 325 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,520 Looks like a company. 326 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,160 How can he afford to buy a company? 327 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,920 Doull's Power Supplies is barely staying afloat as it is. 328 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:08,400 Ah, it’s Doull Power Supplies that’s being sold. 329 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,960 - I might need that drink after all. - (GLASS CLINKING) 330 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:20,960 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 331 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,880 (CHILD BABBLING) 332 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,600 Are you from North or South? 333 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,280 North. 334 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:35,560 But we had to flee to the South, and then we had to leave there too. 335 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:38,920 Tell no one! 336 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,560 Hi! (LAUGHS) 337 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:44,560 What's her name? 338 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:46,400 - Anna. - SVETLANA: Anna. (CHUCKLES) 339 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,760 - Tell me, where did you get that pram? - Boans. Third floor. 340 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,560 Well, when the time comes, I will go to Boans on the third floor. 341 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,200 You’ll be back in the USSR. 342 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,040 No, no. 343 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:06,680 I'll be at Boans on the third floor. 344 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,320 You’re going to help me defect. 345 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:11,880 (ELEVATOR BELL DINGING) 346 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:14,320 (CHUCKLES) 347 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,600 (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING) 348 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:25,000 (WAVES CRASHING) 349 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:26,800 This morning. 350 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:29,200 The makeup. 351 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:31,960 LAM: (SIGHS) Really? Now? 352 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:36,360 It's gonna be a part of my music. 353 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,120 My performance. Like, all the artists are doing it now. 354 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,080 Your music? Performance? 355 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:48,560 Dad. 356 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,240 You were meant to be studying hard, remember? 357 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:58,440 (CHUCKLES) But I’m working hard to... to be a musician. 358 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:00,520 Like Bowie. 359 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,000 Ambitions are important, Son. 360 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,680 But remember what Mick Jagger says, 361 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,920 "You can’t always get what you want." 362 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,680 We just want you to be happy, healthy, 363 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,440 safe, secure. That's all. 364 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,120 (SPEAKING VIETNAMESE) 365 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:30,240 (IN ENGLISH) A good job, a career, medicine gives you that. 366 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,840 I don’t want this for you. Huh. 367 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:41,640 And I want my only son to be able to look after his parents 368 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:42,960 when they’re old. 369 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,480 Van’s alive. 370 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,280 I heard Mum. 371 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,280 - I’m not the only one, Dad. - No, Binh. 372 00:23:58,000 --> 00:23:59,240 You are. 373 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:02,520 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 374 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,520 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 375 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,240 Matty, this won't take long. We'll have you out of here by 8:00. 376 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,400 - There you go. - SCOTT: I did a few prompt cards for you, 377 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,600 so talk about your education, primary to high school, 378 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:21,400 uh, entry to Teachers College, studies there. 379 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,640 Uh, who you received support from. 380 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:25,480 All right, and just, um, 381 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,040 make sure you smile while you speak, helps with the tone. 382 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,480 And keep it short and sweet. Emphasis on the "sweet." 383 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,560 So don’t issue an eviction notice, got it! 384 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:36,200 Scotty! 385 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:38,440 - SCOTT: Gavvo! Yeah! - How are you, mate? 386 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,160 - Looking good. Nice suit. - SCOTT: Thank you. 387 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:41,640 You must be Eileen. 388 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,080 I hope you're going to be as much fun as that Mr Bertrude we had in. 389 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:46,640 - (LAUGHING) - (SCOTT LAUGHING) 390 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,440 He was a... He was a riot. Right. Have a seat, please. 391 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:53,440 - (CLEARS THROAT) - (MAL SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO) 392 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:54,880 All right. 393 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,280 - Yeah? - PETE: (LAUGHS) No fear, mate. 394 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,280 - Home to the better half... - Okay. 395 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,880 PETE: ...and J.R., it's Dallas night tonight. 396 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,600 MAL: Ooh, good on ya, Pete. Enjoy J.R., 397 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,200 and we'll catch you tomorrow, Perth. 398 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,320 RADIO OPERATOR: 95 FM. The best of the West never sounded better. 