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They've asked me
to take on the Mervich case.

Great. I need some help with it.
The idea's I do it on my own.

Some idiot decided to take Lina off
the Mervich case and give it to me.

I'm the idiot who put
you on the case.

Do you have anything like
a sweetheart neckline

with a ballerina hem?

I know he's in Mensa.

Baby, will you stop! He's gay.

He's gay.

My wheels are your wheels, brother.

Sweet.
What does...

(Speaks Arabic)

What does that mean?

Nothing.

The AG is a total prick,
but what you and that memo have done

is destroy any chance of him ever
going to trial in this country.

♪ Theme music

♪ What do I do stand in a shop

♪ Waiting for that money to drop

♪ Stand all day on a concrete slate

♪ My feet are aching,
don't get a break

♪ What do I do?

♪ What am I to do?

♪ What do I do?

♪ What am I to do?

GROUP (Sings): ♪ What do I do?

♪ What am I to do? ♪

Busy morning?

Yeah, a couple of
directions hearings,

then Andy's coming into
the office about 11:30.

Can't. Got a three-day appeal
starting this morning.

Well, we've got a mention on Friday.

I know, make sure you're ready for it

OK.
They'll probably want to adjourn,

so if we want a committal date,

we'll have to give
them as much as we can. Yep.

And don't get bossed around
by the police.

They had a pretty case on this one,

so the brief will be pretty
light on. Nothing surer.

Doesn't mean it stands up. Facts
and motive. What happened and why.

You have to understand it.
Call me later, yeah?

Sure.
Facts...

..Motive.
Good girl.

Remember,
fingerprints are not enough!

OK.

We submit, Your Honour,

that many circumstances
need to be considered

in determining an
appropriate sentence.

The defendant was being
restrained at the time,

which induced feelings
of fear and panic.

Yes, yes, yes.

And this came at the end
of a long argument,

during which he'd been subject to
many grave and hurtful insults.

Yes, but still, Ms Corvini,
to bite a man's nose off?

That is a very proximate
and personal attack, agreed?

Well, of course, Your Honour -

One might even say, in your face.

(Lina Laughs)

Intended as irony, not humour,
Miss Badir.

Apologies, Your Honour.

Apology accepted, this time.

You enjoy your appearance work,
don't you, Lina?

Sorry if I crossed the line, Judge.

No, not at all.

On recent evidence, you seem to know
exactly where the line is,

unlike most of your colleagues.

Anyway,
thanks for giving me five minutes.

Julie tells me you're Palestinian.

Half, yes.

Mm. There's a lecture on
at the Law Society tomorrow.

A Professor from
the Centre for Arabic Studies at ANU

is just back from the Middle East.

He's delivering a paper

on the issues that amnesties raise
for criminal law.

'Trading Justice for Peace.'

With a question mark,
for obvious reasons.

Justice with a focus on punishment

will never solve systemic
international problems.

But amnesties only work,

if the goal isn't just
to end a conflict, but...

Establish lasting peace.

Motive, crime, punishment,

motive, crime, amnesty.

Which is the more
appropriate choice?

It's a very difficult balance,
of course.

In the interests of flying the flag
of peaceful cooperation,

I was thinking we could go together.

A Palestinian and a Jew.

Our own two-state solution.

That's what we'd represent,
apparently.

And it is hard to say no to a judge.
It still feels weird.

It isn't a date, though.

I'm calling it
professional development.

Although, even if it were a date -

Oh, please!

Well, you are desperate.
When was the last time?

Me? What about you?

Get me drunk, I'll sleep
with anyone, except a cop.

Even I have some sense of propriety.

Yeah, OK, OK!

Are you up to speed yet,
or do you want Lina to join us?

No, I've read it.

So, what happened there anyway?

First with her, now with you?
What's going on?

Don't ask me.

What did Tracey say?

It's not about my work, so
presumably it's something personal.

With you?
I guess so.

Happy in here?
Sure.

Just give me a couple to get sorted.

Listen, don't get me wrong, Tracey.

You know, I owe you big time
for having had a quiet week or two,

but everything on my desk now
is really piddling.

It's mostly drugs, mostly pleas.

So, I just thought I'd let you know
that if anything harder comes up,

I'm ready for it.

In fact, the longer I wait,
the worse it gets.

And you could stay objective?

Apply proper legal principles

and personally write the
sort of memos of advice

that were attached to your briefs
a month or two ago?

I'll give it a go.

The police charge is manslaughter.

The defendant caused the death
of his own six-month-old son.

Or we could stick with heroin
trafficking for a while if that's...

No, no, no, that's fine.

..confronting.
I can do it.

Got to get back
on the bike some time.

So what can the DPP do for you,
Professor?

I'm here because -

have you really
finished high school?

And university, yes.

How is that possible?

No gap year. Which angers me.
Thanks for bringing it up.

