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We've got to take that big end. It's the greatest in the West.

I'll take the super chili sauce. Stand up to any test.

Eat up while you're standing.

Or sitting on your own.

And bother us with pickled pumpkin or tomato sauce.

Cut! Cut!

I'm sorry about that.

You're reaching a playback.

That's good for a second, Mark Pearce. Okay, love the sausage.

Just testing my instrument, Captain.

Yeah, well, point it over this way, Space Cadet.

Biggest hot dog in the world today, Mrs. Berkowitz.

I landed that suntan lotion commercial for you. A week of sun, surf, and long

-legged women. It's tough, isn't it? Someone's got to do it. You leave on

Sunday, 25th. They're talking $5 ,000, but I pointed out if they want the best,

they'll have to pay. Bless you.

Leave it to me. I think we can squeeze it for $7 ,000 plus expenses.

Okay, any problems, ring me. Ciao.

Hi, um, Jude.

Remember Dad's home movies you were going to transfer to video?

Yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wiggle out of this one, Boris.

You

should

watch the news tonight, Mr. Denton.

Australian Federal Police confirmed that there was a break -in at the offices of

the Royal Commission into the British nuclear tests.

The break -in early Saturday morning has raised fears about the safety of top

-secret documents held by the Commission.

The documents, many of them so secret that some barristers appearing before

Commission have been denied access, contained classified and detailed

information about the tests conducted in Australia by the British from 1952

until 1964.

Great pair of legs, half.

We're in trouble.

You have him on weekends.

Come on, silly.

Don't encourage your father.

Go to sleep now. Come on. I'm not sleepy.

Out.

Thinks he wants me to leave?

Can't you stay tonight?

You can sleep in my bed.

No, matey.

You sleep tight.

Battle's the fight.

Give us a hug.

No, you might.

And no dog.

Oh, come on, Pat. A kid his age needs a dog.

He needs a father with brains.

He needs mates to kick a footy with. Things like that.

Heavy, who's going to look after this dog, huh?

Who's going to wash it? Who's going to feed it? Look, you don't wash a dog.

bad for him. Feeding it? Look, a dog can do that. He's six years old, for God's

sakes. He wouldn't know which end of a can I'm going to use.

It'll be me again, won't it?

Pat, I told you.

This plant's getting too much sun.

It needs shade. It's an indoor plant.

Look, I could call round every other day. No, you couldn't.

It's taken me three months to get him used to this.

A child his age needs routine, stability.

That's just what a dog will give him, routine, stability.

Look, wait till you see this puppy.

Irresistible, just like me.

Well, that's just what I need, Spot.

But Dom likes to have me around.

Please, Harvey.

No dog.

You used to, too, remember?

One child in the house was enough.

Lean meat, bones.

No canned shit.

It's what you give a dog.

Don't forget you promised to show cartoons at his party on Sunday.

Now go home.

Was anything else stolen?

Apart from the films?

No, nothing.

You don't make blue movies, do you, Harvey?

Oh, come off it.

What was on that film?

Oh, like I said, home movies and some other stuff my father shot when I was a

kid.

Who'd want to steal home movies?

Andy Warhol?

I love the smell of palm trees in the morning.

No palm, you pleb.

Harvey, you said these films were 16 mil?

Yeah.

Most home movies are too bright, aren't they?

My father was a professional cameraman.

He made docos, movie tone news, stuff like that.

So on the weekends, you'd bring home the leftover stock and do the family pics.

You're sure there's nothing in these films that someone else might want?

Yeah, sure.

No other unusual things?

No.

one two minutes okay getting the key now okay back out i

tell you it's not just an ordinary burglar why did they only take film and

about a weird telephone i haven't got time

resolute

and thereby advance the cause of peace for us and our children

And in Sydney today, Australian Federal Police confirmed that there was a break

-in at the offices of the Royal Commission into the British nuclear

No, nothing.

What's that?

Running sheet.

Of the news?

Let me see it.

Why is number seven scrubbed out?

Not enough time. Technical problem.

Would that be the only reason?

It happens all the time. Could we find out exactly?