399 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,320 Turn up the radio, Eileen’s next. 400 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,400 GAVIN: Tonight, as part of the 150th celebrations, 401 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,400 we welcome another local teaching hero. 402 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,160 She's one of our own, she's also a qualified Aboriginal teacher. 403 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,400 Please welcome Eileen Wilberforce. 404 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:26,480 Uh. Ta. 405 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:28,280 Thank you, Gavin. 406 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,560 Now, Scott Williamson tells me that you are a testament 407 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:36,400 to how far Aboriginal people have come in the last 150 years. 408 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,680 Tell me, Eileen, how many of those years have you called Scarborough home? 409 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,760 Um, I’ve lived in Scarborough for 20 years now. 410 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,040 (LAUGHS) You're practically one of us! 411 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,360 - So... - Um... 412 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,080 I was told recently that I... 413 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,320 that I should never forget my past. 414 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,720 I haven’t. I’ve just not talked about it. 415 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,080 Seemed easier that way. 416 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:18,680 But I’m learning that staying silent doesn’t help... 417 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,360 anyone. 418 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,120 I... I didn't mean to suggest... 419 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,800 Even though I’ve lived in Scarborough for over 20 years... 420 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,240 I'm a Binjareb Noongar woman. 421 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,360 I was born in a little town south of here. 422 00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:39,880 You might've heard of the place through your history books, 423 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,200 the Battle of Pinjarra in 1834. 424 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:46,720 Well... let me tell you... 425 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,360 - it wasn’t a battle, it was a massacre. - Oh, now that's... that's a big call. 426 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:58,920 Stirling and his band of merry men killed about 80 Aboriginal men, 427 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,680 women and children. 428 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:02,480 - (INHALES SHARPLY) - EILEEN: And guess what? 429 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,200 Only one of Stirling’s men died. 430 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,640 My great grandfather’s sisters, they were kids at the time... 431 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:12,960 they were also murdered. 432 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,680 Um, I'm sorry. I've... I've never heard that. 433 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,520 Yeah, well... 434 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,480 over the generations not a lot of progress was made for us lot. 435 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:30,200 Eileen, look at you. (CHUCKLES) You're... You're a teacher. 436 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:31,880 Yeah. 437 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,240 But I'm only one of a handful in this state. 438 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:37,800 And that's not good enough, is it, Mr Simmonds? 439 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,200 Now, do you wanna hear my story or not? 440 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,280 (CHUCKLES) 441 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,560 Please. 442 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:51,320 EILEEN: You see, Gavin... 443 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,040 through the generations not a lot of progress was made for us lot. 444 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,040 When I was a kid... 445 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:02,960 my mum used to cover me and my sister in black ash, 446 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,960 every time the authorities raided the camps for fair skinned kids 447 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:10,400 to... to civilise and enslave. 448 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,520 They could do anything to us. 449 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:14,960 We weren’t citizens. 450 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:19,960 In their eyes, by their laws, we were just merely flora and fauna. 451 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,240 But that didn’t stop my dad fighting for his country. 452 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,800 In World War I, he was equal on the battlefield. 453 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,600 But back home, he couldn’t even go to the pub with his mates. 454 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,080 It was only 12 years ago we got citizenship. 455 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:41,960 And sadly, that was too late for my dad. 456 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,840 And this kinda treatment was happening all over Australia. 457 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:50,400 When I was a young bride... 458 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,600 I was living on my husband’s country. 459 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,520 Beautiful desert country in South Australia. 460 00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:02,000 Until we were herded off to Yalata Mission, uh, 461 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,000 that was a couple 100Ks away... 462 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:10,320 to make way for the British and the Australian governments 463 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:11,920 to do their nuclear tests. 464 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,560 You might know the place... 465 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:18,560 Maralinga. 466 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:25,240 But then, maybe not, because it was all hush-hush, you know, top secret stuff. 467 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,520 The government denies it ever happening... 468 00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,120 but those tests, they went on for over ten years. 469 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:36,000 My husband’s people, they were still out on country, 470 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:37,960 not knowing what was happening. 