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That southerly change failed to arrive in Sydney last night, and we're in for

another scorcher today, 39 degrees from the city, and a sizzling 42 degrees

livable way.

A southerly bluster sent the thermometer dropping in Melbourne yesterday

afternoon with torrential rain and gusts up to 60 kilometres an hour in order

along the Victorian coast.

The cool change is out somewhere around about Jarvis Bay.

We are in Sydney, still sitting in a slip box.

The weather bureau said another southerly change could hit the city.

Could they be blamed for the last seven days?

Please, don't blame them.

We don't want to get too serious.

What a load of shit.

Mary, you're going to have tea, aren't you?

Just black pencil.

Thanks.

Oh,

you can help yourselves to sugar, huh?

I wish they'd make up their minds one way or the other. It's killing me.

Great, your old man must be failing. Yep.

Don't have them balls.

Here's your tea, Mary.

Thanks. I hope there's enough milk.

Tea, Kate?

Sure, why not?

Why'd you tell me to buy it if you knew it was going down?

Oh, it'll go up again.

Silver always goes up.

Except when it's going down.

Don't worry.

Houseman's got some new scheme.

Wants to sell meat pies to the Chinese.

Probably need the protein.

Knowing Peter, it'll do better than my silver.

He's a child.

God, it's hot.

First one through the door.

Vicki, open up, quick.

Vicki.

Just a minute.

Ah, thank you.

Sorry. Oh, that's all right. It'll help boost Philip's confidence.

That's all he needs.

Don't tell me. We're celebrating.

Steve?

Coming.

Very high cozy.

Oh, you've always had fantastic taste.

What's all this?

They're gone, darling.

The sights are yours.

Horrific. Are you sure? He's positive.

Robert rang ten minutes ago. What happened to the squatters?

That's an interesting question. Where did squatters go?

The important thing is they're gone.

Maybe now he'll stop pacing the floor.

Well, here's to the boy Wonder.

And his faithful assistant, Wonder Woman.

Here's to us.

To Eden.

Eden.

Where's the opera, Vicki?

Eden project.

But one of the houses is still owned by a local resident, and he's determined to

stay put, as Anne-Marie Sutton discovered when she spoke to 60-year-old

Jim Taylor.

I think they're a mob of bloody idiots and shoals.

If a man owns a property, he should have the right to do whatever he wants with

it.

What's the sense of... What's the sense of owning something if you can't do what

you want with it?

You own one of these properties? Why don't you hire another one? I've owned

my own home for 15 years.

What was your name?

Do you have any plans for selling it?

No.

Architect Stephen West's design for the Eden Apartments has received worldwide

acclaim. Mother wants to know if you're coming to Aida.

When is it?

Friday week. It's in Italian.

Tell her we'll ring her back.

Steve doesn't know.

But Philip wants to come.

No,

no, no. It's not been a movie.

We're under a lot of pressure now that the project's going. OK.

OK. Ciao, Giovanna.

Ciao. Ciao.

Morning,

Ian. We wanted dedicated young architects to work on Eden, blah, blah,

blah, blah.

You know, the usual stuff.

Any special requirements?

Just get us six geniuses who like to work long hours for low pay.

Should be easy.

Morning, Gloria.

Could I have a word with you, please, mate?

Sure. You're the boss.

Well, mate, what do you think?

After three bloody years, we're finally getting this thing off the ground.

Not a bad talent scout, eh?

Hate to think I'd wasted all your tracing paper.

Here, mate.

Read all about it.

Another of Mary Ford's rave reviews.

They've misspelled monstrosity.

Doesn't know where to give up, does she?

Too right she doesn't. She's squatting in your office right now. What's she

doing here?

She told Gloria you asked to see her.

But listen, mate, um... No ideological bullshit.

We can't afford a fart round anymore.

Just sort her out.

Pronto. Mary Ford.

Hello, Steve.

If you prefer it, I could come back later.

Please don't touch that. It's fragile.

Stephen West, Kate Dean.

Hi, saw your act on television.

Very impressive. Thanks.

I see you've been reading the latest edition.

I don't have to, do I? They're all the same.

Well, the issues are the same. The only thing that changes are the battle lines.

