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Scales of Justice Part 3 The Job 1983 Australian True Crime Miniseries
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00:00:03He's since been replaced by Trevor Hawley, the gentleman you can see on the right-hand
00:00:07side of his screen. To sum up, could we have the diagrammatic chart up? Now you see how
00:00:12these 16 nominee companies are directly linked back to McLaren and his major activities in
00:00:17the rigging of horse racing and shoplifting gangs. Right, now we move to the area of vice
00:00:22and pornography. This area is controlled by Arthur Lee Roach, whose empire has now evolved
00:00:28into the classic organized crime scenario. You can forget him. He's managed to insulate
00:00:32himself from direct law enforcement and avoid prosecution action. His last conviction, however,
00:00:37was in 1956 when he was arrested for the sale of pornography. He served six months. During
00:00:43the 1960s, he was arrested on 13 separate charges. However, none of these charges could be proceeded
00:00:50with. In some cases because no evidence was offered, and others because the principal witnesses
00:00:56and complainants failed to appear. Can I have Roach's diagrammatic chart up? Now you'll
00:01:00see Roach's major cash flow stems from massage parlours, escort agencies and pornography. These
00:01:06outlets are controlled by dozens of nominee companies listed under the names of sisters
00:01:10and brothers-in-law and ex-mistresses and one or two people who've been with Roach since
00:01:15the early 1960s, as you'll see on the chart. Further nominee companies control clubs and hotels
00:01:22and nightclubs. Some of these links we have been able to establish back to Roach. In the
00:01:27past five years, he's moved into drugs, cocaine and heroin mainly. Now that is a natural development
00:01:33because prostitutes act as a major marketing and distribution outlet for both of these drugs.
00:01:38So there is a nexus between the liquor entertainment and sex industries in the drug trade. Now we
00:01:43turn to partners and possible partners, holdings and possible holdings through nominees.
00:02:15He asked to sell, Sir John, to get a cop a lot of stick from the green.
00:02:16If we're going to give the press their heads, can we? Oh, good evening.
00:02:20Barry. Ralph.
00:02:22Kate. You're looking very lovely this evening. Is that a new perfume you're wearing?
00:02:27Johnny Walker odour toilet.
00:02:29You know what I've missed you for you up to?
00:02:31Buy me a drink later, Barry, and I'll tell you everything.
00:02:34Oh, if I could think of nothing, I would like more. But I'm an old man. It's nearly time for
00:02:39my bed.
00:02:40I do just give my press man a ring next week. Shit stir.
00:02:45How would you like to wake up next to that?
00:02:56Kate Hartman from the Daily Standard. The Attorney General's expecting me?
00:03:22Oh, thanks, Charlie. Come in, Kate.
00:03:29Drink.
00:03:29Wouldn't say no to a beer.
00:03:31Good idea. Sit down, Kate.
00:03:33Don't mind if I smoke?
00:03:34No, it's your health.
00:03:38Busy week?
00:03:40The paper's running an opinion pile on the second casino license.
00:03:43Should be interesting.
00:03:46Premier might use a different adjective.
00:03:49Yeah.
00:03:51Is he including you on the casino subcommittee?
00:03:54Well, there's been one or two whispers.
00:03:56I've heard a whisper, too.
00:03:58Could have something, though.
00:04:00Ralph Carpenter's a definite starter.
00:04:02Why don't you drop it in his lap?
00:04:04The closest I've managed to get to your police minister lately was on the front steps tonight.
00:04:08Yes, it must be difficult getting background for some stories.
00:04:12I manage.
00:04:14Might be able to help you there, Kate.
00:04:17In return for?
00:04:18You continue to support my reforms?
00:04:22Sympathetic line?
00:04:22Could we be particular?
00:04:33Your office isn't bugged, is it?
00:04:36He's humoring my paranoia.
00:04:38You know Arthur Lee Roach?
00:04:40I've watched him testify at enough royal commissions.
00:04:43I want to make life difficult for the bastard.
00:04:46Can't say it straight out.
00:04:47He's protected.
00:04:48I think we both know by her.
00:04:49You notice the rumors, Kate?
00:04:50I'm a member of this government.
00:04:52I want to stay in office.
00:04:54I don't want to know about Roach's political connections.
00:04:56They could do you a lot of damage.
00:04:58Not if they want this government to stay in power.
00:05:00So I start praising the need to license whores.
00:05:03You could take the view that the government would be moving the girls off the streets.
00:05:08That way we'd be controlling venereal disease, flow of drugs, increasing the state revenue.
00:05:14I can just see the fact-finding delegations touring Scandinavia and Bangkok.
00:05:19Ah, well you have to be prepared to make sacrifices in the public service, Kate.
00:05:24Gradually you begin to realize what a good weapon this is against all the nice crime.
00:05:28One of its tentacles anyway.
00:05:30You interview me.
00:05:31The weight of public opinion would force me to see you officially.
00:05:34You demand to see the file on Roach's nominee companies.
00:05:38He's interconnecting club licenses.
00:05:39His entire empire.
00:05:41Most of it's in there.
00:05:43I could arrange a few Dorothy Dix questions down on the floor of the house.
00:05:46Help you get around the defamation rules.
00:05:50Mr. Governor, excuse me for a minute, Kate.
00:05:52I must go down on the floor and respond to that question.
00:05:54All this back room maneuvering.
00:05:56That's what you were the attorney general.
00:05:58Well, I can't be seen to be guilty of harassment, can I, Kate?
00:06:02After all, we're in the middle of a crackdown on organized crime.
00:06:05That's a public relations exercise to push through the second casino license.
00:06:08Yes, it took me off the record, Kate.
00:06:12It took me quite a while to smell a rat.
00:06:14The law student will complete the proposed five-year clause.
00:06:18What about your financial assistance?
00:06:21And from what sources are the present for your law?
00:06:26Good night, sir.
00:06:27Good night, Jim.
00:06:28We'll see you at 7th Shove.
00:06:30There he is.
00:06:31Come on, mate.
00:06:33Now that's a boy, eh?
00:06:54Let's see, Tommy went out and told the kid never to come back again.
00:07:01All right, great.
00:07:06I decided on a crim today.
00:07:09Hmm?
00:07:10Artie Roach.
00:07:12Ooh, Glenn.
00:07:15I talked to Kate Hardman.
00:07:18End of discussion.
00:07:21It's the right move.
00:07:26Well, it's been nice knowing you.
00:07:31Roach isn't going to touch your cabinet, Minister.
00:07:35Then why have another people or other governments gone after him?
00:07:38Other governments were shonky.
00:07:40Not all of them, surely.
00:07:42These people use violence, Glenn.
00:07:46Other governments put organized crime into the too hard basket.
00:07:52Well, they get compromised.
00:07:54You make compromises every second day.
00:07:57Yeah, political compromise is different from being compromised personally.
00:08:01You're splitting straws.
00:08:08You make political compromises so you can stay in power, but you guard your personal integrity so you can use
00:08:14that power.
00:08:16Well, darling, I think you've made your first big political blunder.
00:08:24Well, there's going to be a general election within six months.
00:08:28If we manage to scrape back into government, a cabinet reshuffle.
00:08:32The Premier's had it up to here with me.
00:08:34I have to consolidate my position.
00:08:37I have to push my way into the casino subcommittee.
00:08:41Get my name into the papers.
00:08:43Make myself so prominent I can't be knocked off.
00:08:47I can have him lent on at branch level.
00:08:49Have them apply pressure.
00:08:50Not for doing his job.
00:08:51Don't make the bastard that bigger martyr is already too popular.
00:08:54No, we need Ferris.
00:08:55He smells good politically.
00:08:57Better than any of us.
00:08:58This prostitution bill can't be seen as party platform.
00:09:00We can't be seen to oppose it either.
00:09:02Well, it's a moral issue.
00:09:04Maybe we can get it through in a conscience well.
00:09:08What about the opposition?
00:09:10They don't want the damn thing any more than we do.
00:09:12Well, we're very lucky it's prostitution.
00:09:13We're not dealing with abortion or queers.
00:09:16Only small minorities are going to storm the steps.