Sorry.
You're forgiven.

So?

I'm here because I've committed
an indictable offence

and I need to be prosecuted.

Have you told the police?

Oh, those stupid idiots?

Well, you have to go to them first.

They're the only ones
who can charge you.

I've tried that.

Well if they haven't laid a charge,
we can't prosecute.

Can't you order them
to lay a charge?

Ahh, I don't know.

Ah, I suppose it depends
on what you... what the crime is.

Stealing.

OK, what did you steal?
782,000.

Interesting.

780,000?

That's what you get if you
hack into a porn site

and take two dollars
from every member.

Three quarters of a million dollars,
in a day.

That's what he said.
Well, is it true though?

Well he's gone home
to get the evidence.

In other news,
he did give me the porn site's URL,

which I've forwarded on to everyone.

He did say it's mostly
straight stuff, though,

so probably isn't your thing.

Unless you want to see
what the other half do.

Average suburban dad. Cops have hit
him with manslaughter.

He killed his kid.

Got to figure out what charges
the facts sustain

and whether to
recommend prosecution.

Well, if you want
to talk it over some time -

Yeah, thanks.
I might see how I go first, but...

..it's appreciated.

(Microwave beeps)
Oh!

Oh. Ow!

Oh, come on. Ah!

ERIN: Well, considering
Joanne's saying she didn't do it -

She did. But according to her,
the attacker was leaving.

There was no attacker, Erin.
It's called a lie.

I know, but to get a conviction,

we have to tell
a story that makes sense.

And if she did do it,
why did she stay around?

Because her sister was unconscious.

Look, when the paramedics arrived,

they walked in and
they found Ray dead in the kitchen,

and she hadn't even mentioned him.

Even when they said, 'Who's that, '
she just said, 'Oh, that's Ray'.

I know.
And you don't think she did it?

No, no, no, that's not -

What?

Look, before we proceed with murder,
I have to get inside her head

enough to understand what happened.

I mean, why do you keep bashing
someone that hard?

Because you don't like them!
Isn't it bloody obvious?

His brains were all over
the kitchen floor,

and she was standing there

with her fingerprints
all over the murder weapon.

This cannot be a hard case
to prosecute.

Sure. But was it about money?
Do they inherit the farm?

Well, who cares? She did it!

Jealousy.

Maybe.
But Joanne's not talking anymore,

Ray's dead and the sister's
in a medically-induced coma.

I mean, exactly who
do you want me to talk to?

Anyone who knew anything about them.

Doctors, chemists,

hairdressers, whatever.

We have.
They lived there for five years.

They must have known more people
than this.

(Laughs drily)
If you find something,

call me anytime. I don't care.

Erin, I can't drop everything.

But if we're saying it was jealousy,
we need more evidence, Andy.

Although...

..look, I know this
is important to you.

It's going to be huge.
Even the mention.

I have to know
I've got the right story.

Tomorrow afternoon?

Oh, yes.

What do you want paid leave for?

'Trading Justice For Peace.'

Yes. And it'll count as two points
for professional development.

What's the argument? That if Israel
frees all of its Hamas prisoners

there'll be an outbreak of peace?
Well, I don't know yet.

Well, not after what happened over there yesterday
I wouldn't think. What happened yesterday?

Actually, I'm more concerned with
here. And to call a spade a spade,

which it looks like I'll have to,
supporting political activism

is hardly a good look
for a Crown solicitor,

as I have told you more than once,
I believe.

You're lucky it's at the Law Society.

I know why she took it from me.

Tariq.

And his mate with the t-shirt -
Muslim radicals, she thought.

And because he is, I am too.

So I've been hoiked off
all the high-profile matters.

Anything to stop publicity.
I get it now. All the facts fit.

Look, Lina -
Don't, don't worry,

I'm not going to confront her
about it. I just -

You know what?
You are?

I am.

I'm not scared of her.

WOMAN: Hey, Ben, you got a second?

What can I do for you?

Where were you at 3am last night,
Mr McMahon?

Well, in bed asleep.

Can anyone verify that?

Ah, no, I don't think so. Why?

Sorry, I just need a few minutes.

(Breathy groaning)

What is it?
Ah, spam. Just spam. I hate sperm.

Sperm?
Spam. Sperm. Spam!

Sorry, what?

Tracey, I'm not a radical Muslim.

Um, ah, good.
Yeah, and neither is my brother.

I know that's what you're thinking

and yes,
we believe in a free Palestine

and well, if your grandparents

wore around their neck
the key to their family home,

the home that they were illegally
evicted from over 40 years ago,

you would feel the same way.
Lina.

But that does not make us radicals -
Lina! Lina!

It just means that we - what?
Lina!

The car I sold to Tariq was involved
in a police chase last night.

Do you know where we could find
your brother, Ms Badir?

You idiot!

Do you even care about
what goes on over there, Lina?