That sounds like a good reason to give up. Is that what you did?

What can I do for you, Mary?

We're asking the Construction Workers' Union to boycott work on your project.

You're threatening the wrong person.

We just designed the buildings here.

We're meeting tonight, if you'd like to give your side. You don't want to listen

to me.

You want a moving target.

Look, if you don't mind, I'm flat to the boards.

You know you'll never build it, don't you, Steve?

Why not?

Because we won't let you.

Mate.

First one I ever put up, mate.

That's as ugly as sin.

But it's put a roof over a lot of people's heads and it's made me heaps.

And it's the same with all of these.

You remember this one, Steve-O?

Now, that was the first one to win me an award.

Well, you did that, mate.

You did that.

But this one, the apple tree, this is the one they're going to be talking

about in a hundred years' time.

Now, we can't let them stop us now.

Well, there's nothing I can tell them that hasn't been said before.

Stephen, these delays are costing Peter thousands of dollars a day.

And the investors are losing patience.

Why don't you talk to them?

I'm an architect, not a diplomat.

Mate, Phil doesn't want to talk to them.

Phil wants to drop an atom bomb on them.

Phil and I, we're the enemy, right? You're the artist. You're the one that

they've asked to see.

Now, why don't you go down there and see if you can't make them see reason this

time?

And if they don't, mate, well, then there's no justice.

And we're all screwed.

What do you think, Tony? Will the union put a ban on it?

I don't think they will.

Looks like they'd work too bad these days.

Look at that water from the garden.

We're going to have to be careful here.

Could run into drainage problems.

No worries.

We're pouring tomorrow.

Well, I don't think your bloody building designs that fantastic scene.

I've been living in the same place.

do is to piss off the bloody ringing.

And let the genuine residents decide what they're going to do. Same as we've

always done.

I'll bloody sort you out soon, Jim Ray.

I just want to save my house, that's all.

I'm not interested in what the squatters and the unions want. And I'm not a

communist. I asked the union to come.

Oh, look, mate, if you want the unions behind you, we're right there. But if

you don't...

and Dexter Avenue, all of it.

The inner city's changing. Everyone wants to move closer to the centre and

they'll pay to do it. I'm sorry, it's just a natural process. Look, if we can

just stall a little bit longer, Housman will give up and the government will

take over.

If they'd wanted to buy the property, they would have done it before the

church sold the Housman. Now drive him to the wall and another developer will

just take his place. We're going to vote and let's vote and get it over with.

We're screwed anyway.

I vote that we ask Mick Davies and the union to ban work on the project.

out by soapbox emotions.

The logic is we want to keep our homes.

I'm sorry, Steve. Perhaps now you realise that.

Coming, Kate?

No, I've got a party to go to.

Have fun.

Bye. See you.

You see those buildings over there?

The concrete boxes.

That's right.

Now, you've got your band.

You'll drive housemen to the wall and you'll end up with 400 home units just

like those concrete boxes.

Because the next guy will squeeze every last dollar out of it. And yours won't?

No, it won't. And if you'd seen my design, you'd know that.

Look, who are we designing for, anyway?

Why don't you leave these places for the people who live here?

I could ask you the same question.

I do live here.

But you don't belong here.

Annie, I'll take your note.

What do you think Peter will do?

He'll be all right.

Peter thrives on struggle.

Don't you think we should go?

I suppose you're looking forward to going out with the new boss.

Robert thinks because he can offer you a partnership, he can keep you from

leaving.

Why would I want to leave?

Because you could do a lot better on your own, that's why.

You do all the work and he makes all the profit.

What's the matter with your lips?

That's better.

You're the young man who designed it.

Yes, that's right.

My son wants to be an architect.

I was wondering if you wouldn't mind talking to him sometimes.

He's a big fan of yours.

I'm sorry. I don't want to talk to your son.

I beg your pardon.

I don't want to talk to your son, and I don't even want to talk to his mother.

Excuse me. Business call.

Steve West, Dick Molnar.

You must get sick of these parties.

Oh, I don't come to men.

No, me either. Give me a cold beer any day.

Listen, Steve, I don't know whether you'd be interested, but I got a project

started. What's that?