00:09:19Yeah, this wouldn't be ready for the current session.
00:09:22Oh, we can be sure of that.
00:09:24And we're too busy to bring on anything else.
00:09:30Send him in.
00:09:31It's not bad for a young pup.
00:09:38Come here.
00:09:39What sort of bloody gutter sniper are you, Ferris?
00:09:41What in the name of Christ do you think you're playing out with this shit?
00:09:43I had nothing to do with that, I think.
00:09:44Oh, bullshit.
00:09:44I know what you're doing.
00:09:45You're jockeying for positions.
00:09:47I want you to kill this.
00:09:48Press it, crucify me.
00:09:50I can't do that.
00:09:50I'll tell you what you can and can't do.
00:09:52This bill is only one of a number we've been preparing for cabinet.
00:09:55I'm as angry about the leak as you are.
00:09:56I've had a gut full of you and your law reforms.
00:09:58If it's not the prisons, it's the abos or the pulptors.
00:10:00We've got enough on our plate with unemployment and the casinos.
00:10:02This bill is tailored to answer the casino backlash.
00:10:05How do you arrive at that?
00:10:07Casinos push up the incidents of crime right across the board.
00:10:11Street crime, drugs, prostitution.
00:10:12That's a lot of bullshit, Ben.
00:10:13There's a nexus between drugs and crime.
00:10:14You look at the statistics of Atlantic City and America.
00:10:17Don't quote statistics at me.
00:10:17We confine ourselves to issues that translate directly into the popular vote.
00:10:21Things like this new decentralized industrial center.
00:10:24Well, the casinos haven't been translating themselves into a popular vote.
00:10:27Don't be a smartass.
00:10:28We're after the revenue by controlling gambling.
00:10:31Why don't we go the whole hog and control vice?
00:10:32Of course, we'd increase the state revenue.
00:10:34There are no votes in law reform.
00:10:35Not in the party.
00:10:36There is in the electorate.
00:10:37Don't tell me how to play the voters.
00:10:39You're not indispensable in cabinet.
00:10:42If you want my resignation.
00:10:43You know, buddy, well, I don't.
00:10:45You and King Ferris, you bloody king.
00:10:47Now get out of here.
00:10:50One other thing.
00:10:52You're on that casino subcommittee.
00:10:54I'm not going to have you standing back like a virgin in a brothel.
00:10:56If there's any shit flying, you'll wear it.
00:10:58Yes, Premier.
00:11:04Boy's going to get his ass burned.
00:11:06Roach began to expand his empire in 1968.
00:11:10When he took control of the Prince's Square territory, formerly run by a Baza Martin.
00:11:14The figures on pornography, Max.
00:11:15Intelligence reports indicate that Martin's stepsister was Roach's mistress.
00:11:20It helped draw Martin to his execution.
00:11:22I've never heard that confirmed.
00:11:23Roach consolidated his empire with the death in 1971 of Cal Gainer.
00:11:29His body was never found, but intelligence reports indicate he was murdered.
00:11:32Further five million from pornography.
00:11:33And his body was fed through an industrial garbage disposal unit.
00:11:36Clear in the vicinity of 20%.
00:11:37Roach contracted the violence to a Garth Nipper Jackson,
00:11:41the criminal who specialised in strong-arm tactics and drugs from 1964 to the time of his death through suicide
00:11:48last year.
00:11:49I'm out of here.
00:11:51I'm out of here.
00:12:07I'm out of here.
00:12:09I'm out of here.
00:12:10I'm out of here.
00:12:11I'm out of here.
00:12:11I'm out of here.
00:12:12I'm out of here.
00:12:12My mom, she's only so much money.
00:12:14What does she spend her money on?
00:12:16Her boyfriend takes master.
00:12:17no she must be on something she's not but she works her bum right she must be pulling two thousand
00:12:24but she doesn't spend it on time
00:12:38Alex Alex I've got the best girls in town you have to pay for quality I have to go
00:12:44I've already negotiated this sort of thing you call Sandro Barretti and talk to him
00:12:51tell him I said it was okay to discuss percentages look I've got to go Alex I'll I'll talk to
00:12:59you
00:12:59later bye bloody Alex Munro what does he get off has Richie definitely got the second casino
00:13:07as good as pending final negotiations the way Alex Munro was talking I think that already
00:13:13opened the front doors what's all this crap with the AG he's sprung it on us Barry my old friend
00:13:22if this friggin bill becomes law I'm stuffed I lose 10 to 15 million a year on my boys and
00:13:28girls alone bang goes my market for coke and smack it's gonna be a conscience for what guarantee is
00:13:35that it can't put the screws on that higher part of it it smells good it must grab squid and
00:13:40black
00:13:40and pretty face speaking about good did you just leave it there what's your name Vanessa
00:13:48your real name that is my real name Mr Roach well Vanessa I want you to meet a very good
00:13:54friend of
00:13:54mine nothing is too good for this man his name is Barry and he's a very famous man very powerful
00:14:04so we're relying on your discretion Mr Roach stand up Vanessa
00:14:13turn around
00:14:16pretty cheeky
00:14:18piss off I'll let you know if he wants you
00:14:25I think I am hungry
00:14:26we gotta get the wood on Ferris there's gotta be one or two skeletons there
00:14:32knowing Glenn I should say so in the meantime I'll just slow him down
00:14:37I have a couple of mates on the opposition
00:14:40who owe me a favor I can get them to set up a few
00:14:46curly questions on notice that'll tie up his staff with awkward legal questions
00:14:52can you make a boss to do a lot of homework can you get his crime intelligence file pulled
00:14:57they won't like it but yeah I think I got a profile down
00:15:01could we get him involved in some chunky investments
00:15:07we can look into that
00:15:09gotta get him fixed up Barry
00:15:11we gotta get the dirt on him
00:15:13well I'm sure the church will condemn the bill but the facts
00:15:16the facts are father
00:15:19I'm not promoting prostitution I'm not promoting it I'm trying to control it
00:15:25I don't happen to subscribe to the theory out of sight out of mind
00:15:31no look of course I appreciate your position father listen can I suggest this can I suggest that we meet
00:15:38I'll have my private secretary contact you yes goodnight father
00:15:47let's leave that thing off the hook
00:15:50I'm not here
00:15:55right now stand over here Marion love
00:16:01Marion
00:16:05right now just look like you're waiting for your next customer
00:16:13bring your head up a little bit that's it so I can see your face
00:16:16how much did you spend on smackawake love
00:16:21I don't know about 800, 900 grand
00:16:25that's a lot of customers
00:16:29see this bill is designed to get the girls off the street
00:16:32the whole situation out of the public view
00:16:34and you know how that's going to help
00:16:35don't you bear the bank keep it up
00:16:37the catholics and the masons in this place are like
00:16:39that's for cards
00:16:40you do the right thing by me mate
00:16:41I'll look after you when I'm premier
00:16:42what do you mean when you're premier
00:16:46this is the John Ritchie group
00:16:48held a large land parcel at Stingray Bay
00:16:52that's where they want to site their new industrial centre
00:16:55now we want it at Point Edmund
00:16:58and we also want those three marginal seats
00:17:01would you agree Glenn?
00:17:03yes yes I would
00:17:04well we must have complete cabinet solidarity about this
00:17:09I agree
00:17:09how much is all this going to cost?
00:17:11I mean our deficit's a bloody nightmare
00:17:13oh stop all that Don
00:17:14until we get the marginal seats in the bag
00:17:17now Glenn I'll tell you what I want you to do
00:17:18I want you to look into the legal aspects
00:17:20of transferring crown land across to the Ritchie group
00:17:25it might be possible to make a land swap
00:17:27a contra deal
00:17:28I mean it's going to smell better
00:17:29politically anyway
00:17:31now I want you to liaise with Glenn Don
00:17:34I want you to make some a rough cost
00:17:36something that's easy to quote
00:17:37because the premier must sell this to St John
00:17:40well fair enough
00:17:42I suppose we'll find the money somewhere
00:17:44I'd like to pick up the threads by the end of the week
00:17:47thank you
00:17:49Glenn have you got a minute?