Beit Hanoun.
Do you remember how pretty it was?

And the fact that we stayed there
for a few days?

Do you mind if I talk to my brother
before you take him in?

Yeah, no problem.

Listen -
Fuck off, Lina!

What happened in Beit Hanoun?

They shelled one of our schools. You
don't listen to the news anymore?

And this is going to help them, huh?
At least I'm doing something.

You're going to get fined
and lose your licence.

That's all you're doing. Tariq!

You can tell me how to live my life when
you stop working for smug white Christians

who think that we're nothing
but radical militants.

And God knows where
they get that idea from.

They're words. They're just words,
OK Lina? They're not bullets.

And if you cared about your family
you'd defend us, not prosecute us.

But that's not
lucrative enough for you, is it?

There were three or four
different groups

spraying the slogans
all over the inner city.

Well, 'stop Israeli genocide' is
hardly an incitement to violence.

No, I'm not here wanting you coming
down hard on them. They're just boys.

And students always like protesting,
no matter where they're from.

But they are impressionable.
And if a hardened extremist

starts looking at them
as potential recruits,

that would be a worry.

Do we have any hardened extremists?

Saif al Din.

Wouldn't you call a man caught with
three rocket launchers an extremist?

Yes, but isn't he in jail?
Due for release on the 1st.

We're not jumping at shadows here,
maybe?

The Police Commissioner
has met with the Premier

and they're in furious agreement.

We cannot release Saif al Din
in this climate.

We would look totally irresponsible.

But if he's done his time -

It's a new Community Protection Act.

Heading for Parliament on Thursday.

It allows the DPP to move for
an order keeping anyone in custody

if their release is likely
to threaten public safety.

And the two of you... drafted this

without even consulting us?

We don't have to.

Well it might have been
the appropriate course of action,

given that you've made us
the moving party.

Please.
Don't you lecture us on propriety.

Excuse me? We're the government,
and we want this to happen.

That's all I'm saying.
No, it isn't.

Janet. Sorry. Over-sensitive.
It's a bad habit. Leave it with us.

Yes.

I do understand
where you're coming from.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Oh, come on. They can't keep someone
in jail beyond their sentence.

For one, it's a state-imposed
penalty on top of a court sentence,

which flies in the face
of the separation of powers.

Plus it throws away
their responsibility

to protect civil liberties
as well as social peace!

We are trying to build bridges.

I know they're wrong too,
but it's just time we took a breath.

They want good headlines,
not good law.

Let me deal with it.

I'll be a lot more relaxed
if I actually have something to do.

Fine.

But you're going to have to do a lot
more than merely win the argument,

you're going to have to convince
them to change their opinion of you.

At the moment,
they think you're the anti-Christ.

Thank you.

The Abe Jackson matter?

Yeah.

Let me know what you think.

(Tapping at keyboard)

(Breathy groaning)

(Groaning stops)

Richard. Professor McLeod's here.

Hey, Richard Stirling.
Oh.

Hi.
Ah, if we just go this way.

Every 2 transaction is taken from
an individual credit card number.

But all you've got for
the ID information

is just a user name
and an email address?

Correct.
And no-one's complained?

What do you think I'm doing?
This whole thing is a complaint.

618 million searches a day
are about porn.

How does the Western world
function any longer?

Half the workforce
is staring at porn.

OK. OK.
Has your friend here told you

what sort of things
are on sites like this?

Well, he's gay, so,
you know, parallel universe.

But as it happens,
I took a look this arvo

and it all seemed pretty boring.

Some non-violent erotica,
which I don't mind, actually,

and yeah, all the other misogynist
crap but it's not illegal.

Well, neither's smoking.
But at least it's heavily taxed

and all those dollars go back into
re-educating people not to smoke.

Well, that's my idea too.

I just need a kickstart
with publicity.

And if it's not through the court,
I'll go straight to the press.

'Man steals fortune,
DPP lets him go.'

Not a good time
for that headline, is it?

They're yours. I look forward
to being arrested. Hm?

What?

Gay?
Aren't you?

No! Really?
Yes!

But sweetheart neckline
and ballerina hem -

Two older sisters. Seriously!

OK. OK.

Oh, but um, when we're at home,
you have to be gay, alright?

I'm sorry.
Well, Conrad.

He was a bit jealous about sharing
with straight Richard.

Ohh!
He can live with gay Richard.

So when you're at home,

while you're around us,
it'd all in all just be easier

if girls weren't your thing.

Work - straight. Home - gay.

Tatum.

Hi.

Do you have a few minutes for us?

Yes.

So would you say that you're spoilt?

Some people think I am.

You don't agree?

Well, I'm Danny Novak's daughter.

All through high school
I was called the Gangster's Girl.

'Don't pick on Tatum,
her Dad'll blow up your house!'

Ha ha ha.