It's an entertainment center. You know, for men.

To do what?

Anything. I want it to be pretty special. That's why I'm asking you.

Money's no hassle.

Think about it.

Even architects could land it.

The Society has received many generous contributions from distinguished

members. Sir Henry Williams, Sir Alan Noble, and now Mr Peter Houseman.

The Houseman Fellowship will enable many talented Australian dancers to gain

overseas experience and recognition.

Merry Christmas.

Obviously,

somebody didn't like the food.

against the Eden apartment.

Mary! Our reporter, Gillian Moss, says there's been an immediate response...

Mary, are you there?

...from members of the Construction Workers' Union.

All work has halted on the first stage of Eden, pending a full union meeting

later in the week.

But Construction Union... Mary, where are you? ...is a battle of his own to

fight. The Combined Builders' Association's application to deregister

the Construction Workers' Union and recognise the Federal Building Union...

Mary!

by imposing bans on 26 Sydney construction projects.

Union Secretary Mick Davies claimed in court yesterday that all bans have been

imposed at the request of residents affected by the construction proposal.

Any delay is a costly one for land developer Peter Howard.

Her aim has been to drive house constructions into the bankruptcy

courts, thereby forcing the project to be abandoned.

This is the first time that our magazine has honored an architect from Australia.

But I'm sure it won't be the last.

The Eden Project is a landmark in urban development.

The epitome of enlightened sponsorship and design genius.

I understand that there have been a few problems getting the building up.

I would suggest to Mr.

West that if he cares to bring it to the state...

We will erect it any day.

And has she ever gone off like this on her own without warning before?

Never.

It seems Miss Ford has a lot of friends.

Don't you think she might be with one of them?

I've rung everyone. No one's seen her.

Is Miss Ford subject to depressions or things like that? Does she ever talk

about taking her own life?

No, nothing like that.

Mr Davies.

You and Miss Ford were very close, weren't you?

We're friends?

Just friends.

Yes.

Oh, look, I don't believe this.

Mary could have been kidnapped or, Christ, anything, and you're sitting in

here fucking around. Why don't you get out there and do something?

Now, just calm down.

Nobody's going to get anywhere losing their temper.

It's too hot.

It's a housing scheme for black kids in Redford.

It was going to be made of mud bricks so as to retain their roots with the earth.

How'd it go?

They wanted to live in brick houses like everybody else.

Yes.

Yes, I'm on my way.

Okay. I like your work.

We'll ring you when we decide.

Thanks.

Back after lunch.

Hi, I'm Freddy Dwyer from the Chronicle.

I saw you at the tenants' meeting.

You wouldn't win any votes in the popularity poll, would you?

I wasn't competing.

I want to talk to you about the disappearance of Mary Fair.

Who says she's disappeared?

Oh, where is she?

Look, I've got a meeting to go to.

Oh, do you mind if I come along? Oh, suit yourself.

Look, pal, this might be a beat-up, but I've got two days to find out.

Otherwise, you're going to shove me on the pan-Pacific paper.

Yes, and I've got two hours to sort out this union mess. Otherwise, I'll be

chief architect for Cozy Kitchens.

What have you got here? Free beer?

Whatever happened between you and Mary?

Kate Dean said you used to be friends.

Nothing happened.

I went to America with my wife to study architecture, and when I got back, my

attitudes had changed.

All right, you try this on.

A two-bit pommy with gambling debts comes to the sunny south.

Before you know it, he buys half a suburb from the church and he's putting

up the biggest building this side of the pyramids. Now, you were the architect.

So what gives?

Houseman came here with nothing but his nerve and he's made millions.

So what?

That's what this country's all about.

Oh, Sonny, you've got a lot to learn.

the police i said she went on a holiday i heard someone saw that lady up at the

golf course well there you have it mate an informed source

his information's as good as mine go back to the break off

houseman straight if it isn't the residents it's the squatters it isn't

the squatters it's the union and now to top it all off we've got two unions both

claiming that they're in Now, what's going on here?

Are you the bloke I'm supposed to bribe, or what? The F.B.U. are a mob of scabs

run by the bosses. You know that. You blokes started it.