00:17:52sure
00:17:53I'd like to have a drink
00:17:54I'll see you in the bar
00:17:56oh just some rough cost will do at the moment
00:18:00thanks very much
00:18:02I'll be with you in a moment Glenn
00:18:04could you shut the door please
00:18:10I heard a whisper from the opposition
00:18:13that they're digging the dirt on the casino subcommittee
00:18:17a bunch of bloody muckrakers
00:18:20well it is an issue
00:18:21I think I would like to get all the files from the BCI
00:18:24and we'll see who we're dealing with
00:18:26well they're getting very twitchy over politicians files these days
00:18:30well put it in writing
00:18:33that'll shut them up
00:18:34oh yes by the way
00:18:36I had a little chat with the publisher of the Standard
00:18:40the other day
00:18:41there were no worries there
00:18:42ah good
00:18:42thank you Benny
00:18:43well
00:18:44we don't want to throw your hat into the ring as deputy leader
00:18:48and find some bastard to piss on her
00:18:51make me look stupid
00:18:54oh incidentally Ralph
00:18:57my niece
00:18:58is looking for the right job
00:19:02first class girl
00:19:04university degree
00:19:05good looking?
00:19:06don't you bloody dare
00:19:10and mum's the word
00:19:11I mean I don't want to be accused of jobs for the girls
00:19:16Glenn
00:19:18you're a pain in the arse
00:19:23that is what this bill is all about
00:19:25how old are you?
00:19:2741
00:19:28you know I've got a lot of time for you
00:19:32I'm not a bloody court
00:19:35it's mutual
00:19:37I didn't say a word to the bastard
00:19:40I am being
00:19:41I am being forced out to pasture
00:19:44when?
00:19:48the consummate politician
00:19:50not why
00:19:51when
00:19:53I knew about the blood thing
00:19:55I'll be here till the election
00:19:58bad luck
00:19:59yes I think it is
00:20:01I'm a young man
00:20:01nobody knows
00:20:02I've no intention of telling the premier
00:20:04because he tipped me out before the election
00:20:08I just want to hang on
00:20:10so broadly you are
00:20:11would somebody please get him out of here
00:20:14before he makes a display of himself again?
00:20:16I'm sorry Barry
00:20:17don't come over here please
00:20:18no
00:20:20go home
00:20:22and sober up
00:20:29I'm putting you on the inside track
00:20:31to start campaigning?
00:20:33no
00:20:34start mending fences
00:20:36and kissing arses
00:20:37you can drop all that
00:20:38prostitution crap
00:20:40you're not fooling anybody
00:20:42this bill
00:20:43I mean you've
00:20:44set a bait for a big fish
00:20:47arty ratch
00:20:50it's nothing personal
00:20:52bullshit
00:20:53I happen to know
00:20:54roaches protected
00:20:57of people who could use their position against me
00:21:01I believe in party loyalty
00:21:04just so long as no bastard stabs me in the back
00:21:06you've got a bright future Glenn
00:21:09as long as you make the right decisions
00:21:12arty ratch is a very dangerous man
00:21:14I wouldn't cross him
00:21:15the infrastructure at Stingray Bay is first class
00:21:19there's an airport, roads, water, power
00:21:21that won't be a problem at Point Edmund John
00:21:24what about the environmentalists?
00:21:26we'll deal with them
00:21:27we've run way behind on the building schedule
00:21:30and bloody greenies will throw themselves under the bulldozers
00:21:34chain themselves to trees
00:21:35the police will deal with them
00:21:37as for the local infrastructure
00:21:39well we'll improve all that with public works
00:21:41that's the act of a responsible government
00:21:43it would mean yet another bloody delay
00:21:47oh well naturally you'd be looking for compensation
00:21:51I would have thought a casino license would more than compensate
00:21:57well I wouldn't see a problem if one was dependent on the other
00:22:03only a matter of the wheels of government turning John
00:22:17hi it's me
00:22:18listen I'm stuck in the office for a while
00:22:20but we're all going well
00:22:21should be there about nine o'clock
00:22:24sorry
00:22:27sorry I missed you Kate
00:22:29I was hoping to catch you at home
00:22:31I thought you'd like to hear the latest on a friend of yours
00:22:34name of Marion
00:22:36you featured her in your paper
00:22:39seems she had an accident
00:22:42you know she may align straight in the eyeball
00:22:44you get a quicker hit that way apparently
00:22:48the word is she OD'd
00:22:50you bastard wretch
00:22:51you might like to take your photographer down to the morgue
00:22:54might get a good follow-up story eh
00:22:57oh and be careful on the roads Kate
00:22:59accidents do happen
00:23:11well now it's an inquiry into pornography
00:23:14I've seen your departmental officers do a general investigation into all aspects including video
00:23:19Glenn please
00:23:20watch your step
00:23:22as long as I'm careful
00:23:23it's always my credibility against Roach's
00:23:25yeah
00:23:26Kate Hardman
00:23:27hi
00:23:29listen I'll see her alone
00:23:30have Rox wear a bra will you
00:23:32she'd usually like it
00:23:33not that obvious
00:23:36come in Kate sit down
00:23:39you attend the autopsy
00:23:41accidental death by a heroine overdose
00:23:43she was murdered
00:23:44your girl was a heroine addict
00:23:45that's bastard
00:23:46we can't let him get away with it Glenn
00:23:47we can't sit by
00:23:48and that Roach
00:23:49we continue to push the prostitution bill
00:23:52other than that I can only act where the police put a case together
00:23:55that'll be bloody never
00:23:57Glenn you know how they do it
00:23:59pure heroine
00:24:00the girl thinks she's shooting up straight cut smack
00:24:02and it's pure
00:24:03ten to twenty times more potent
00:24:05you're a politician
00:24:06I'm a number one law officer
00:24:07I cannot compromise that position with wild supposition
00:24:11Roach doesn't worry you personally
00:24:13I didn't say
00:24:14I have something on one of the casino applicants
00:24:31you know it's down to a short list of two
00:24:35this concerns Sir John Ritchie and the heroine deal in Ippet Jackson
00:24:39I have evidence to show they linked
00:24:43in what way
00:24:44strike breaking
00:24:45smashing picket lines
00:24:47two unionists were badly beaten some months ago
00:24:49one cripple for life
00:24:51this is a strike against one of Sir John's companies
00:24:54GKO Plastics
00:24:56the unions believe they were ripped off
00:24:58one of their concessions was a profit sharing arrangement
00:25:02the union claims millions of dollars were moved overseas
00:25:05so they demanded an independent audit of the company books
00:25:08and that was denied they went on strike
00:25:12chances have to be good Sir John Ritchie's merchant bank was involved
00:25:16in your substance you had any of this Kate
00:25:22we both know Nipper Jackson
00:25:24the man beside him is Alex Munro
00:25:27the principal private secretary to Sir John
00:25:30where'd you come by this?
00:25:31I've got one or two friends in Canberra
00:25:35a photograph in itself proves nothing
00:25:36at best it's circumstantial
00:25:38this is not a court of law Glenn
00:25:40this is a casino application
00:25:41and the government can't issue a licence to someone linked to organise crime
00:25:45I'll follow it up
00:25:46I want to get some of this into the paper
00:25:47I'll get back to you Kate
00:25:56I want you to probe the Ritchie group on transfers of monies overseas
00:26:01I presume you'll have to go through the federal treasury
00:26:03and while you're at it you might want to see what feedback
00:26:06you can get from our overseas law enforcement contacts
00:26:10I'll be very discreet on this one Graeme
00:26:12look I'll have to ring you back
00:26:15yes within the hour
00:26:16bye darling
00:26:16who gave you this?
00:26:17Kate Hartman
00:26:19are you two about to become engaged?
00:26:21she's a good journo
00:26:22gutter press and a dike to boot
00:26:23I wouldn't give her the time of day
00:26:25does the other side have this?