There's got to be some compensation
for growing up with that shit.

Especially since
he's not a gangster.

He does have a colourful past.

He married Mum when he was 29.

Ever since then
he's been absolutely straight.

Still - your apartment?

He bought it, yes.

Prestige car yard
where your fiance works.

He owns, yes.

Dolce & Gabbana bag,
Chanel perfumes.

Seems he buys you a lot of things.

He's never asked you
to do anything for him in return?

No.

The morning after the Christmas
party, you came in at 5:37.

You didn't log into your computer
or use Facebook until 6:01.

I went to the loo, got a coffee, I
grabbed the file from Lina's office.

Look, I didn't even know the
Attorney General. I'd never met him.

Nor had my Dad. He didn't have any
reason to ask me to leak anything.

Did he?

How'd the interrogation go?

Yeah, fine.

MAN: Interview commenced at 1:35pm,

in front of
Detective Sergeant Stu Fuller

and Detective Constable Brummel.

Can you please confirm your name
and address?

Abe Jackson, 24 Angel Street,
Lidcombe.

OK, Abe, you can tell us
what happened yesterday?

Um, I got up about 7:00.

Pam was already up
with little Tom,

and I guess we just
had the same brekkie as always

and um, some toast and juice.

And then the phone started ringing.

Some days are like that
when you're in sales.

You, you've gotta talk
to the clients, so -

so, I, ah, I talked to Pam

and she said something like -
I don't know,

like, um, 'I'll help you out.'

So we headed out to the car
and I'm still on the phone,

so Pam's carrying Tommy and...

..and I opened the car door

and stay out on the phone,
'cause this guy's just -

he's just going on and on
about how we ripped him off,

and I'm like,
'Well, fine, just bring it back.'

And it goes on like this
for a couple of minutes.

So, ah, so Pam, just -
she gives me a kiss on the cheek.

She goes, um, 'Have a good day, '
and I go, 'You too.'

And she says, 'Don't forget
day care, ' and I go, 'Sure.'

And then I switch the phone
onto loud-speaker

and keep talking
while I get in the car.

So you drove to work?

All the way to work, yeah.
Phone never stops.

It's just one of those mornings.

I guess...

..I didn't put him in, see?

I didn't put him in his car seat.

And it, um, it sort of, um,
faces backwards

so you can't see it from the mirror.

Didn't hear anything.

I just didn't figure.

I didn't figure anything.

Really. And I just
didn't think he was there.

So, um,

all the, ah, spots were taken,

so I um, I just parked in the
street, just around the side,

and I can remember thinking,
three or four times during the day,

you know, 'Don't forget day care,
don't forget day care, '

So when it went five, I just
ran out, got straight in the car.

I put the, um,

put the air con on full...

..because it had been so hot.

'Cause it smelt a bit.

And um, and when I got to day care,

they were like,
'Well, he never got dropped off.'

That kind of threw me a bit.

That was the worst.

That moment when you know -

you know what's happened

and you think, 'Please, God,
just, maybe he's just still asleep.'

You just - you just think, please
God, just let him still be sleeping.

And then he had to call his wife

and tell her their son was dead

because he'd left him in the car.

Can you imagine making that call?

So what are you thinking?

I don't know. I mean, his negligence
led directly to a loss of life

so yeah, we have
all the elements for manslaughter.

There's no dilemma about that.

And yet, is a conviction
really in the public interest?

I mean, he's already
given himself a life sentence.

What does our society
consider a fair punishment?

So whatever I write
in the memo of advice,

this is David's call though, right?

And Tracey knew that
when she gave it to you.

It's one of those tricky
matters he'll personally review.

It's not your normal
'I agree and so direct.'

They - they really just want
to see how you're coping.

If I can I stay calm and apply
sound legal advice to all the issues?

Correct.

Why do I feel like the kid

whose teacher's just told him
what's in the exam?

You still have to
pass the test, though.

(Alarm beeps)

(Phone rings)

Erin O'Shaughnessy.

Hi! How's it going?

Oh, Rhys. Hi.
Any progress?

(Doorbell rings)

Ah, well, we had a meeting
and I think it went well.

Good.

The police agreed we had to get
more statements.

We still think it was a love triangle
gone wrong, but, basically,

there's a lack of evidence. And
you brought that to their attention?

(Doorbell rings)
Ah, yes.

What's that?
Front door.

Do you want to call me back later?

Do you mind? Coming!

Don't want your boyfriend
catching you talking to me.

As if that would happen.

I mean, there isn't one.

Not that I want to
keep anything secret.

Bye, Erin. We'll talk tomorrow.

Great. So cool.

(Doorbell persists)

What?

Oh, hello.

Um, sorry. I wasn't expecting -

No - you said any... time.

Well -

And considering
how pressing this is,

I mean, if you've got time
to read this now,

we should probably discuss it
as soon as possible.

OK.
Mm.