John, that building here.

Fine. Last night's news. Item 7 was scrubbed.

They what?

What was it again? I mean, did you see it?

Heard a sworn statement by a veteran of the atomic tests.

who claimed he had evidence to prove that nomadic Aborigines died as a direct

result of the tests. The witness refused to elaborate when pressed by Justice

McKenzie and instead accused the British and Australian governments of a

whitewash. The commission will now travel to Melbourne where... I don't

what it stands for. It's just called a denotis.

It has to do with national security.

What do you mean?

Anyone can march in here and confiscate tapes. No, not anyone. Intelligence.

ASIO. It's only had one since I've been here, during the Falklands War.

Did he say what was on the tapes? No, all he'd say was it came from the

station.

Something about a plane being dug up. A plane? What's the connection?

Probably no.

What about my films?

Don't ask me, ask ASIO.

Can I help you, sir?

Uh, not really sure.

This is Asia.

That's correct, sir.

Who would you like to see?

I don't really know exactly.

Well, the duty officer handles general inquiries.

Your name, sir?

Denton. Harvey Denton.

If you'd like to take a seat, Mr Denton.

There's Mr Denton in reception.

I don't know.

Where's that middle camera?

Why don't you just sit and wait for the duty officer, sir?

Is that middle camera up there?

Where's the bloke on that camera? Just sit and wait, sir. You've got my bloody

film!

Hey, listen, mate. Hey, you!

Mr. Denton, my name's Tony Trebilka.

I'm the officer in charge of this... Look, the films, that's all I want.

They're on their way up now.

I think you can leave now, gentlemen.

Thank you.

Oh, you certainly put a little excitement into their day.

Would you like a drink?

I'm afraid I've only got a pair of ears. Is that okay?

Yeah, fine.

I'm surprised it's all turning up like this.

Look, I just want the films back.

I must apologise for the way in which they were seized.

Some of us are trying to upgrade the image of the organisation, but old

die harder, don't they?

We have a real problem, sit down, in attracting the calibre of personnel we

want.

Cheers.

What do you know about your father's death?

My father?

He drowned off the coast of South... Where'd you get this?

What was he doing when he died?

He was a cameraman. He died when I... He was working for the army.

He was filming the British A -bomb tests.

We believe that is your father.

Shot through the head.

Close range.

Recognise this?

Uh... Yeah?

I just placed them on the desk.

Thanks, Jenny.

This plane was buried in November 54.

They flew it through the mushroom cloud.

It was so radioactive they had to bury it.

They dug it up for the Royal Commission.

The body was a complete surprise.

Why would... We don't know.

The... The film... Nothing.

Hello, Harvey.

This is Uncle Julius.

Yes, Uncle.

Oh, Harvey, did you receive the present?

Oh, look, thanks again for the stock, Uncle.

Just in case it couldn't come out before I left, I asked Judy to send that.

Yeah, I'll be up the first chance I get. Listen, is Judy there? I have to speak

to her for a minute.

Hey, listen, you mentioned something about a burglary, Judy.

I guess it was just some local kids up to mischief.

By the way, do you remember the exact date of Dad's death?

Let me think.

12th of November.

And that was 1953, wasn't it?

Yeah, that's right.

Why?

No, no, I was just wondering.

Listen, I'll ring you before I come up. All right, I'll speak to you later. Bye

-bye.

No, no, I consider it done.

From the Prime Minister and President Reagan, reaffirming both nations' wish

continue a strong and dynamic security relationship.

Both sides stress the importance of the ANZUS Treaty and of continued

cooperation on defence and other matters under the alliance.

Australia is a responsible ANZUS ally, an important trading partner and a

trusted friend.

AIDS did not rule out that discussion on the Star Wars project or U .S. bases in

Australia may take place over the next few days.

And in Melbourne, the last week of the Royal Commission into the British atomic

tests is underway.

Pat Denton filed this report after this morning's session.

The first day's hearing at the Commission in Melbourne has been both

and sensational.

Claims by Australian atomic test veterans and aborigines have been

denied by legal counsels for the British government.