00:26:26I couldn't say
00:26:28it's bloody outrageous Glenn
00:26:29Sir John heads a multi-million dollar group
00:26:31I find it hard to believe myself
00:26:32but if it's true and we award Sir John the casino licence
00:26:35we're going to be cutting our own throats
00:26:37oh I don't think it'll come to that
00:26:38it's all bullshit
00:26:40don't do anything that'll you hear from me
00:26:45oh yes I must admit I have been back once or twice since opening night
00:26:49oh thank you very much Ray
00:26:50thank you
00:26:51I find I've got a weakness for blackjack
00:26:53oh well set out
00:26:54excellent restaurant
00:26:55everyone got a break
00:26:56working on that
00:26:59Jan, Rita please
00:27:00I'd like you to meet the ministerial liaison officers for the casino subcommittee
00:27:07Jan Barsing and Rita Hayes
00:27:10Premier Cooper and Attorney General Ferris
00:27:13Rita, hi Jan
00:27:14no girls
00:27:15good we're underway
00:27:16gin and tonic for me please
00:27:17well it's got your eyes thanks
00:27:20the brewmatch
00:27:21well you fellas have got your work cut out for you
00:27:22one of these two will be our next casino
00:27:24you will have seen them both before among the 20 or so other applicants
00:27:28well I like the one with the spirals
00:27:30I thought that was a brilliant design
00:27:31well these two stood out head and shoulders from the word go
00:27:33to my mind
00:27:34this one is what?
00:27:35the bid net corporation
00:27:37one of overseas money and influence tied up here
00:27:40this must be the Ritchie group
00:27:41yes
00:27:43I make their secret
00:27:44except to the media
00:27:46that I'd be very happy to see Sir John win this license
00:27:49it's an entirely local company as you know
00:27:52and one of our major donors and supporters
00:27:55however it's not my decision
00:27:57it's a decision for this subcommittee
00:27:58you fellas carry the can on this one
00:27:59I take it there'll be a complete investigation into both applicants
00:28:03yes, by officers of the treasury
00:28:04I've already set that immersion
00:28:05hey, where did you go in this bid here, boss?
00:28:09will that be an auditorium?
00:28:10yeah, I'll bug it if I know, Don
00:28:12very impressive
00:28:13a whole roof of glass with water running over it
00:28:15might be nice if you were a girl fish
00:28:20I'm worried about that photograph, Ralph
00:28:23this new industrial estate's very important
00:28:25it could bring employment to one of the state's most depressed areas
00:28:28at a considerable personal cost, Sir John
00:28:30I want everything you can get me on this
00:28:31I want to know what I'm dealing with here
00:28:41you want the BCI file on Sir John?
00:28:43oh, good God, no, use your discretion
00:28:45we don't want this thing spilling all over the shop
00:28:47confine it to the heroin dealer
00:28:49and Sir John's principal private secretary
00:28:50look for any substance in that
00:28:52and I want to hear a rumor back
00:28:55your press secretary could let it slip in the non-members' bar
00:28:58rather it seems the Bidnet Corporation could have connections with funny money
00:29:02the American Mafia or the Hong Kong Triabs?
00:29:06it is something like that
00:29:08I'll need a new temporary at the electoral office this coming Friday
00:29:17item 16
00:29:19I've had a letter from one of my constituents complaining
00:29:21it's a Mrs. P. Ingram
00:29:23it's about the local school teacher
00:29:25would you forward that on to the Minister for Education
00:29:28with a covering letter from me
00:29:30and a copy to Mrs. Ingram
00:29:33listen, that's enough of that racket
00:29:36thanks, darling
00:29:38she has to practice
00:29:43item 17
00:29:44you're not in Parliament House now
00:29:46this is our home too
00:29:48we all have equal rights here
00:29:49I know that, darling
00:29:50you might be a little tin god down in Parliament House
00:29:52and you probably believe it
00:29:54you probably think you're immortal
00:29:56come on, let's go for a walk
00:29:58I'm in the middle of getting lunch
00:29:59come on, everybody
00:30:01get the dog
00:30:01go for a walk
00:30:10it's okay
00:30:12no, it's not, Glenn
00:30:15don't you read the newspapers
00:30:17Kate Hardman's good as said that young prostitute was murdered
00:30:20Kate Hardman's a journalist
00:30:22her business is selling papers
00:30:24Tommy!
00:30:25get off the road!
00:30:36look, they're not going to bump off a cabinet minister
00:30:39I'm frightened for my children
00:30:40for myself
00:30:41no
00:30:43no
00:30:44I can't help it
00:30:46I'm convinced they killed that girl
00:30:50I'll have a chat with Barry Bynes
00:30:51I'll tell him I'm concerned about my family
00:30:54why would you do that?
00:30:55well, he could pass it on to his best mate, Artie Roach
00:31:00Barry Barnes
00:31:01yeah
00:31:03I'll tell Barry how irrational I'd be
00:31:05I'd strike out blindly
00:31:07I wouldn't care what the political consequences were
00:31:11the deputy leader of your party
00:31:15my god
00:31:18I can't believe it
00:31:21nobody out there would
00:31:23none of the party faithful
00:31:26that's one of the reasons why men like Roach can screw this country blind
00:31:31we're the bloody lawmakers
00:31:32sworn allegiance to god, king and country
00:31:36if any government had the will
00:31:38it could make it impossible for those bastards
00:31:41drop the whole thing, Glenn
00:31:44run for deputy leader
00:31:48you won't have the numbers to win
00:31:49but you'll have enough to keep attorney general
00:31:52look, love
00:31:55Barry Barnes is going to be around till the year dot
00:31:58I know what his game is
00:32:02he wants me to run dead on the prostitution bill
00:32:06stuff the lot of them
00:32:12I take the schooner out to the islands
00:32:15just float it out for a week
00:32:21what about you, Glenn?
00:32:23what would you do?
00:32:25snow
00:32:26I ski from daylight till dusk
00:32:29I must admit I have a weakness for scheme too
00:32:31I can afford it
00:32:35is everyone here?
00:32:36alright
00:32:38Ralph's had the BCI over that photograph
00:32:40it's one of thousands taken by the federal police
00:32:42Jackson was under surveillance for several weeks
00:32:45it was photographed with men, women and children
00:32:47it was quite indiscriminate
00:32:49and covered anyone that came within Jackson's vicinity
00:32:51what does one photograph prove, Glenn?
00:32:54well, in itself, very little
00:32:56two men shared a table in a restaurant
00:32:57but for how long, we don't know
00:32:59they saw who else was there
00:33:01was there a microphone fitted?
00:33:02no
00:33:03well, I put this down as a deliberate plan to embarrass us
00:33:06we've got two applicants
00:33:07and suddenly they're both rumoured to be linked to organised crime
00:33:09what have we got on the Bennett group, Ralph?
00:33:11same as the Ritchie group
00:33:13nothing of any substance
00:33:14precious little fact in any of this
00:33:16yeah, and a hell of a lot of political mileage for the opposition
00:33:19either way, we're looking down the barrel of the general election
00:33:24this subcommittee should express its concern to me
00:33:26over the unfounded rumours
00:33:28surrounding both applicants
00:33:29and request the setting up of a special task force
00:33:32to be drawn from the senior ranks of the police force
00:33:34top men
00:33:35that's your chaff to bastards
00:33:36and what will the terms of reference of the task force be?
00:33:39as wide as possible, Glenn
00:33:41power to travel near the state and overseas
00:33:44work hand in hand with the federal police
00:33:47make them put their cards on the table
00:33:49well, Glenn, I'd like you to talk on the committee's behalf
00:33:52make full use of the media
00:33:53you're good at that
00:33:55thank you, Russell
00:33:57I'd get myself a new haircut if I were you, Glenn
00:34:04listen, Hal
00:34:05you stop and consider
00:34:07what am I doing in effect?
00:34:09I'm socialising vice
00:34:14you like socialising things
00:34:17never mind my politics
00:34:21look, let's have a drink, Hal
00:34:22yeah, I gotta go
00:34:24Premier's on the other line
00:34:26I thought you'd be at dinner
00:34:29opposition been having a field day with me
00:34:31one sticky question after the next
00:34:34I don't believe the hours I work
00:34:35stress kills
00:34:36oh yeah
00:34:37what do I do about it?