Right. Um, come in then.

Right.

Shouldn't, um, take you too long.
Is, um, Lina home?

Not yet. She's calming
her mother down, I think.

Right.

I'll just, um...

Yeah, yeah.

He might get to keep it.
Are you serious?

Well the point is,
for a charge of theft to be proven,

we need to have the 'other'
who's been stolen from,

and that's going to be the problem.

You've got hundreds of them,
haven't you?

Well, not yet. At the moment
they're just user names

like 'Bigtits69'
and 'Boxpounderking, '

so, now what we now have to do
is convince whoever Boxpounderking is

that it's worth outing himself
in front of the national media

as a member of an adult porn site
for the sake of 2.

Yeah. It's a tough ask, huh?

Well, would you go to court

if it meant Tate finding out
you liked hardcore bondage photos?

You've got to be kidding.
She hates getting handcuffed.

It's fun when I tie him up,
but that's just teasing.

No, no, she calls it teasing, but -

When men do it, it gets ugly.
What do you call it?

It's teasing.
Teasing.

She doesn't mind the straight
naked stuff, though.

Yeah?

Well if it's non-violent, I mean,

the legal definition of pornography

is material that exists solely for
the purpose of sexual arousal

and, well to be honest, sometimes
sex is all I'm thinking about.

Really?
When?

Well it's not all the time.

For the two or three days
women ovulate,

the hormones are so strong

that sometimes we can't even hear
what a guy's saying.

We cover it well
and pretend we're listening,

and don't make any sudden movements,

but, really,
we just want to fuck them.

That's why pornography's
been around forever.

Like - like um, in Pompeii,

the villa with
the picture of the guy

with the huge dick, like this big.

Yes, that's right.

You would have loved that at school.
Bet that got you going, yeah?

Dick this big!

I did well at ancient, yes.

The funny thing is is how it can
be so common and so embarrassing.

I don't get it.

But that's just people.
Everyone has to hide something.

You think that you know
everything about someone,

and then when it's least
convenient, you find out you don't.

Human beings are so hopeless.

It's annoying.

And I hate being annoyed.
Make me happy.

Well are you ovulating now?

OK.

I might start
emailing some of these user names

and explain to them
the gravity of the crime

and how they would be helping

rid society of the porn
that, ironically,

they all enjoy looking at,

to appear in court

and maybe someone can help us
prosecute a very rich,

retired,

evangelical maths professor.

(Tatum yells excitedly)

Yep.

You don't have to stay.
No, that's alright.

May as well hear your reaction now.

(Door closes, Lina sighs loudly)

Can you believe my Mum thinks I can
just arrange to get charges dropped?

Like she's so predic -

She -

Oh. Hello.

Hi. How's your brother?

Oh, he's, he's fine. Wearing it like
a badge of honour, little prick.

Why, why is he...?

More statements. The Mervich case.

Ah.

Come and I'll get you a drink.

He's been here for half an hour.

Do you think he thinks...
him and me, or something?

What?
Well, he could have emailed.

He didn't have to come over
in person, at night, here,

to see me, did he?

Unless...

Doesn't he know about cops
and the DPP?

Is, ah, anything wrong?

No, no. Oh.
Yes.

Lina!

Well,
Erin was just a little concerned

that you might be thinking
that she and you could -

Not that I'd mind, normally.

It's just we get told a lot

that affairs between
cops and DPP solicitors

are always a temptation,
but they never work. No.

You know, people talk. There's always
rumours of bias and compromise.

It's just dumb.

Mm.
So, not that it was...

No, it wasn't. I just thought
you should read that stuff now,

and see if you still wanted more.
That's the only reason why I'm here.

Oh, OK.

Thanks.
No, it's not a problem.

Five more minutes?
Sure, yeah.

That is terrifying.
What?

How easily you lie.
You are so conv-

We don't have time.

Five minutes? Are you kidding? I
could make love to you in a second.

Oh, that's not much of a boast.

Andy? Andy! The SES guy.

Did you read that?

Drops Ray home after three days
out rescuing that kid,

and the boys have bought Ray a slab,

and as he walks towards the house -
oh hang on, where's the photo?

As he walks towards the house,

the SES guy says -

Oh, where is it?

The SES guy says,
'Both girls skipped out to meet him,

both in the same sort of dress,

with their long brown hair
blowing all about them,

and I couldn't help thinking,

what a lucky bastard!'

So, that's what the SES guy said
this afternoon, right?

But look.

That's how she was when
the paramedics answered the 000 call.

So her sister's unconscious,

her hubby's dead, she calls for help
and then she cuts her own hair?

Mm.
Tea?

So what's your explanation?

She did it. Ray had been away
with the SES for three days,

came back,
said I want Heather-Marie tonight.

Joanne snaps, bang, kills him.

Then thinks,
'Shit, gotta run, change how I look.'