Also today, details were released concerning the discovery of a

contaminated aircraft dug up in the South Australian desert.

When questioned, British representatives will make no comment.

Excuse me, Mr. Hopkins, do you have any comment to make about allegations of a

radioactive aircraft dug up in South Australia?

At this stage, it appears the British are maintaining a stiff upper lip,

that next week marks the end of the Commission's investigations and time is

running out.

This is Pat Denton at the Royal Commission.

Meteorologists, scientists and fallout experts agreed it was completely safe.

There was absolutely no possibility of contamination or risk to the population

centres of Australia.

And you did take into account the possibility of fallout affecting

Of course, we got along very well with the Aborigines.

At one stage, we even supplied them with blankets. It gets very cold out in the

knuckle.

And when some American colonels visited, we showed them the Blacks' camp.

It was a service we provided.

Just like Disneyland.

He said he came across a whole lot of dead Aboriginals, him and two other

servicemen. They reported.

The next day he was transferred, I think. I never saw him again.

Your Honour, I... I'm at a loss as to what to even say.

Then sit down and don't say anything, Mr Harking.

If Your Honour will permit me.

Yes, what is it?

The witness is wasting the Commissioner's time.

His evidence is only here, so there is no point... Your Honour, Mr Valentine

should be allowed to finish his testimony.

Agreed. Sit down, Mr Harking.

Continue.

This thing about the dead Aboriginals was going about.

Everyone was talking about it, all the servicemen.

And as a consequence, there was some sort of parade, and you were addressed

one of the British officers.

We were told to forget what had happened.

He said the British government had put a lot of money into tests, news about the

incident got out, and a lot of money was wasted.

And when he addressed you, how would you describe the way in which he spoke to

you?

He spoke to us like they all spoke to us.

Like a little pummy turd speaking to the colonials.

Telling us what we had to do.

Or else.

Your Honour. If I were you, Mr Hockey, I'd quit while I was behind.

Or else what?

He reminded us that we'd signed the Secrecy Act.

If we broke it, we could go to jail.

Or be put to death.

Mr Ballantyne.

Excuse me.

Don't get involved.

Leave it to us.

Don't get involved.

My father was murdered. It's our job. We have the resources.

Listen, just hear me.

Look, I've been doing some thinking about this. No, just tell me if I'm

wrong. You don't have to tell me.

We cannot divulge anything. You don't have to divulge anything. Just tell me

I'm right or wrong, all right?

OK.

One, I think my father filmed something he wasn't supposed to.

And whatever that film was, it's got some major bearing on this, right? Well,

you haven't said no, have you?

I want to find out who killed him and why he killed him. Listen to me.

I'm bigger than you think.

You do not have all the pertinent information.

It's a political mind of yours, and you go blundering about. You could mess it

up.

Just leave it to the people. No way, Len. Come on. What would you do? You

out your father was murdered, what would you do?

Call Mrs. Trilby -Jappal -Jarring.

I want you to tell all the people here, what did you think you saw?

We saw the great white snake.

Loudly digging water rolls.

Was it a big noise?

Loud noise.

And what did you call it?

Poilu. Poilu. Excuse me?

The blackness, Your Honour.

Please go on.

So, would you tell the court again about the poilu? What was it?

The sticky black cloud.

And where did it come from? It fell on the trees, on the ground.

And what happened to the people? The people became sick, vomiting,

sore eyes, and some died.

There were deaths?

It's taboo, Your Honour.

My people aren't allowed to speak of the dead.

It would help, in the event of compensation to your people.

Compensation? You kill their dreaming.

I see Mr Harking has something to entertain us with.

Do you wish to cross -examine the witness?

No, Your Honour.

But given the opportunity to say anything at all, I should like to

disadvantage we all suffer with due respect to my learned friend in not

birthed in tribal aboriginal mythology.

And to restate our strong objection at anecdotal evidence and the reliance upon

that from choice witnesses.

Yes, we've heard you before on that.

Your Honor, my people have said that members of their family and tribe died.