00:34:39go skiing
00:34:43my wife hates it
00:34:45and I hate going alone
00:34:47you could always ask a friend
00:34:51yes, I could
00:34:51have you eaten?
00:34:53I'm just going for a cup of coffee
00:34:54well, there should be some brewing in Roxer's office
00:34:56I'll find him
00:34:58can you enjoy your dinner, Mr. Minister?
00:35:09it's more than a casino
00:35:11license, Ralph
00:35:11we're looking at that whole new industrial estate
00:35:15might be interesting if
00:35:17Ferris and Sir John
00:35:18got to know each other better
00:35:19we're going to have to look very carefully
00:35:21at the appointments to this task force
00:35:23yeah, get in people with the right loyalty
00:35:27thank you, George
00:35:29but don't underestimate Ferris and his bloody integrity
00:35:32well, I was thinking
00:35:34Glenn could appoint a senior officer
00:35:36from his own department to head him
00:35:38so how would that help us?
00:35:40well, I would have to look very closely
00:35:41at who was too icy
00:35:42I mean, that's a thankless task
00:35:44all the media attention goes to the top job
00:35:47while the coordination for all the relevant paperwork
00:35:50goes to the chief investigator
00:35:52and he'd have to decide
00:35:54what the committee considered
00:35:56precisely
00:35:57I think I can safely leave that in your hands, Ralph
00:36:00that's shaping up very nicely
00:36:01thank you, sir
00:36:22it's all right, the door's locked
00:36:25thank God for that
00:36:26that house will be sitting till the early hours
00:36:29not here, then
00:36:36well, you know my reputation
00:36:38I've heard rumours
00:36:40I want the truth
00:36:41the task force will find that truth
00:36:43yeah, and what if the truth should hurt politically?
00:36:45well, I've never been afraid of the truth
00:36:47I'm not afraid of it now
00:36:48nor is my government
00:36:49yes, but the government must be worried about the pinion poles
00:36:52there's a public backlash to the new casinos
00:36:53this government was given a clear mandate at the last election
00:36:57to introduce legalised casinos
00:36:59now the majority of people clearly realised
00:37:02but that was at the last election
00:37:03let me finish here, will you, Keith?
00:37:04the majority of people clearly realise the distinct advantages
00:37:08of having a government-controlled, legalised system of gambling
00:37:12illegal casinos are a drain on the public first
00:37:15legalised casinos are already boosting the state coffers
00:37:19they're acting as a deterrent against organised crime
00:37:23I support the casinos
00:37:25I expect the majority of people at the next election to agree with me
00:37:30ok, alright, thanks, Glenn
00:37:32anytime, Keith
00:37:34thank you, fellas
00:37:35close up, boys
00:37:36alright?
00:37:37very well
00:37:39didn't labour the truth too much, did I?
00:37:41no, I thought it was very effective
00:37:59we have met before, Sergeant, I think
00:38:05it's Mick, isn't it?
00:38:06yes, sir
00:38:09been doing a great job over in drugs, by all accounts
00:38:12Mick's got an excellent record
00:38:13well done, congratulations
00:38:15thank you, sir
00:38:16it is encouraging, Philip, to see the force
00:38:19developing its potential with the rotation of its brighter blokes
00:38:24now this appointment to the task force, Mick
00:38:28could be a tremendous boost to your career
00:38:30I'm looking forward to it, sir
00:38:32we need a smart policeman
00:38:35someone who can exercise discretion
00:38:37over the flow of information
00:38:40will be relying on your judgement, Mick
00:38:42now, there are people who don't like this government
00:38:46they may make it a political exercise
00:38:49do a little bit of muckraking
00:38:51we don't want the issue clouded by material that's been planted
00:38:55simply to discredit the two applicants
00:38:57and embarrass this government
00:38:59now, it'll be your job
00:39:01to decide what the committee reads
00:39:05and what it doesn't read
00:39:07I understand, sir
00:39:09I appreciate the opportunity
00:39:10I know you do, Mick
00:39:13this could make your career
00:39:17promotion as superintendent
00:39:21assistant commissioner in five years
00:39:24I'll have to watch my step
00:39:26tread on his fingers as he comes up the ladder
00:39:45hello, John
00:39:46Russell
00:39:48I don't think you know the attorney
00:39:49no, he's met in passing
00:39:51how are you, Glenn?
00:39:53very well, thank you, Sir John
00:39:55come on through
00:40:00so he gets out
00:40:01and he turns to the door
00:40:02and he says
00:40:03don't wait
00:40:03will you show us
00:40:04in the lip on the doorman's face?
00:40:07I like it, Russell
00:40:09always impressed with the gardens here
00:40:10very peaceful
00:40:12yes, I wish I had a bit more time to enjoy it
00:40:16we must talk about the odd fundraising, do Russell?
00:40:19good
00:40:20good
00:40:21elections give me the shits
00:40:23unnecessary evil, old boy
00:40:25I should think the usual 100,000 from the Ritchie group
00:40:29your usual each way bet
00:40:32you a gardening man, Glenn?
00:40:35my wife would like me to be
00:40:37yes
00:40:38can it wait, Alex?
00:40:40consent's the premier, Sir John
00:40:48Barry Barnes has collapsed
00:40:49taken to hospital
00:40:53call my private secretary
00:40:54tell him to set the wheels in motion
00:40:55cards, flowers, telephone calls
00:40:57he'll know the drill
00:41:00that's all we need
00:41:01a bloody by-election
00:41:03you'll also be needing
00:41:04a new deputy leader, Russell
00:41:07bastard always had a lousy sense of time
00:41:13I'm glad the casino subcommittee requested this task force, Glenn
00:41:19some of the press can be very irresponsible
00:41:22I don't like to be publicly tainted
00:41:25no, Sir John
00:41:26and I won't be, thanks to you
00:41:28and other members of the committee
00:41:32mind you, the government and the casino proprietors
00:41:35are still going to be saddled with the long-term problems of illegal gambling
00:41:39no, we stopped all that
00:41:40yes, in the short term, Russell
00:41:42while you reassure the electorate
00:41:44we'll close the barters down
00:41:46as soon as they happen
00:41:46their front doors
00:41:47yes, I'd certainly want that
00:41:48as a casino proprietor
00:41:50Glenn, I'm quite impressed
00:41:52with your ideas
00:41:52on Point Edmund
00:41:53the transfer of
00:41:55Crownland
00:41:56to Freehold
00:41:56and the Contra
00:41:57dear
00:41:57looks as if it
00:41:57well, could be feasible
00:41:59that is good to hear
00:42:01perhaps you could
00:42:02get together with my legal people
00:42:03go over the finer details
00:42:05I'd be happy to
00:42:06of course, you realise
00:42:07that an industrial development
00:42:09of that size
00:42:10could generate
00:42:11widespread activity
00:42:12at Point Edmund
00:42:13well, it'd be a real boost
00:42:14to the area
00:42:15an astute fellow
00:42:16would be well aware
00:42:17of the inevitable
00:42:19blowout in real estate values
00:42:21well, if he wanted
00:42:22to remain his own man
00:42:26I think we're ready
00:42:27for the veal
00:42:30excellent, Simon
00:42:32thank you
00:42:33that man is one of my
00:42:34government's major supporters
00:42:35I won't be compromised
00:42:36who's trying to compromise you?
00:42:37oh, for Christ's sake
00:42:38Sir John was making a generalisation
00:42:39you're a member of my team
00:42:41Glenn, you start worrying
00:42:42less about your bloody self
00:42:42and more about the future
00:42:43of this guy
00:42:44no, I happen to think
00:42:44it's my public credibility
00:42:45that's going to help
00:42:46put us back
00:42:48I'm happy to bend the law
00:42:49to get that industrial estate
00:42:50at Point Edmund
00:42:51then what sort of a politician
00:42:52are you?
00:42:53we want Point Edmund
00:42:53Sir John wants the second casino
00:42:55I'd be happy to act
00:42:55on the findings
00:42:56of the task force
00:42:57good, fine
00:43:03bad luck about Barry
00:43:05bad luck if he dies
00:43:06before the election
00:43:09and what about
00:43:10the deputy leadership?