So she cuts her hair, and
then feels guilty about her sister.

And the intruder?
Didn't exist.

Alright. On the strength of this,
this afternoon,

why don't we ask
for a committal date?

You got my diary?
There is more. More?

Andy found these,
to give him his due.

Heather-Marie's MRIs.

That's the recent trauma, but look,

three old fractures, all healed.

Still, she lives on a farm.
Could be an accident.

Maybe.

If the whole thing was sibling
rivalry, then maybe Joanne hit her.

Still, I see where you're going with
this. Maybe we shouldn't rush it.

Thanks for coming in.
Come into my office.

(Breathy groaning)
What? No! I don't want that! No!

David! Morning.

I'm going to be
with these investigators

for the next half hour or so,
so, no interruptions.

Of course.
Thank you.

I know I'm the newest one here,

but, well,
maybe it's because I'm the newest

that I wanted you
all to know at once.

Um, that night of the Christmas
party, I know I didn't do anything,

but then we've all said that
so obviously one of us is lying.

And I know some of you think
that I could be lying now.

My Dad spent 2-million

on a tender for a government
construction project

but lost out

because that lying rapist, Quinn,
argued against it in Cabinet.

That's why they think I did it.

So now would be a really good time
for whoever did do it to own up.

Great.

I finally think
I'm going to do the right thing

and this is what happens.

Well, look,

I've never played
the Danny Novak card in my life,

but I'm telling you now,
whoever it is,

if you try to pin this back on me,
you will be fucking sorry.

Losing your job, or being disbarred,

or going to jail are going to start
looking like really good options.

Danny Novak?

Yeah, he's -
he's a real piece of work.

From memory, something like
17 assault convictions,

three underworld murder trials,

and got out of all of them.

But that was back in the '80s though,

so he's now a respectable
businessman, of course.

I shouldn't have, ah-

It wasn't a threat.
It was just uncool.

I'd never do it.
He wouldn't, either.

Um, forget it, please.

Tantrum over.
Let's just pretend it didn't happen.

Sorry,
I'm just a teensy bit stressed,

which is particularly irritating

because I had
really good sex last night.

What planet is she from?

Hate her.

Why does she get really good sex?

Richard Stirling's
only motive is money,

though it'd hardly be the only
crime committed for monetary gain.

All five are still
persons of interest, though,

and we can't rule
out Julie Rousseau.

Or Janet King, for that matter.

So where to from here?

Someone here knows more
than they're saying,

and they'll be feeling the pressure.

And they're all talking about it.

So we'll just increase our
surveillance and wait.

Well,
how do you increase surveillance?

I'm afraid that we can't discuss
our methodology.

Well, surely you don't mean
listening devices?

Not here?

Well no court will grant you an order
to bug the DPP. That's outrageous!

Well, we'll certainly be
playing by the rules,

so if that's the case,
there's no need to panic, is there?

But we are investigating

how a Minister of the Crown
lost his portfolio

and his reputation
without a fair trial.

Ah, I'm just off to that lecture.
I could be a couple of hours.

OK.

How did it work out?
With your brother?

Ah, not too bad,
everything considered.

He got charged
with defacing public property

and resisting arrest.

He's still defiant.

Mum's furious. We'll probably
get a court date soon.

Maybe a fine.
But um, thanks for asking, Tracey.

Oh, yes, well, we all make
a bad decision now and then.

As long as we learn from it,
that's the main thing.

And face the consequences.
JANET: Lina...

Yes.

..you coming?

Of course, Hamas sent
a suicide bomber to a shopping mall,

and that's what these Israeli
missiles are trying to avenge.

It's the usual tit for tat story.

Janet.
Hello.

Ah, Lina, this is Miriam Manse,
the AG's Director General.

This is the hot ticket in town,
it seems.

Excuse me. I'll see you inside.

Eli Rosenberg asked her along.

He thought a Jew sitting with an
Arab might speak louder than words.

You bothered to look
at our Protection Act yet?

Yes. Objectively?
I believe so.

Any improvements you'd like to
suggest before we table it?

Well it's unconstitutional,

so I'd rather it wasn't tabled
in the form it's drafted.

You're giving a judge the power
to lock someone up without a trial.

No, we're giving them the power
to keep someone in jail

if there's a high risk
to public safety.

The original punishment is over.
There has be-The public don't want

people like Saif-al-din released.

And every State Parliament
has the right

to give their judges
any power they want.

As long as it doesn't offend
the Federal constitution,

and locking someone up
without a trial does exactly that.

The High Court will bin it.
I'm just putting it out there.

We need to create measures or goals

for the prisoners to achieve
while they're in custody

and then their compliance or not can
be a matter for trial and judgement.

The answer's in there somewhere,

and I am more than happy
to help you find it.

Seriously, happy to help.

You're really loving this,
aren't you?