Until the residents are satisfied that your architectural ego trip respects

their rights, the band stays.

Look, if it wasn't for this seafood saboteur over here, we'll all be working

right now.

Kate represents attendance.

It's a lovely party.

Next Monday, Mr. Hartman will make public petition.

From 800 residents affected by the next stage of the Eden Project, they're all

satisfied with the terms we've offered them.

Ask Cheryl to step in, will you?

We know all about your petition.

Just tell them what you told us, love.

I was hired to take this paper round and get names to go to the union band.

So were some of my friends.

Well, there's nothing wrong with that, is there?

Go on, Cheryl.

We got them outside the race course in the pubs.

Places like that.

20 cents a name, no questions asked.

Did it matter who signed?

They said it didn't matter.

Do you need me anymore?

I wouldn't think so.

Thanks, love.

You don't have a monopoly on unskilled labour in the building industry, David.

The FBU have opened an office and they're recruiting.

Maybe they'd like the work. Any mob that reckons it can speak with the workers at

lunchtime and go to bed with a boss at night's got to be having itself on.

The band stays.

Oh, look, obviously there's a balls-up with the petition, right?

No doubt about that.

All right, let's not butt heads.

What about if I can persuade Steve here?

to change his design just a little bit so that we retain some of those houses.

Well, that's going to cost me heaps.

But we've all got to compromise, haven't we?

What do you think, Kate?

Well, the residents will have to vote on it.

Sure, sure. Give it some thought and then get back to us.

Gentlemen?

We all have to compromise, don't we?

If I get caught with my pants down, I want it to be for a bloody good reason,

pal. I thought it was genuine.

The names were collected by our security people. I thought it was genuine.

Right, you tell those blokes that Peter Houseman says to lay off. Peter, if

those houses stay, it makes nonsense of what we... Don't you tell me what to do

with my fucking property!

Look, I'm sorry, mate. That's not a big change. I just need something to bargain

with. But, Peter, don't you see the change you want? It's like cutting off a

foot. It'll destroy the balance and grace of the entire building. Mate, what

I'm talking about is the balance.

The balance in the bank.

And this might have got us by the shortened curlers. And unless we can

give in just a bit, that amazing design of yours won't even get off the board.

And I'll be back selling used cars.

I didn't know you'd stopped.

Come on.

Fill us a beer.

To those that can foretell the future, go the spoils.

And the future is... leisure now the yanks are flocking to sun city here

they're going to flock to peter houseman's pacific leisure time resorts

it's going to be the greatest and last of a chain of resorts that stretch right

across the pacific which caters specifically for the needs of old folks

have a go at this there's a track winding back to that little palm fat

shack beneath the big big big blue sky where the passion fruits are growing and

when you've done your roaming this is the place to die

I don't know whether we can use that end. I might have to think of another

line there.

If they stay... I know what you're going to say.

But Peter needs those terraces as equity for a bridging loan.

Philip insists on it. Well, Peter told me it was to placate the union.

Yeah, well, that too.

But his real problem is cash.

He's never been really liquid.

He's financed every new project by mortgaging the one before.

Now, the loan and the houses will get the ball rolling down here.

But you can't raise money on a demolished house. We've got to keep it.

Wonderful spot, Peter.

You like it?

Very peaceful, isn't it?

It's a ripper.

Next time I see Susan, I've got to bring my kids down here.

Oh, great. Listen, we're going over to explore some rock pools that Sarah found

over there.

Science is her subject.

Going to be top of the year, we hope.

Teaching the old men a thing or two, eh?

Better tell us than we had, eh?

Come on. Come on, then. I'll give you a race to those rocks. Ready?

With development, approval for the resort, this site will be worth ten

times its present value.

Philip's already found it, by the way.

The poppet will tide over the Eden Delay.

He's asked us to carry our side of the cost as an investment.

Robert, this whole thing's crazy. You know what they'll do to this.

Well, we don't have much choice, partner.

I jumped on Peter's bandwagon the same as everybody else.

Now 90% of our practice is tied up with him.

If this fails, Eden fails.

If Eden goes, we're done for.

Joseph, hang on.

You won't let the team down, will you, Steve?

Not unless the team lets me down.