00:43:14he's been a sick man
00:43:15for months now
00:43:16I've kept in touch
00:43:17with his doctor
00:43:17I should have moved
00:43:19against him before this
00:43:20he's another selfish bastard
00:43:21you're not worried
00:43:22that the lobbying
00:43:23for deputy leaders
00:43:23are going to split the party
00:43:26you're jockeying
00:43:27for position again
00:43:27position hasn't been
00:43:29declared vacant yet
00:43:30there's no way
00:43:31I'll support you
00:43:32I know that
00:43:34I'm just hoping
00:43:35you wouldn't work
00:43:36against me
00:43:36I don't expect
00:43:37to get the job
00:43:39you're just trying
00:43:40to hang on to AG
00:43:42I think I've got
00:43:43wide enough support
00:43:44in the party
00:43:45I could wide-hant that
00:43:49hmm
00:43:50and I could reconsider
00:43:51my position
00:43:52on the prostitution bill
00:43:56why don't you put it
00:43:56on the back burner
00:43:57Glenn
00:43:58along with the
00:43:58poofters and the
00:43:59abbots
00:44:01if I get rolled
00:44:02as attorney general
00:44:03you can forget
00:44:03most of the law reforms
00:44:04Kate
00:44:04all I'm doing
00:44:06is putting the
00:44:06vice bill
00:44:07on the back burner
00:44:07while I protect
00:44:08my arse
00:44:10fine
00:44:11you let the story
00:44:12run itself out
00:44:12you can put it
00:44:13back on the front page
00:44:14when I bring the bill
00:44:14back on again
00:44:16I don't know Kate
00:44:17could be six months
00:44:18maybe a year
00:44:19it'll never happen
00:44:20if I get rolled
00:44:22Kate don't be
00:44:23impersonate
00:44:25I'll let you know
00:44:25when you can contact me
00:44:26I move to the bill
00:44:28for a second
00:44:28as the bill
00:44:30the title of this bill
00:44:32implies
00:44:32the ultimate objective
00:44:33of introducing
00:44:34legislation of this nature
00:44:35is for the protection
00:44:36of our physical environment
00:44:38or perhaps put
00:44:39more aptly
00:44:40our natural heritage
00:44:43I think members
00:44:44will agree
00:44:44that there is
00:44:55a visitor for you
00:44:56Mr. Barnes
00:44:57Mr. Barnes
00:44:58oh
00:45:03what are they doing
00:45:04to you Barry
00:45:05you better be careful
00:45:06Rach
00:45:07you'll
00:45:07get our names
00:45:09in the paper
00:45:12come in
00:45:12the back door
00:45:20you look like
00:45:21a florist
00:45:24next thing
00:45:24I'll get hay fever
00:45:25I went over
00:45:38to the church
00:45:38this afternoon
00:45:39Barry
00:45:39I gave them
00:45:40a nice fat pay packet
00:45:43you shouldn't have
00:45:44done that
00:45:45well the father
00:45:46had the entire
00:45:46school pray for you
00:45:48every kid in the school
00:45:49down on his knees
00:45:51praying for you
00:45:52it was beautiful
00:45:53oh
00:45:53Jesus
00:45:54I should have
00:45:55given them more
00:45:57I won't let this
00:45:58happen Barry
00:46:00what am I going to
00:46:01do without you
00:46:02you'll be all right
00:46:05they'll put
00:46:06Ralph Carpenter
00:46:07him
00:46:08yeah he's playing
00:46:09at law and order
00:46:11that is bullshit
00:46:13that's pretty serious
00:46:14no no
00:46:14he's ambitious
00:46:15who's going to stop him
00:46:17he won't rock the boat
00:46:22well I've always felt
00:46:24privileged to count you
00:46:25as a close friend
00:46:26Barry
00:46:26you always stood by me
00:46:31I'm a country boy
00:46:32Roachie
00:46:34I'm not about to forget
00:46:36my mates
00:46:39we've had contact back
00:46:40from the federal treasury
00:46:42they've been carrying out
00:46:43investigations into
00:46:44Sir John Ritchie's
00:46:45merchant bank for some time
00:46:46they were very positive
00:46:47about our involvement
00:46:48my feeling is we'll get
00:46:49all the cooperation we need
00:46:51were you able to get
00:46:52any indication
00:46:53what we might be looking at
00:46:54oh there's no solid evidence
00:46:56as you'll appreciate
00:46:57the bank works through
00:46:58a complicated corporate
00:46:59structure through a maze
00:47:00of nominee companies
00:47:02what about the shop talk
00:47:04come in Jan
00:47:05help yourself to a drink
00:47:07refill anyone
00:47:08no
00:47:09no
00:47:11indications are
00:47:11that they're involved
00:47:12in the large scale
00:47:13illegal movement of money
00:47:14in and out of the country
00:47:16there's also some wild
00:47:17speculation about
00:47:18involvement with arms
00:47:19deals in South America
00:47:20shit Graham
00:47:22of course that would be
00:47:23difficult to substantiate
00:47:24we could be opening
00:47:25a great big can of worms
00:47:26here I guess
00:47:28thanks Graham
00:47:28leave it with me will you
00:47:31it's a long term
00:47:32expensive operation
00:47:33very risky
00:47:35I'll get back to you
00:47:44there's one bloody problem
00:47:45after the next in this office
00:47:47don't you have a too hard
00:47:48basket
00:47:53how does Ralph feel about me
00:47:54running for deputy
00:47:56so that's what you really
00:47:57want me for
00:47:57well you're my eyes and ears
00:47:59in the police minister's office
00:48:00I'm sure I should be
00:48:02insulted
00:48:03politics is ruthless
00:48:04dog eat dog Jan
00:48:07Ralph's always been the one
00:48:09to knock off
00:48:12well he sees you as his
00:48:13biggest threat
00:48:14but he's confident
00:48:15well he's right to be
00:48:17he thinks you've done
00:48:18yourself a lot of damage
00:48:19with the vice bill
00:48:20no casino business
00:48:22Sir John is a great supporter
00:48:24of this party
00:48:25he's got a lot of friends
00:48:28I think I might put this
00:48:30in the too hard basket
00:48:31for now
00:48:33supper
00:48:34I have a bottle of french
00:48:35champagne at home
00:48:37nice
00:48:39your speech to the graduate
00:48:40law students
00:48:41just pop it on the desk
00:48:42thanks Dan
00:48:44the premier's declared the
00:48:46deputy leadership vacant
00:48:51it's on for young and old
00:49:01Mr. Minister
00:49:05do you know where you are
00:49:07I'm up to no good
00:49:11you remind me of a law
00:49:12professor I knew in
00:49:13university
00:49:15he never knew when to say
00:49:16die either
00:49:17did you have an affair
00:49:18with him
00:49:21I had affairs with three
00:49:22professors
00:49:24law economics and arts
00:49:27sounds very impressive
00:49:29well all my men have
00:49:30two things in common
00:49:32good looks and power
00:49:36time to slow down
00:49:40it's one luxury I can't
00:49:42afford
00:49:43you haven't done too
00:49:44badly for a young man
00:49:45you are the attorney general
00:49:47oh yeah
00:49:49I'm the attorney general
00:49:51I got a wife I love
00:49:52a couple of kids I adore
00:49:54I want more
00:49:55more of what
00:49:57more of everything
00:49:59yes but what do you
00:50:00really want Glenn
00:50:01oh I don't know
00:50:05you tell me
00:50:13I don't enter a race
00:50:15unless I'm confident of
00:50:16doing well
00:50:16Barry Barnes himself
00:50:18personally asked me to
00:50:19consider the mantle of
00:50:20deputy leader and I'd be
00:50:22less than honest if I
00:50:23didn't say that I find a
00:50:24suggestion by a man of
00:50:26Barry Barnes's political
00:50:27stature to
00:50:29hot cinnamon toast and
00:50:30coffee with a smile
00:50:31be less than honest if I
00:50:33didn't say that I find a
00:50:35suggestion by a man of
00:50:36Barry Barnes's political
00:50:37stature
00:50:38to be very flattering
00:50:41very humble darling
00:50:43you let me down over that
00:50:45photograph Glenn
00:50:46that's not true Kate
00:50:48I have to wait on the
00:50:49findings of the task force
00:50:50you could have arranged
00:50:51the Dorothy Dix
00:50:52look it's the only way I
00:50:54can get it into the paper
00:50:55and the only way around the
00:50:57defamation laws
00:51:00you've seen Hitler and
00:51:01Chamberlain together
00:51:02doesn't make Chamberlain a