No, I'm just trying to suck up
to one of the cool girls

who won't let me sit with her
at lunchtime.

It's ironic, isn't it?

Everyone's here to support freeing
criminals in the name of peace,

and we want to keep them locked up.

Can't you just write
what you think they want to read?

It wouldn't fool Janet.

So write what you feel, then.

Good thinking, but what do I feel?

You feel that

just because a man has
immense regret for his actions,

the fact is,
they still led to a loss of life.

Yes, tick.

But every time I watch his interview
I think, 'You poor bastard.'

I mean,
what's the point in going after you?

I mean,
I've got to be consistent, don't I?

If I'm not consistent,
then I've got no authority.

A few weeks ago I'm saying,

'If your actions cause a
loss of life, then you need to pay.'

But you weren't just saying that.
Cooper does need to pay.

So, why not this bloke?
Because he -

He caused a loss of life, too.

It's not law.

OK, I'm not applying the law,

and that's why they gave me
the bloody case in the first place.

Just go back and apply it.

Good luck.
Thanks.

Um, that was the hospital.
Heather-Marie.

Any change?
Yeah, her stats are improving.

She's now 7 on
the Glasgow Coma Scale,

so it's heading
in the right direction.

Good. That'll help.

Matter of Crown versus
Joanne Mervich.

Erin O'Shaughnassy for the Crown,
Your Honour.

George Prasses for Ms Mervich.

Thank you, Counsel.
How're we travelling with this?

Are we looking at a committal date
before Easter?

Your Honour, we only received
the full brief this morning.

This it?

Ah, yes, Your Honour.

I trust you read
at a reasonable pace, Mr Prasses?

Ah, yes, Your Honour.

And the Crown doesn't plan
to drown the defence

with a constant flow
of witness statements, does it?

No, Your Honour. Although we would
like to apply for an adjournment.

Why?
Ah.

The defendant's sister was also in
the house at the time of the offence.

She has been in a coma
since the night in question,

but she may soon
be in a position to make a statement,

which could have a critical impact
on the Crown case. No!

We submit that a committal date

should not be set
until after that statement.

No, wait. I-I - Can the defendant
please be quiet. Mr Prasses?

No objection to an adjournment,
Your Honour.

If you talk to her,
you've gotta talk to me.

I want to talk to the police again.

Now. This afternoon.

Before they do anything else,
they've got to listen to me.

Not one?

No-one? I could keep going.
There are over 300,000 of them.

All in Australia?
Ah, no. Around the world.

Well, we're not going to
fly someone out from Mexico

to say they've been robbed of
two bucks by a bloke in Australia.

No, that's why I've been targeting
the dot. au email addresses.

But there's still
over 5,000 of those.

Well, has anyone replied?

Ah, about 100 or so.

And no-one wants to put up their
hand and say they've been robbed?

They're more concerned
we might close the site down.

Oh!

Is this the porn site meeting?

That it is.

Can we do it?

Not likely.

Well I could keep trying, but -
No, no.

This wasn't one
to go to the battlements over.

No cross-border issues.

A defendant who wants to be charged
in order to plead not guilty.

Why waste money
pursuing the prosecution for larceny

when no-one's willing to come
forward and say they've been robbed?

Well, it's still not going to look
good when he goes to the press.

'DPP not so cocksure
about prosecution.'

DPP blows off porn thief?
Yes, thank you.

I'm sure it will be uncomfortable
for a day or two,

but we have to base our decisions

by applying the rule of law,
that's all.

And at least
nobody from this department

looked at the degrading images
on that website.

Ahh, I did.

Except for one solicitor
assigned to review the matter.

I think it's an appalling indictment
on the standards of modern society.

The Department of Public
Prosecutions decides

that stealing 700,000 is not
a crime worthy of prosecution.

REPORTER: Is that a surprise?

It beggars belief, in all honesty.
Did they give you a reason?

Just said they couldn't do it.

And that's what my actions
will fund.

A public campaign
to expose the porn industry

and all the arms of government
that protect it.

Does David know
what's happening out there?

Ah, yeah.

TRACEY: And then after
I tripped over the cord,

which pulled the computer
off the desk,

then I was overbalancing,
and knocked over the orchid,

which unfortunately smashed
right on top of the computer,

and right where the -
the important bits are.

You wouldn't read about it, really.

I might be able to retrieve some of
the information from the hard drive.

No, no, no, just pick it up
and throw it out. Please.

OK.

I went through all the
legal considerations for sentencing,

and applied each of them in turn
for this particular offence.

Punishment?

Well,
it's already been self-inflicted.

We couldn't add to that.

And rehabilitation is irrelevant.

I don't even think there's a strong
enough case for public expectation,

given the circumstances.

Specific deterrence?
Irrelevant.

I mean, as if he's ever going
to think about doing it again.

General deterrence?

Yeah, that was a 50-50.