471 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,720 In 1954, my husband, he went out searching for ‘em, you know... 472 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,400 - Tony. - EILEEN: ...bring ‘em into safety. 473 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,520 And I waited... 474 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,120 and I waited for him to come home. 475 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:55,960 He never did. 476 00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,680 Like other Anangu people, he died from those bombs. 477 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,720 And I... You know, I couldn’t be there without him, it was too hard, so... 478 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,040 I came back to my country, 479 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,880 with my eight-year-old daughter and my unborn son. 480 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,880 And I rolled up my sleeves and I just got on with it. 481 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,680 And I kept the past in the past. 482 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,200 I've rebuilt my life. 483 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:23,480 For me. For them. 484 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,200 And, yeah, it was hard work, but I became a teacher. 485 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,240 But... 486 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:34,240 my silence has cost me. 487 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:40,120 My daughter, I can see that she's angry at me for it. 488 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,520 She’s spent her life trying to break my silence. 489 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,480 And my son, he hasn’t talked to me in over a year. 490 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,360 He’s with his father’s people now, back at Maralinga, 491 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,280 trying to make sense of all the wasteland that was left there. 492 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:00,840 And I realize now that... 493 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:06,400 (SIGHS) ...you know, it's okay to live and speak my truth. 494 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:10,480 For some things, it’s too late... 495 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,120 but right now I feel... 496 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:17,840 I feel moorditj... 497 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,960 deadly for finally giving it breath. 498 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:24,400 So yeah, 499 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:29,000 I'll let you decide if you think my story is a great example 500 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,720 of how far Aboriginal people have come in the last 150 years? 501 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,040 Eileen Wilberforce... 502 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,560 thank you so very much. 503 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,320 (EXHALES DEEPLY) 504 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,800 (INSPIRING MUSIC PLAYING) 505 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,480 (BREATHES DEEPLY) 506 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,360 - (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) - JUDY: You coming? 507 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,200 (MUSIC FADES) 508 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,240 What are you doing with that? 509 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,600 Look at that handwriting. 510 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:01,200 Gazza was the one that threw it. 511 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:05,320 What? 512 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,520 Don’t be stupid. He would never do that. 513 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:10,840 But he did. 514 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:19,520 I don’t understand. Why? 515 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,200 I mean, he... he’s like family to you. 516 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,160 To us. 517 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,280 Well, what are we going to do about it? 518 00:33:36,087 --> 00:33:37,160 Not us. 519 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:39,960 You. 520 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,200 This is your battle. Has been for a while. 521 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:50,960 You don’t need me to fight yours. I can’t fight it like you. (SCOFFS) 522 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,520 You’re brilliant. 523 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,080 (EXHALES HEAVILY) 524 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,280 What a dickhead. 525 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,280 Eileen was... 526 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,040 I know, she spoke so well, I had no idea. 527 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,160 I was there. 528 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,600 (INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING) 529 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:35,480 In a trench... 530 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,120 three miles from those A-bombs. 531 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:45,720 Waiting for the flash. 532 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:49,440 Maralinga? 533 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:03,840 I was just a kid. 534 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,680 Stood in my own piss. 535 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,800 My own fear. 536 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:25,240 You could see... You could see your own... bones. 537 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,440 Your own skeleton through the darkness. 538 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:43,720 Why didn't you tell me? 539 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,200 I’ve been trying to forget about that for years. 540 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,720 Bloody decades. 541 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:55,800 But I can’t. 542 00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,240 What happened to us. 543 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,080 What happened to the Aboriginals... 544 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,720 to Eileen’s family. 545 00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,360 (GASPS) 546 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,320 (EXHALES SHARPLY) 547 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,440 (SNIFFLES) 548 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,760 Well, I guess you've found your battle. 549 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:42,120 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 550 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,000 (INTENSE MUSIC CONCLUDES)