Try to cut them, prevent them from talking about it. Your Honor, we keep

of reports of sickness, blindness, and death from areas which we contend could

not possibly have been affected.

But where is this hard evidence?

They were thin.

Who? The ASIO bloke.

It's all come out about the plane.

Nothing about a body.

Look, I saw the photos.

Are you sure? Of course I'm sure.

I'm off.

But I want to know everything that happened.

Okay? Sure.

See you.

Denton? Yeah.

Carl Denton?

No, his son.

I thought you were too young.

You saw your father's films of the bomb tests.

Spent a lot of time with my people.

Do you have an interest in this?

Perhaps. What sort of interest?

Don't know yet.

Is your father still alive?

No, he died in 1953.

Pity.

Would have liked to talk to him.

Anyone who was there.

It's our word against the experts.

After all, we're only simple tribesmen.

Anything might help it.

The smallest memory.

Souvenir.

Somewhere. Listen, I've got a date. Somewhere around... I've got a date.

Somewhere around... What?

Around the beginning of November 1953.

November 1953?

Yeah. November 1953?

Put your hand up!

We close at six o 'clock. If you're not out by then, I'm out of search bounty.

Printed 400 feet of positive stock.

Isn't that unusual for a cameraman to protest and print his own material?

Nah. Army stuff, see? Top secret. We weren't allowed to touch it.

Army blokes did all the wrong stuff.

Afraid of Red's hiding in the darkroom.

Thanks for your help.

Hey! How is your father?

He died.

Give him my regard.

What subject?

The British A -bomb test from the 50s. Oh, the Royal Commission bizot got most

of that. Besides, it's classified anyway. You need ministerial permission.

But this is where they're stored.

Classified.

Oh, there is one other.

It's a film about basic training.

Where is it?

Yeah, it's A Day in the Life of a Regular Soldier. It was made in 1959.

Look, I know it's late, but if you could just tell me if it's here, I'll know

whether it's worth coming back tomorrow.

All right.

All right.

Now, what was it called again? A day in the life of a regular soldier. Of a

regular soldier, yeah.

1959. Right.

Well, thanks for your help.

the computers down.

Thank you.

The eyes of the world are on Maralinga, a remote village on the edge of

Australia's great desert. As man's most revolutionary discovery, the atom bomb,

is tested.

The veil of secrecy is lifted for the visit of the Australian Prime Minister,

Mr. Menzies, who finds that the atomic atmosphere is developing healthy young

Australians.

At the site itself, last -minute preparations are completed.

Construction of dugouts and trenches for the protection of scientific

instruments to record the blast.

Dummies are dressed and placed in strategic spots to test the effects of

exploding atom on military clothing and equipment.

When the conditions are just right, so the variant carrying this awesome weapon

heads for the target. The firing control desk flashes its message.

The countdown begins, and it's back to the blast.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two,

one.

Our Australian servicemen get the best view of all, only a mile from ground

zero. A triumph for British riders and the Australian technicians who made

possible the test at Matalinga.

Thank you.

You were told then to say that the atomic cloud was a rain cloud.

Well, it was suggested.

So, you were instructed to lie to the Australian public and, in fact, to cover

it up.

Yes.

Look,

I found a film.

I'm not sure what it is. It's, uh...

Deserted huts, vehicles, army stuff, but there's no name to identify what it is.

X -200, just a coordinate on the map.

It's a top -secret facility. They demolished it straight after the bomb

How can I see it?

I'll deny it.

Look on the marketplace after about 10 o 'clock.

I'll write it down for you.

Three hours after the explosion was quite the opposite.

Yes, it's quite a variation.

There must have been a wind change in the upper atmosphere.

You can't always predict them. To your knowledge, were there any settlements in

the path of the atomic cloud?

No.

Look at this. They just fled.

You don't know where this camp is? No.

Well, all we do know is whoever was there left in a hurry.

Why? Easy, avoid some sort of danger.

Unplanned event?

Accident? Yeah, yeah, like an atomic bomb going off.

Well, that would be incredible if there was some proof.

What do you think that is? That is some empty buildings.

Look, there's got to be more.