Should we make the public
aware of the consequences?

All of those people
running in for a quick coffee

while the kid's asleep in the back.

Or parking the car to read the paper
while the baby's napping.

I mean, surely a conviction here

could help prevent further tragedy,
right?

You could certainly argue
that it would.

Yep, you could.
And what about the baby?

Doesn't he deserve an advocate too?
Sure.

But the assumption behind
general deterrent

is someone thinking
about doing something

and then being deterred
by considering the consequences.

Which applies here, doesn't it?
See, I don't think it does.

See here there was no thought.

And if it happens again, it'll happen
whether on not we prosecute Abe now.

So while the facts, they support
an indictment for manslaughter,

my advice would be not to proceed.

I understand that not pursuing
a prosecution might be brave,

given the current climate,

but I didn't think that
that should be a factor.

No.

Nice job though, Ben.

Not sure if I agree with you,

but you've given me
a lot to think about.

I'm going to let it marinate
for a few weeks

before announcing my decision.

Thank you.

Just had a call
from the AG's department.

Whatever it was you did,

well done.

(Giggling)
ERIN: Lina?

Fuck! Ah, yeah!
Just getting changed.

Hey, I thought you had a meeting
with Rhys tonight.

Domestics. He had to go.
Did you get any food?

Oh, no. I didn't know you'd be home.

What's this?

Um, Andy came. Whats-her-name talked
to him for two hours this arvo.

Said you're gonna love it.

He didn't stick around this time?
Ah, no. In and out, you might say.

Come on!

Come on, come on, come on!

So, Joanne, previously you have said
you saw an intruder?

But now you admit
there was no intruder.

Nup.

OK, so what happened?

Ray came home?

Yeah, with beers.

And?

We just got so scared, you know?

As soon as we saw the beers,
we just thought, 'shit.'

We just knew, see,

we, like, knew it.

Nothing we could do, was there?

About what?

We always copped it worse
when he drank.

Didn't matter
if we'd done stuff right or not.

So by 'copped it',
you mean he hit you?

Yeah.

Bashed us up, you know?

Brought us into line.

No point playing up around Ray.
He wouldn't stand for nothin'.

Did he hit you often?

Yeah, most nights.

One or the other of us,

depending on what we'd done,

or hadn't done.

Then he'd just do us after that,

or just...

..you know.

Did you ever think about
going to see a doctor?

Nah.

Said he'd kill us
if we saw a doctor.

So when he came back, with
the beers, when he laid into me,

Heather-Marie, she just -

she picked up the boltcutters
and she got him.

Heather-Marie did?

She got him.

How many times?

I don't know. Lots.

I just screamed for a bit,
and then I grabbed her to stop her,

and we sort of struggled

and she slipped
in all the blood and stuff.

And she cracked her head
on the table, I think.

Left me with the boltcutters, see?

Hm.

And then she wouldn't come to,

so I called the ambos and,

and then they turned up
and that's it.

What,
you think she's telling the truth?

About who killed him? Who knows?

About everything else, all the abuse.

Well, if you don't think you'll get
a conviction for murder, say so.

What's the problem?

Um, look, I -

can I just come clean
about something?

I can't, sort of,
talk properly unless -

What?

Tracey didn't take you off this
because of Tariq.

Rhys asked for me to be on it.

I should have said before, I know,

and I've been feeling really bad

because I know
you'd never keep a secret from me,

but that's what happened.

Well, that's OK. Don't worry about
it.

So, Rhys chose me,

and he wants me to prepare the case
for him to run as a murder trial.

I had to understand the motive

so it would make it easier
to explain it all to a jury,

and yet, now I get it.

Was it murder?

I don't know.

If we proceed with the charge,

the defence could use all the history
of abuse to go for an acquittal

on self-defence. Even though
these women had access to a car,

they weren't imprisoned,

and they could move freely
about the community?

Their fear was their prison.

Repeated abuse leads
to learned helplessness.

It is a classic syndrome. It's real.

However, in Joanne's interview,

she also makes it clear
that the boltcutters,

a tool used exclusively outdoors,
were already in the kitchen.

That strongly argues premeditation,

which does, of course,

strengthen a case for murder.

I agree.

And so, direct.

Good.
Thank you.

Thanks, Erin.

It's great work.

Mother drugged the kids, suffocated
them, then tried to top herself.

How would you like to add another
murdering woman to your workload?

The one who killed her kids?
Got it in one.

You think that my father's some
sort of underworld crime boss.

I'm sorry.
Leave your house key on my desk

and let me know where to
send your stuff.

You are lying! Mr Stirling,
you cannot attack your own witness.

You showed him the file? Some bits
of the night are a complete blank.

Is that what you told the police?
Haven't spoken to me yet.

What? Sometimes they hold off
questioning their lead suspect

hoping hoping they'll relax and do
something to incriminate themselves.

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