I should have had your chance when I was 30.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

What do you know?

Now, here's a mug for you.

Look at those eyes.

Mary Ford took the evictions.

I told Katie if anybody could put her on the right track, you could. I hope you

don't mind.

Do you know any of them?

I know all of them.

They're just bums around the class.

They come and go.

That's the guy that followed me onto the roof.

So what are you going to do?

Well, I thought that if you could help us track some of these guys down, they

could leave Mary.

Dick's a very busy man.

Oh, Bart.

I want you to take over a shift at the Oasis tonight.

But you said we wouldn't go out and eat.

Hell and dig.

Somebody's got to take over.

Okay, sweetie?

Yeah.

Okay.

Junkies give me the shits.

You know what I think?

Your friend can take care of herself.

If you keep chasing ambulances, you're going to end up catching one.

Okay?

Genius at work.

How'd it go?

Oh, wonderful. You really should have come, darling.

We didn't miss a single note. Mama sang the whole thing. Not only did she sing

through it, but she corrected any mistakes.

How's it going?

Very slowly.

You've shifted the support.

Well, I had no choice.

You look tired.

I am.

Why don't we go up this weekend?

So go by me? Sure.

We've been invited to Philip's country property.

Well, there's not much there at the moment, but I've got big plans.

He's asked me to design a new homestead for him.

Great. Well, I could look around and, um, you could have a rest.

I just can't, Vicki.

Oh, a couple of days won't matter.

You need a break.

Think you'd better close up these photographs a bit.

It'll give more room for the bottom caption.

Uh-huh. And what's there going to be?

I don't know yet.

I'll get it.

Hi. Kate Dean? Yeah.

G'day, Florence.

Wish you and yours a very merry Christmas.

Oh, thanks.

Hey, you're quite pretty, innit?

You're not too bad yourself.

Yes? Well, how about you and me having some fun one day, then?

I'll think about it.

Yeah, you do that.

See you.

Bye.

Hey, what's that?

I don't know.

Somebody's sending us flowers.

What are you doing here?

I thought we could have a talk over lunch.

I'm not having lunch.

There's nothing to be scared of.

I'm not scared of you.

Ah, just a side salad, ma'am.

On the bun, sir?

Nothing, thanks.

Ça sert à la fortune. Merci.

Hold still.

Because if I don't, someone with half my ability will.

That's no reason. Look, Eden's a model.

It's very expensive.

But the real essence of the design can be duplicated in a thousand much more

simple ways that everyone can afford.

It'll happen slowly.

But it's the long term that counts. But people will always be thrown out of

their houses because there's always going to be something that's going to

benefit someone somewhere in the future.

Where does it all end?

For a man who thinks he knows all the answers.

You're remarkably naive.

And I suppose you know what you're doing.

I just tell myself that anything's better than quietly suffocating.

Ask Houseman about Mary.

You got a hand in that whistle, eh?

He's got guts.

It's got nothing to do with it.

Jim, I've been through this a hundred times.

You're just too selfish.

There's only one ice a glass. That's all I've got left.

Look, all I'm asking is that you don't sell until we've worked something out.

I'd be dead and buried.

Listen, girlie.

I've worked bloody hard all my life to buy this place.

And now it's mine.

And nobody, not Peter Houseman or anyone, can tell me what to do with it.

For once in my life, I own something.

Think about the others, Jim. I don't need any trendy sheila to tell me what

to think.

This table, this wall, this floor, it's mine.

And if Houseman wants me out, he's going to have to come up with a bloody good

price, and he flamin' will nose it.

Might even get enough to get a place in Eden himself.

Can you do that for me?

Mr. Justice Murray granted an application by the Combined Builders

Association to deregister the... Hello?

Did Jim Taylor get out?

Jim Taylor? Who the hell's Jim Taylor? He was the fellow holding out for more

money. Did he get out?

There's nothing anybody could do.

with people who obviously haven't the slightest respect for property or it

seems for human life the police are positive the fire was deliberately lit

mr lawson do you have any suspicions of who might have set the fire it was an

obvious attempt to discredit mr houseman then you're suggesting that the fire was

set to stop the uh eden project that seems logical isn't it fair to say that

this fire has sold a few problems for you i think that look there were no more

problems

Now, I can't understand why it's so difficult to build a building here, this

building that everybody can be proud of, at my own expense.