00:51:04Nazi
00:51:04well I'm just going to
00:51:05have to leak this to the
00:51:06opposition
00:51:07I thought we had an
00:51:09arrangement
00:51:09so did I
00:51:11yes sir
00:51:12Sir John's private
00:51:13secretary had a very
00:51:14plausible story
00:51:15oh he satisfied the
00:51:16subcommittee did he
00:51:18well Monroe moved from
00:51:20table to table
00:51:20it was a property
00:51:21convention
00:51:22he didn't catch any
00:51:23names
00:51:24well you can't have seen
00:51:25this Glenn
00:51:30copy of the Fed's
00:51:30running sheet from their
00:51:31dog squad
00:51:32Monroe and Jackson sat
00:51:34alone over a two hour
00:51:35lunch
00:51:36that information would
00:51:37have been freely available
00:51:38to the task force
00:51:40why do you suppose it
00:51:41didn't reach a subcommittee
00:51:43can't put that one on
00:51:44the back burner Glenn
00:52:08it will be more expedient if the
00:52:11committee addresses itself
00:52:12directly to Sergeant Miles
00:52:14given objections Henry
00:52:15no minister
00:52:17have you ever seen that
00:52:18running sheet before
00:52:22sergeant
00:52:22no sir
00:52:24well did you request all the
00:52:25paperwork from camp
00:52:28sir
00:52:29well you had a surveillance
00:52:30photograph
00:52:31why didn't you request the
00:52:32running sheet that went with
00:52:33it
00:52:33a formal request was made
00:52:34for all relevant paperwork
00:52:36well surely that would be the
00:52:38one item above everything else
00:52:39that you'd press for
00:52:40did you specifically ask for
00:52:41that running sheet
00:52:42we requested all relevant
00:52:44material
00:52:45we didn't know whether we
00:52:46were looking at an isolated
00:52:47incident or a reoccurring
00:52:49pattern
00:52:49you forwarded on the Alex
00:52:51Monroe statement without any
00:52:53such qualification
00:52:54with respect minister we
00:52:56contain ourselves to the facts
00:52:57as we find
00:52:58or are given them
00:52:59and we have no right of access
00:53:01to the records of other
00:53:02police forces
00:53:03now this subcommittee has not
00:53:04been critical
00:53:05the hell it is
00:53:05I'm far from satisfied this
00:53:07subcommittee's been properly
00:53:08served
00:53:09I want to know why Alex
00:53:10Monroe spent over two hours
00:53:11with the criminal Jackson
00:53:12and I want to know how that
00:53:13relates back to the Ritchie
00:53:14group
00:53:16you were very quiet
00:53:17I don't like any of this
00:53:19I'm late for drinks at
00:53:20Treasury
00:53:21you have another way of
00:53:22lobbying for deputy leader
00:53:23Glenn
00:53:23we're still on the front
00:53:24steps of this house
00:53:25and I promised a full and
00:53:26frank inquiry
00:53:27it's my public integrity
00:53:28at stake here
00:53:29now yes
00:53:35now
00:53:36if Paris pursues his current
00:53:37line
00:53:38it could end up in a
00:53:39judicial inquiry
00:53:40that's the last thing we
00:53:41want
00:53:41yeah the absolute last
00:53:43bloody thing
00:53:44it could be used to
00:53:45introduce other aspects
00:53:47could end up running
00:53:48anyway
00:53:49should we consider
00:53:50withdrawing our
00:53:51application
00:53:51no
00:53:53you're talking about
00:53:54a license to print money
00:53:56so how do we reason
00:53:58with the AG
00:53:59well the premier
00:53:59can't handle him
00:54:00that's obvious
00:54:01he can't be persuaded
00:54:03financially
00:54:03that's already been
00:54:04explored
00:54:05well do we compromise
00:54:07him in some way
00:54:07you reckon that's time
00:54:09we could use the media
00:54:10to discredit him
00:54:11have our people attack
00:54:12his political weak points
00:54:13you are talking about
00:54:15a senior minister
00:54:16in a friendly
00:54:17flaming government
00:54:17that's facing a tough
00:54:18election
00:54:21unless you get back to
00:54:22me with a list of options
00:54:23Sir John
00:54:26well I suppose
00:54:27there's nothing new
00:54:27about corruption
00:54:28it's a personal thing
00:54:30isn't it
00:54:30when you're in a position
00:54:32of public trust
00:54:33if you're a policeman
00:54:34taking a bribe
00:54:35a half-priced hamburger
00:54:38if you're a lawyer
00:54:39or a politician
00:54:41where do you draw the line
00:54:42how much shit
00:54:43do you call
00:54:45I wonder why
00:54:46I ever got into politics
00:54:47why the hell
00:54:48didn't you stop me
00:54:50wild horses
00:54:51wouldn't have stopped you
00:55:01I don't know
00:55:02Karen
00:55:02Karen, come here
00:55:03get back to your mother
00:55:04Karen, come here
00:55:06Karen, come here
00:55:06Karen, get back to your mother
00:55:08Karen, come here
00:55:11don't stay home
00:55:12it's all over here
00:55:15it's all right
00:55:16thank God
00:55:19okay
00:55:21get in the car
00:55:22isn't daddy coming?
00:55:23daddy's busy
00:55:24then it's my turn in the front seat
00:55:26go on, hop in
00:55:28and do your seatbelts up
00:55:29Meryl, come on, stop
00:55:30now will you listen to me
00:55:32I know how you feel
00:55:33I would honestly be the safer if you stay
00:55:36you let me know when I can come home
00:55:38Meryl, come on, listen to me
00:55:40I know how you care about the children
00:55:42will you stop and consider
00:55:43how dare you talk to me about care
00:55:44how bloody dare you
00:55:46you're endangering your children's lives
00:55:48to feed your monumental political ego
00:55:50you don't care
00:55:51I care
00:55:52you care about yourself
00:55:54your career
00:55:55I care about my family
00:55:57what is it you're trying to prove, Glenn?
00:56:00is it something you're trying to prove
00:56:01to the rest of the world
00:56:02or is it just yourself?
00:56:03I have a public responsibility
00:56:05don't tell me what you've got
00:56:07I live with you, I know
00:56:10you're so riddled with doubt
00:56:11you've got to take on everyone else's problems
00:56:14just to show them how bloody worthy you are
00:56:17well, I won't let you anymore
00:56:19not if you want this family
00:56:22it's your choice
00:56:32I must insist you don't have to sit, Minister
00:56:36I shouldn't deny you
00:56:37it's all right, I'm not going to upset anybody
00:56:39he's only just came out of a coma
00:56:48Glenn?
00:56:49no, sir
00:56:54sit down
00:56:54tell me all the gossip
00:56:56I need your help, Barry
00:56:59I'm sure you've got the right man
00:57:04I want you to talk to Roach
00:57:06just had my dog shot
00:57:08Roach killed my dog
00:57:09now listen, that could have been one of my kids
00:57:11I want you to tell him
00:57:12I don't care what harm I do to the government
00:57:14or to the legal system
00:57:15if he comes near my family
00:57:16I will plant underage drinkers in his clubs and hotels
00:57:19I will use his taxation records illegally
00:57:22no, Glenn
00:57:23he doesn't need to
00:57:24it is not Roach
00:57:27oh, bullshit
00:57:28no, this is a country boy's opinion
00:57:32from what Roach told me about him
00:57:34it has to be
00:57:35Sir John Ritchie
00:57:37he wants that casino
00:57:40Glenn
00:57:42one day
00:57:44you could lead this party
00:57:47party of shonks
00:57:48no
00:57:49no, a lot of
00:57:52good people like yourself
00:57:54you see
00:57:57plenty of people know what it's like to have
00:58:01real power
00:58:05tough people know your name
00:58:08to
00:58:08always have your picture
00:58:11in the papers
00:58:13you get the best seats
00:58:16you dine with kings
00:58:18queens
00:58:21movie stars
00:58:23they know you
00:58:25Glenn
00:58:26all you have to do is
00:58:28play the game
00:58:32listen
00:58:32listen, it's absolutely vital
00:58:33the premier contact me
00:58:34I'm going to be here for another half hour
00:58:36I don't care how lady gets back
00:58:38tell him to call me at home
00:58:40shoo
00:58:42so
00:58:42and
00:59:00shoo
00:59:14Jan, it's me.