He shot 400 feet of film. Now, there's 340 there, so there's 60 feet still

missing. 60 feet. Now, that could be the proof for everything the British are

denying.

That could be.

That could be the story of the year.

It could be more than that, you know.

What are you going to do with that?

It goes with me.

Wood wouldn't burn clean, eh?

Leave me the copy.

Why?

Precaution. You never know.

All right. Swap.

It's for dinner tonight.

You don't give up, do you?

On one condition.

Change your shirt and have a shower.

You're on.

Molly's, seven o 'clock.

G'day. Sir.

We struck gold.

Eh?

How come you blokes missed it?

You didn't make any copies, did you?

No, cut me off at the pass.

It's not all there, you know.

All the last couple of minutes are missing, and that's just the print. I

couldn't find the negative.

Oh, I am impressed.

Did you ever feel like a change in career?

I'll leave that to you fellas.

I'm out, but my answering machine is always this.

Please don't waste your call. Leave a message after the beep.

Ah! Ah!

For Jim Reimer and Steve Thomas, the legacy of Maralinda could be an early

grave. To be blunt, neither of them have ever lived.

The cancer rate in our members, that's the British test veterans, is four times

greater than the normal civilian population.

Four times greater. And I'm one of them.

Down here?

Cobalt therapy?

Yes. Treblecock, now look, what in Christ's name's going on?

Denton, hold on.

Where are you?

Now, those hoods, who the hell are they?

They're not mine. It's the British. They want to destroy the film. Now, whatever

you do, don't move till we get there.

Where are you?

Denton, where are you?

Denton! Finishes hearing evidence this week.

But there still may be hope.

A test veteran claims to have solid evidence.

His name is Prosper Gaffney, and we have him on the phone right now from

Nillenbrook in South Australia.

Hello, Mr Gaffney.

You claim to have evidence which will expose what really went on during the

tests in the 50s.

I said before we started.

I didn't come to talk about that.

Yes, but you said that... Are you daft?

I said the time will come and the whole world will know I'm here to talk about

the Royal Commission because it's a farce.

Nothing will come of it.

It's a whitewash and they'll all burn in hell.

Menzies and Atlee and Lord... In the British Parliament, Mrs. Factor... And

can burn...

This evidence that you claim to have... It held.

But the fires won't be hot enough, hot enough to make up for the sins.

Not a thousand years of burning.

Sorry, old mate, but this is important.

I have to do it for my dad.

Well, you'd do it for me, wouldn't you?

Yeah, I suppose.

Good boy.

Now, listen, put your mum back on, Dom.

Hey, and Dom, Dom.

Listen, I really love you, son.

Where were you? I waited an hour.

They murdered him, the ASIO guy.

What are you talking about?

Outside the restaurant.

I can't talk.

Your phone's probably bugged or something.

Just make sure someone's with you and Dom all the time, okay?

Harvey, what's happening?

It's the film.

They want the film. The tape.

They destroyed it. Who?

The British Asia, I don't know yet.

Harvey?

Harvey? Take care of yourself.

Yeah, don't worry about me.

I do.

Excuse me, I'm looking for Prosper Gaffney.

Thank you.

You Prosper Gaffney?

You're disturbing my work. Piss off.

Well?

You left a message on my telephone machine.

I told you that.

I recognize the voice.

What voice?

That's what I want to find out.

I suppose you've got a name.

Harvey Denton.

Well, Mr...

Mr

Denton.

I'll now be the one to spoil the good name of Outback Hospitality.

So you can stay the night.

And then you can bugger off back to wherever it was you sprung from.

He said, oh, black bastard.

Blind as a bloody bat.

And then mushroom clouds got him.

What do you mean?

He was downwind of one of these bomb tests.

Most of his mates died young.

He lost his eyesight.

And me.

Now, you worked on the test.

Worked on it.

I chose all the bloody sides.

Didn't I?

Charlie.

I came out with the other Brits.

That specialist.

I chose the exact spot to let them off.

The exact spot.

Ground zero.

We were having the time of our lives.

Splitting the mighty atom for queen and country.