Now, I'm being continually harassed.

My wife and children have been threatened.

My dog was poisoned.

I've had excrement spread all up my driveway and up my front door.

There's been deliberate damage done on my other sites.

They're getting graffiti all over my city offices here.

This is too personal. This is not...

Sorry about your father Bobby.

But there's nothing stopping us going ahead with the original plan.

The houses are gone.

Well, the investment situation's changed, I'm afraid, Stephen.

We've got to increase the return, and that means increasing the density.

What do you think of these?

Where did they come from?

Oh, it's just something to look at. I think we've got the basis for a

successful scheme here. How many buildings have you designed, Greg?

I know what sells.

Freddie Dwyer. Tell him I'll ring him back. He says it's urgent.

Yes, what is it?

Mr. West, what does the name Selco Nominees mean to you?

Nothing. Look, I'll have to ring you back.

No, please.

Don't hang up.

You know, you've made me realize something I should have known all along.

You don't want to build Eden.

You never have.

My design's been a successful advertising gimmick.

Now you can beef up the densities to your heart's content.

Don't forget who's taking the risk. Look, no one is going to pay a million

dollars to live in a concrete box.

I want to speak to Houseman.

There's no need to go off the deep end.

I asked Peter to put down his suggestions for the things he wants

retained.

He appreciates the design, Stephen.

What does he appreciate?

Look. People have worked their guts out on this project for two years.

Now, not only have you destroyed the concept of Eden, you've made the entire

community unlivable.

You've replaced 50 acres of parkland with concrete.

Now, in the winter, the shadows from these towers will freeze people out of

their homes.

You're overreacting.

These are only suggestions.

Uh, look, we'll toss it around and, uh, carry something before the new year.

Right.

Christmas drinks at the club? I'll be in there.

the test result.

Do you want to have a talk?

No. Later, okay? I totally forgot.

I'll tell you what, I wouldn't want to be on their side.

It's a kamikaze mission.

How long did you know about the plans?

Steve. Only a day.

My overdraft has paid for the last four weeks' wages.

Sorry, mate.

Do me a favour, will you?

Find out who Felco Nominees is.

Will you hide your friends in there?

Why? Because Houseman didn't own the terraces that were burnt down. He sold

them three weeks ago to Felco Nominees.

It's a dummy company, and it is registered in the name of your friend.

Philip Lawson.

Houseman owns dozens of companies.

Philip sees lawyer. Well, I thought you might be interested to know that the

bloke that showed me the deed told me that Mary Ford was in too.

I was waiting to see you here. Keep buying.

I'm drinking.

Good.

Because we don't take too kind of despises here outside of the country.

We'll string them up to the first of the evening.

Did you set fire to those houses?

You mean just between you and me?

If you really want to know what happened to those houses, there's somebody I

think you should meet.

Who's that?

Someone Mary was going to see just before she disappeared.

Jim Taylor's daughter.

Bobby Lips. The woman at the funeral.

She won't talk to me.

Maybe she'll talk to you.

When could I see her?

As soon as you finish your beer.

What's your pleasure?

I'd just like to talk, Bobby.

Talk?

I'll talk.

Isn't anybody fucking him up?

Would you mind?

Hey. Are you from Minnesota?

Are you?

Those Minnesota boys, they just love to talk.

Oh, I'm sick from Minnesota.

Didn't matter an hour and a half, my turnover was high.

Meet a lot of GIs.

Hey.

You're really quick for a Minnesota boy.

Minnesota boys on speed.

Zoom. Back to the front.

Zoom. Zoom.

Zoom.

Good legs, huh?

You're a very good dancer.

Oh, Bobby Lee, what's the job?

down a whiskey in the old days, did you?

Sorry.

Vicki was a good dancer.

Okay, you want to talk, let's talk.

Is it your mother or your girlfriend?

I designed the Eden Project.

I thought we could talk about some of the trouble down there.

I didn't realise such a simple question could get such a dramatic reply.

At the funeral, she said I killed her father.