00:59:16No, I won't be able to.
00:59:19On a permanent basis, I'm afraid.
00:59:21Listen, the fact is
00:59:24I'm being put under pressure by
00:59:26outside people
00:59:28that don't like the way I interpret the law.
00:59:31If they were to learn of our little
00:59:33understanding.
00:59:37Now, listen, Jan, I care too much about you.
00:59:39You've got a very bright future.
00:59:44Listen, it's been known.
00:59:48Yeah.
00:59:50I'll see you, Jan.
00:59:51Goodbye.
01:00:09Barbara Cook for Mr. Roch.
01:00:11Oh, yes, he's expecting you.
01:00:19Hi.
01:00:20And, Barbie, darling?
01:00:24Well, you won't have to wait for your Christmas buns.
01:00:27Great.
01:00:28When can I fly home?
01:00:30I'd like you to stay in town for a week or two.
01:00:32I've got one more job for you.
01:00:34I'm having lunch with Sir John Ritchie Friday.
01:00:37He's more than interested.
01:00:38This will solve a lot of his problems.
01:00:40You haven't shown him the photographs, then?
01:00:43Certainly not.
01:00:44What sort of businessman do you think I am?
01:00:45I'm going to sell him on a revised proposition
01:00:48for the new casino.
01:00:49Floor prices, percentages on laundered money.
01:00:52May I?
01:00:54Alice through the looking glass.
01:00:58Alice and the white rabbit.
01:01:03Don't worry about it.
01:01:06Ferris isn't going to make those public property,
01:01:08not with your police record.
01:01:10He'll either fold up or he'll learn to play the game.
01:01:14One or two more weeks, then.
01:01:16That's all?
01:01:18Well, that depends on when Barry Barnes croaks.
01:01:22I'll get me a champagne.
01:01:44Oh, Glenn.
01:01:45Good.
01:01:46Close the door after you, McKernan, and no call.
01:01:48Just a bloody minute.
01:01:49Get the hell out of here.
01:01:54I had hoped we could work together.
01:01:56Drop the bullshit.
01:01:57Sir John Ritchie had my dog killed.
01:02:00Oh, didn't you get my messages?
01:02:02Well, I've been out of town.
01:02:03You must be bloody mad.
01:02:05Yeah, I'm mad enough to demand a judicial inquiry
01:02:07into his license application and his merchant bank.
01:02:09You'll seep the lot of us.
01:02:10You'll blow the election.
01:02:11Look, I accept that somebody shot your dog,
01:02:13but it wouldn't be Sir John Ritchie, for Christ's sake.
01:02:15Barry Barnes told me.
01:02:18Come on, call him.
01:02:19Barry's dead.
01:02:22I'll call you, mate Sir John.
01:02:23I can't accept this.
01:02:25Don't play the virgin with me, Cooper.
01:02:27I know nothing about it.
01:02:28You know Ritchie.
01:02:29You know about his merchant bank,
01:02:31and you know about his South American arms deals.
01:02:34Sit down, Glenn.
01:02:36Will you call the bastard?
01:02:37Sit down.
01:02:42This government is stuffed.
01:02:43For Christ's sake, listen to me, Glenn.
01:02:46With Barry dead,
01:02:47the press can expose his links with Roach.
01:02:49The government's on a greasy pole.
01:02:51If we lose this bloody by-election, we're stuffed.
01:02:52I don't want to know about that.
01:02:53I'm only concerned about my family.
01:02:55I want you for my deputy leader.
01:02:59Bullshit.
01:03:00You want Carpenter.
01:03:02Ralph's the right man at the wrong time.
01:03:03Ralph's minister for police, if Barry dead,
01:03:05will get the shit kicked out of him
01:03:07on the floor of the house.
01:03:08We're in the politics business, Glenn.
01:03:10Our job is to stay in power.
01:03:11Depending on men like Sir John Ritchie,
01:03:13the man's a criminal.
01:03:15You're a lawyer.
01:03:16Where's the hard evidence?
01:03:18It's all bullshit raked up by our political enemies.
01:03:21You don't have to buy it.
01:03:22There are questions you don't have to ask, Glenn.
01:03:25You can't be held accountable
01:03:26for things you know nothing about.
01:03:28I'm not about to sell out.
01:03:30No one's asking you to.
01:03:34Al, I'll be here for maybe one more term.
01:03:39You're a young man.
01:03:40You could be state premier.
01:03:41You could sit at this desk.
01:03:42Then you can ride any political hobby horse you like.
01:03:44Equal rights, abos, organised crime.
01:03:47I can't if I've been compromised.
01:03:48How have you been compromised?
01:03:49You only have to be compromised once to be compromised forever.
01:03:51Who is trying to compromise you?
01:03:53You're asking me to grant a casino licence
01:03:55to a man who has terrorised my family.
01:03:58You don't know that.
01:03:59His private secretary lied to the task force public knowledge.
01:04:03Public speculation.
01:04:05The man's dispensable anyway.
01:04:08You can ride that one out.
01:04:10We're talking about organised crime.
01:04:12Vicious rumours.
01:04:13Where's the proof?
01:04:15How can anyone put the screws on you if there's no proof?
01:04:19It's a political decision, Glenn.
01:04:22You could remind me otherwise.
01:04:24How?
01:04:24What am I going to say to you?
01:04:26The one founded rumours and you chose to ignore them?
01:04:30How does that put your balls in my pocket?
01:04:41Can you guarantee me the deputy leadership?
01:04:43I can get you there.
01:04:45What do you want in return?
01:04:46Your reputation.
01:04:47You smell good politically.
01:04:49I need a big announcement for the by-election.
01:04:52That's you.
01:04:53I need a bigger announcement for the general election.
01:04:56Appoint Edmund with its three marginal seats.
01:04:59That's John Ritchie.
01:05:05Glenn, the press conference starts in 20 minutes.
01:05:08Two of the papers would like 10 minutes with you afterwards.
01:05:11They want to do feature articles on the new deputy premier.
01:05:15I've arranged photographic sessions with you and Meredith and the children.
01:05:19Kate Hardman is on wine.
01:05:20I'm unavailable on rocks.
01:05:22That's the story whenever she calls from her.
01:05:24Act.
01:05:24Vehicles parking there on are not subjects to the control provided by part nine.
01:05:31I take great pleasure in formally announcing the granting of this state's second casino license
01:05:36to the Sir John Ritchie group.
01:05:38You see behind me a scale model of the successful tender.
01:05:41I think you'll agree that a building of this style and great character will serve as a beacon
01:05:47to further development as this government takes this state right into the future.
01:05:51Congratulations, Sir John.
01:06:08I've arranged to have Mick Miles transferred to the country.
01:06:12With a promotion?
01:06:13Oh, yes.
01:06:14Naturally.
01:06:15Some of us move up, Philip.
01:06:18Most of us turn into mushrooms.
01:06:20Kept in the dark.
01:06:22Fed bullshit.
01:06:24Bullshit.
01:06:25Good morning.
01:06:49Good morning.
01:06:51I'm just thinking about that place that we saw.
01:06:55Ah, John.
01:06:55Hello.
01:06:56Hello there, John.
01:06:58Hello, Richard.
01:06:59Hello, Richard.
01:07:00Hello, Richard.
01:07:03I think we can take heart from the opinion polls this morning.
01:07:07Ah, I know.
01:07:09We're here.
01:07:20Who's that, Glenn?
01:07:23Could be anybody.
01:08:18Yeah, well, what did I say?
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