Then we saw the first one blow.

It was as if the earth cracked open and we'd release the fires of hell.

Smash the bush.

Not a living thing, Miles.

And that great big black cloud.

scientists cheered and danced a gig.

And Charlie and all his lot got a legacy.

One mighty explosion.

And play for it for the rest of your life.

The day of retribution.

Do you know what's on the film?

Take it to the commission.

That's a circus.

The aboriginal legal guy. Black man in a white man's suit.

Don't trust anybody.

That's where your father made his mistake.

I've only just come back here.

He

says

he knew his father. He was a good friend of his father.

Maralinda Business.

Billy.

It was the devil's work.

As soon as I saw the place, I knew that.

Keep a big place like that secret.

Something unnatural was going on there.

The Geiger counter was almost off the scale.

Silly buggers.

I thought of everything.

Except... The wind changing.

I wanted to piss off, but your father, he wanted to take some shots.

I stayed on guard by the jeep with Charlie there.

He was gone a long time.

When he came back,

it was really strange.

He wouldn't tell us what he'd seen, but he...

He told me not to mention we'd ever been near the place.

A week later, he came back, and he wanted me

to drive him to the bush again.

He was in a great hurry.

When we got to where we were going, he told me to stay

by the jeep.

He had a box that he wouldn't let out of his sight.

But I snuck a look at it while he was asleep. There was a film can in it.

I didn't have to guess what it was.

A few days after we got back to base, he was transferred.

And I never saw him again.

Wake up!

Wake up!

Wake up!

What?

Where's Charlie?

He would never let the fire go out.

Probably gone for a piss or something. Go find him.

Hmm?

Now! Hang on, just work out.

Saw that?

Who? The bastard who killed Charlie.

Fell down a gully, didn't he?

Wake up.

He had something.

He could hear a flea fart at half a mile.

Get any further with me on your back.

Follow that dry stream, then.

To the top, there's a cave there.

It's in there.

It's like on a bank, eh?

Nobody comes here except the blacks.

And they would never go in there.

It's sacred.

It's the negative. All of it. 400 feet.

ID, please, sir.

What are American soldiers doing out here? Under the Joint Facilities Treaty,

this property is under the jurisdiction of the government of the United States

of America.

Yes, sir.

Driver's license, dear? Thank you.

It's okay. They'll check with Asia.

Listen to me.

I told them.

I said we'd stumbled on something.

I didn't know what he shot.

They said he'd been transferred.

He was my mate.

I was drunk.

Nothing changes.

Only the accent.

The bloody uniforms.

We're leaving.

What are you doing? Drive.

I'm leaving.

Get out. What are you talking about?

I know what I'm doing.

Out.

Thank you.

Hello,

Pat Denton here. I'm out, but my answering machine is always in.

I got the negative, all of it.

They came to the station. There's a D -note. Come on, we've got to get a

No, don't give it to me. I can't take it. Go, we'll do it back at the station.

No, they'll only take it. Look, they won't even know we're there. Gabby,

no time now.

What do you mean there's no time? There's no time. Oh, look. You don't

understand. I do. You don't understand. What's the problem? Look, you know what

people have been through for this. Just listen.

Just listen. Piss off, will you?

Come on, we've got to go. To put a D -note, it's on the film.

It'll be buried forever.

Let him go.

Look, the commission is winding up. They've only got about an hour to go.

There is your only chance.

Let's go.

Let's go.

I'll take that.

No way.

Excuse me, would you mind telling me what all this is about?

Switch that off. Could you give me your name? Under what authority are you

detaining this man? Look, just switch off that camera.

Excuse me, would you mind telling me who you're... ...cooperation from the

British government in regard to the question of availability and access to

assist and claims of my government being obstructions have been unwarranted and

unfair. I've got it. Every effort... What is this?

I've got important evidence.

It's the film I told you about, Mr. Wallamari.

What the hell's happening here? Your Honor, this could be vital evidence.

Somebody tell me what's going on.

I've got a film, and it's important evidence for this commission, Your

You're in contempt.