I think she blames all of us.

In a way, she's right.

Would you like a beer?

I'd love one.

Good.

Funny, I forgot to lock up.

up in a place like this.

Six families in one big old house.

But you pulled yourself up by the bootstraps, right?

That's right.

It's boiling in here.

It's cooler outside.

If you don't mind the mosquitoes.

How long have you lived here?

About two years.

Warn you.

You're always warning.

When I was a kid, my sister told me that if I held my breath,

mosquitoes couldn't get away.

So I used to go down into the garden and I'd wait for one to bite me.

I'd hold my breath.

I really thought I was playing a trick on them.

It took me weeks before I figured out it was the other way around.

It's hard for me to imagine you as a kid.

Most people say the reverse.

What about

you?

Did you always want to be an architect?

No.

I wanted to be just about everything at one time or another.

Painter, photographer, botanist.

Now I'm an architect.

Do you like it?

I love it.

You start off thinking, I'm going to create something beautiful.

You quickly realize it's hard enough to find someone with the same vision.

But a thousand times harder to find someone with that vision and the money.

You keep trying.

True believer.

Yeah.

We've got a lot in common.

I think we can change the world.

Tell me, Mr.

Stephen West, have you ever done anything in your life that hasn't been

planned out?

Well, I've just been beaten up by two thugs, and now I'm in bed with an

anarchist. Doesn't that prove something?

Proves inertia, that's all.

Well, it's more harrowing than pelting prawns at housemen.

Well, that was just an odd death.

What's the main course?

I blew out the bulldozers on your site last May.

What?

I thought you'd be surprised.

Are you serious?

Completely. Aren't you?

I'm not going anymore.

Goldilocks has a friend.

Get your hands off me.

Calm down.

You can't come in without a warrant. Who's upstairs?

You three out the back. You through there.

Who are you?

Who's asking?

Don't say anything, Steve.

They've got no right to be here.

Get this door open.

What do you want?

Get your clothes on.

We'll need you to come with us, Steve.

They can't take us anywhere. Don't worry.

Sarge. Is this

yours?

I've never seen it before in my life.

Do other people put stuff in your drawers?

Only cots.

Out of the air. given by you recorded in this record of interview been made of

your own free will?

Has any threat, promise or inducement been held out to you to give the answers

recorded in this interview?

Are you prepared to sign each page of this record of interview?

It's okay, Stephen.

I've taken care of everything.

We'll be home in time for our run. What about Kate Dean?

She's been charged with arson. I want her out.

Now, you just listen to me.

The police understand you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

That's okay.

But being caught in bed with a bomb-throwing terrorist does not do

good, old son.

Philip, I want her out.

The press could make a few day hours, or we can keep it between the two of us.

I'll do what I can.

Trust me, C.R.

Let's go home.

You okay?

I'm okay.

Just a bit tired.

Thanks for the bail, but you shouldn't have bothered. My father would have

fixed me up.

Look, I... It's no obligation.

I put that money up because I care about you.

Like an investment.

Like a friend.

Do you know who he is?

No. His name's Martin Fisher.

He was leader of the Students for a Democratic Society at uni when I was

still at school.

Now he's negotiating drilling rights for the Barrier Reef.

Go back to Houseman, Mr. West.

Did Mary ever mention a company called Selco Nominees?

No. Why?

Nothing.

To Dad from Steve.

Thanks, son.

To Victoria. Victoria?

To Mrs West from Victoria.

Someone pass that to Mum for me.

Who's this?

Hey,

I got one.

Who's this one?

It's Amy from France.

Our industrial society, perhaps more than any other in history, needs to be

leavened by the arts and the concern for natural beauty.

The history of the British people shows a continuing concern for the freedom of

the individual and the equality of all people before an impartial justice.

It shows also the constant search for a fair and workable system of democratic

government.

Oh, yeah.

What's that? The entertainment center.

Could be worth your while.

I got a lot of work coming up.

Oh, duckers.

There's a drainage problem down at the site.

You'd better get down there, mate.

Inspector reckons you wanted to start work again until it's cleared up.

There's nothing we can do until the union meets.

Bloody wog.

What are you doing here, eh?

With Mary.

