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This brief came to the director.
It is highly sensitive and cannot...

..I repeat,
cannot leave this office.

Not a problem.

And now it's alleged
that two years ago

the current attorney general
Nicholas Quinn -

the premier's right-hand man -

lured two female parliamentary
cleaners to his rural property,

where he held them against their will

and committed numerous
serious sexual assaults on them.

I want us to pursue Quinn.
'Quinn' Quinn?

I've reviewed,
I believe there's a case to answer

and I want him to answer it.

I'm Danny Novak's daughter.

All through high school,
I was called the 'gangster's girl'.

I like you, alright?

I don't see a problem
with other people knowing it.

♪ What do I?
Stand in a shop

♪ Waiting for that money to drop

♪ Stay all day on a concrete slate

♪ My feet are aching
Don't get a break

♪ Singing what do I do?

♪ What am I to do?

♪ What do I do?

♪ What am I to do?

♪ What do I do

♪ What am I to do? ♪

The Bloustien jury's out.
That means Tom Fraser is available.

He's a very fine QC.
And he's from out of town.

It's a good fit
for the Quinn prosecution.

I don't think there's a need
to bring anyone in from outside.

That would be extravagant.

Now you're worried about the budget?
Rhys Kowalski will do a great job.

I'm giving him entire conduct.

Why should
we throw any more resources at this

just because
we're going after a politician?

A former attorney general.

Who should be treated
the same as any other defendant...

Who will come after you
with a proverbial baseball bat.

I don't think that'll be solved
by bringing in a Melbourne silk.

Rhys is one of the best.

And keeping it in Rhys's hands
means you can still call the shots.

Not at all.
That would be inappropriate.

Who's the lucky solicitor
instructing Rhys?

An up-and-comer.

Me? On the Quinn case?

That's great.

Are you sure?
Absolutely confident.

Rhys is happy to have you, as well.
Welcome aboard.

I've got a pile on my desk this high
and I'm in court all day tomorrow.

Tracey's already
filing out your other matters.

You know my father has got a history
with Nicholas Quinn, too.

There was a preselection shit fight.

I remember. Intimidation.
Branch stacking. Dirty tricks.

Pretty standard preselection, then.

You'll be at the end of a long bar
table. No-one will join those dots.

You know I'm a suspect
on the leak investigation.

Which makes no difference
to the prosecution.

Assemble the evidence, marshall
the facts, present the case.

And remember
the standard sage advice...

Don't fuck it up?

That would be bad... for all of us.

Concentrate
on the victim's police statements.

You'll meet
the Romanian girl shortly

for a pre-committal conference.

Her friend's coming in tomorrow.
I'm meeting them?

I'm due in court now. Tomorrow
is the Joanne Mervich sentencing.

Just let 'em know what to expect
and make a judgement

about how they'll go
under cross-examination.

But no coaching?

Ask the hard questions,
but, Ben, ask them gently.

You're messing up my whiteboard.
I warned them, but did they listen?

Tatum, you can add
Ben's bail application to your pile.

Keep a drug trafficker locked up.
Of course. Drugs are bad.

What's Ben doing?
He's stepped up to bigger things.

Not as big as Janet.
She's really piling the weight on.

Uh, it's called being pregnant.

She'll make an official announcement
when she feels ready. Why bother?

She put up a creepy alien ultrasound
photo in her office ages ago.

You people never notice anything.

Oh, just the man. Here's
an assault hearing for you tomorrow.

Not enough time to mess that one up.
Tomorrow?

Any questions, ask Ben.

We're all picking up
after him today.

Guess who's instructing
the Quinn case.

Oh.
Wow. David thinks you're hot.

Yeah, or dispensable.
Congratulations.

Good to see that the odd disaster
isn't held against us.

Oh, gee. Thanks, mate.

Did they ever find the turtleneck
jumpers, the lead weights?

No. Not even the glass dildo.
Worse luck.

No forensic evidence, no crime scene
evidence and no medical evidence.

Just the statements
of the two women...

..who waited two years
before going to the police.

Oh. Maybe you can stop them leaving
leaving the country this time.

(Laughs) That's funny.
Is it? OK.

Who's organising the sweep
for this one? I probably should.

Twenty bucks says you won't
get past the committal hearing.

I'll back myself to take that.
You're on.

Richard? Betting on a rape trial?
I don't think so.

Scared?
OK.

Oh, no, no, no.

No way.

This guy's my hero.
I can't prosecute him for assault.

Oh, you still have heroes?

Scientist heroes.

Steve Coburn is trying
to save human civilisation.