Your Honor, I request that the chairman... Please, Your Honor, shut up!

Shut up! Everybody shut up!

This is my commission. You listen to me.

Look, this is important evidence. Would you believe me? In these chambers, I

decide what's important.

There are procedures for presenting evidence.

Look, that's what I want to do, but they're trying to stop me because they

what's on this film.

What have you got?

It had better be bloody good. This evidence cannot be accepted at this

This film proves that it's alive.

Where was this film taken?

It was taken at Emu Field near Maralinga.

Under the terms of this commission, it is neither right nor proper... The

outcome of this commission will decide that.

Is that it?

Yes, this is the film.

Your Honor.

This film comes under the Military Secrets Act.

Signed by Prime Minister Menzies, and it is therefore classified.

Bullshit! Don't listen to him! That's enough.

You are acting in an official capacity, Mr. Trabilco.

Bailiff.

film, please.

All right.

You can have the film, but it has to be printed.

Now I want to be there when it's printed, and I want Mr. Wallamari with

You, sir, accompany me to my chambers.

This commission will adjourn until further notice. All rise.

So you haven't actually seen what's on this film?

Well, that's the negative, but I've seen part of a print truck from that.

Obviously, I cannot allow anyone to see this film until it's been viewed by us

and we've determined its security status.

If Mr Denton's right about what's on this film, it could affect my findings.

Now, if you seize the film, I'll subpoena it.

Too many people know it exists.

A legal battle's going to hold me up and it'll be bad publicity for you fellows.

What I'm suggesting is I view the film. Hang on, that's my film and I've got to

write it clear. The film belongs to the government. It can only be viewed by an

appointed agent with a security clearance.

I am an appointed agent.

So what I'll do is I'll view the film and then report to you.

Can you do that straight away?

I can't tell you what's on the film, but I can tell you if I'll be subpoenaing

it.

Mr. Tribilco.

Nothing. There was no image.

The laboratory said it was long -term exposure to radiation, cobalt -60.

You're advised to have a medical checkup as soon as possible.

Oh.

That can't be true. Let me see it.

What have you done?

You've done something to it.

You swapped it over, you bastards.

You've done with a fucking film. They've swapped it. Look.

I'll expose this. I'm telling you, if it's the last fucking thing I do, I'll

expose it. I will go home and forget about it.

The film was all that mattered.

We'd both lost.

I'd just go home and forget about it.

Who are you?

None of your business.

Where's Mrs. Berkowitz? Oh, she moved out a few days ago. I'm the new tenant.

Could you get out of my way, please?

You're a bloody fine, aren't you?

You tell Triple Cock I know what's going on.

No more of his bullshit.

You tell him that, all right?

You tell him to leave me alone.

Then at a press conference after the final round of talks, the Prime Minister

confirmed that the American route from the U .S. secret installation base at

Pine Gap would be renewed.

The Royal Commission into the British nuclear test wowed up its investigation

today after sitting for over 11 months.

We now cross live to our commission reporter, Pat Denton, who was there for

final session.

It's been an emotional last day at the nuclear test inquiry.

Time seems to have run out for Aborigines and test veterans.

And yet, unanswered questions still hang like a nuclear cloud over the whole

Australian -British joint test project. Everyone's on the set. If you don't get

your tail down here, quick!

Will they spend the billions of dollars necessary to clean up their deadly mess?

Well, whatever the outcome, it appears that Aborigines and test veterans may

once again be the innocent victims...

of a secret political agenda.

A few hours ago, a man disrupted the inquiry, claiming he had a film proving

British deceit.

Official sources later announced it was... a hoax.

G'day, matey.

Listen, don't worry about what your mother said. We'll all sit down and talk

about it, all right?

Oh, just a little while ago.

Did you find your dad's cell?

Actually, Dom, something happened to it.

What happened, Dad?

Dad?

I tried to find out. I did try.

I'll explain it to you later, Dom.

I'm really tired.

He just died, matey.

A long time ago, I tried to help some people.

You see, fathers, they're just like everyone else.

They die.

Dad? Dad?

Yes, Dom.

Yes, I am.