Get her out.

Just

find

out what the blockage is.

It's holding up the whole bloody project.

Hands up those men who are members of the FBU.

Right, you sign on at the office.

The rest of you blacks, piss off.

Come back when you join the union.

Hello,

Mr Andrews.

Look, I'm trying to organise a tenants' meeting tomorrow night at 8 o'clock.

That's New Year's Eve.

Houseman is going to start demolition first thing in the new year.

Okay, I'll try and make it.

Thanks.

Wouldn't do us much good, love.

We've had enough.

And we're moving out.

Okay?

Piss off, sweetheart.

Vicky?

Sorry, darling, I got caught up.

How was the anarchist tonight?

I tried

ringing you at the office.

but you weren't there.

I was glad, really.

It makes everything much easier.

I can't go on living with you like this.

I've tried as hard as I can to be understanding, but you don't give me

anything in return.

I'd rather you hit me than ignore me.

You've cut me out of your life little by little, and now I might as well be

living alone.

I know how much this project means to you, but it's not everything.

You build for people, but there's no room for people in your life.

I love you, Stephen.

You know that.

But I'm not part of your obsession.

I can't reach you anymore.

Please don't try to contact me.

Don't ring Mom and Dad.

I'll phone you in a few days when everything will be clear.

What's happening?

Where is everyone?

Well, I'm sorry, the office is closed.

Where's Peter? I had a meeting with him at ten o'clock.

I'm sorry, I can't say anything.

I can't go back to them and say, oh, there seems to be some sort of mistake.

You see, they're not really building Eden anymore. They sold out.

I didn't make it beyond my control.

I can only about it.

Where the bloody hell have you been? Where's your wife?

Look, we're working on that.

I'll just have to get back to you. What's happening?

Passman sold out. That's what bloody will happen.

Somebody come here. Nobody's ever heard. Hello?

What do you mean they're on strike?

It's a bloody thorn up here.

Sold out to telco nominees.

Thank you.

What about Eden?

The rest of it.

Yeah, okay. As quick as you can.

Yes.

Hello.

Stephen, I'm afraid I have no choice. Sell up or go under.

Peter, who are telco nominees?

We're not ready.

I'm not going to turn my back on them again, don't worry. They wanted a bigger

slice. What did they do? They take the whole cake.

There'll be other projects, mate. Bigger ones and better ones.

Without Philip Lawson next time.

Just tell O'Donnell to bring the cars round the back.

Come on, Sarah, make that the last one, will you?

Philip was playing both ends off against the middle, you know? You can't do that

with him.

Look, I've got a plane to catch, mate.

It's great work.

Come on, Sarah, listen.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

I'm

sorry,

Annie. Oh, they appreciate what you're trying to do.

But you're just going too fast for them.

Never mind.

It's New Year's Eve.

Why don't you go on home? Go on home. And enjoy for all the happy.

I'll see you later.

I guess I don't make a very good Joan of Arc.

What are you going to do now?

Find out what happened to Mary.

And then?

If I find out what happened, I'll know what to do.

Sometimes I get so tight inside.

I tried knocking.

That's not her.

How do you feel now?

Now you know it's not Mary Ford.

Do you feel relieved?

You bloodthirsty vultures!

Let me go!

Who do you think you are?

You don't own me!

You sick!

All of you!

Mary... Mary is dead. She's dead.

And none of you care.

You just don't care.

Well, you can just go back to your little air-conditioned flats and your

wife.

I need your help. What? Find your friend.

Is she dead?

How would I know? I'm a hooker. I'm the information girl.

I'm not playing around.

What you don't realize is the same people who killed Mary killed your

father.

You don't have to tell me about my father.

You can tell your

friends that I am not going to give up.

And I'm not afraid.

I thought if you weren't doing anything, you might want to come over for a drink.

We can get a great view of the fireworks from here.

Ring me, okay? Come on, get him out of here. Bye.

Just run it back again.

Victoria. You got that?

Got it.

Joe,

this is Victoria.

There, that night. Got it.

Right. I thought if you weren't doing anything, you might want to come over

for a drink.

We can get a great view of the fireworks from here.

You layoff, you hear?

Bye!

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