Coburn? The global warming guy?
He's a lead author for the IBCC.

He's a climatologist

who put together
a global temperature reconstruction

going back 12,000 years.

So he's a geek.
He's been on Four Corners.

A huge geek.
And on Oprah.

Mm. Slightly cool.
And the alleged assault?

He punched a climate-change skeptic,
James Watt.

Watt runs a blog of CO2 frauds,
mostly anti-science crap.

Sounds like a fun day in court.
You haven't had a win yet, have you?

Just please take it off my hands.
This Watt guy is coming in today.

I can't go behind Tracey's back.
Why don't you talk to her?

Maybe Ben's free. It was Ben's case
to start with. He's on Quinn now.

Ben McMahon is briefing Rhys?

Bringing all of his sensitivity
to bear.

Tatum's reading the book for him.

Nadia, hi.

Will Mr Quinn be there?

Yes, but he won't be saying anything.

The committal hearing is used

to present the evidence in
your police statement to the court.

And you'll be asked
if you want to change anything.

Why would I want to change?
It's just procedure, Nadia.

If you're sure
the statement is the truth

and there's nothing
you want to add...?

True, yes.

..your statement
will become an exhibit.

Mr Quinn's lawyers will ask you
some questions about your statement.

It's called cross-examination.
How many questions?

Could be one or two or a lot.

They'll be testing you on your story
and you...

(Sighs)

They'll be asking
why you've taken two years

to tell the police
about Nicholas Quinn.

We are afraid.

Well, try not to cry straightaway
if you can.

And if you can manage
a longer answer.

He is a big important man
behind his big glass desk.

He says he's in charge of all
the police and all the courts.

If we say anything about what
happened, no-one will believe us.

Do you believe?

Sure.

Take a seat.

So...

..why did you come forward now?

My friend Bintu,
she says she's going to police

so there's not much choice.

Why do people insist on using AVOs

as a blunt instrument
against their partner?

Beats using a real blunt instrument.

Miss Badir, I left a brief with you.
Detective.

I've got to get back to the office.

Actually, it was a pair of briefs.

I know. They've been
shoved under my bed for a week.

You could have washed them for me.

I thought you were stuck
on the Central Coast indefinitely.

Armed robbery investigation?
Well, we made an early arrest.

I'm very good.
Ha.

Well, you'd better come over
and pick your tighty whiteys.

I was hoping you'd say that.

Tonight?
I'll text.

Erin's been out every night
this week, so...

..I like your chances.

That Sunday afternoon
on October 10th two years ago?

I wake up on the bed.

It's in Mr Quinn's country house
near Bowral.

What time was this?
Four o'clock.

How can you be so sure?

A clock by the bed.

It was the first thing I see
as I wake.

What happened then?

I feel... frightened.

My hands are tied with a belt and...

..I'm wearing not much.

What were you wearing?

Uh, a top, wool...

..a high-neck jumper, but...

..there are holes cut.

In court you need to say it out loud
so that it goes on the record.

Um, there are... holes.

My breasts are showing.

And you say your hands were tied.
Were they in front or behind you?

In front.

You had just a jumper on.
Anything else?

No. I am bare.

Was there anyone else
in the room with you?

Bintu is next to me.

She is tied, hands and feet.

And she is crying.

This is your friend Bintu, you say?
Yes.

And Mr Quinn is there and he's...

..naked, but he has a little mask

and then he sees I am awake
and he comes over and...

His face is very close to mine
and I feel his...

..breath and it's hot.

He has something in his hands.

And then I feel this thing
against my skin that's cold

and he...

In court, Nadia, I'm sorry,

you're going
to have to say it out loud.

(Shivers)

(Phone rings distantly)

Sprung.
(Sighs)

Can you tell how it's going
from ten metres away?

Well, Ben hasn't put his hand on
the desk and burst into tears yet,

so I'm taking that as a good sign.

You're worried he might?
The womens statement's differ.

Well, maybe
Rhys should be in there with him.

Mm. Ben's sharp enough,
but he's green.

If she survives
him stomping all over her statement

she'll survive in court.

And if he accidentally coaches the
witness put it down to inexperience?

Do you really think
I'm that manipulative?

Anything arrive for me?
Mail delivery?

Mail goes to the mail room, Tony.
It's a novel arrangement, I know.

And witches live in the forest,
Tracey,

but, God knows, there are exceptions.

How did you come to be
at his holiday house?

One night he said,
'Can you do a job for me?

Come and clean my country house,
just a few hours work.

And then stay, enjoy,
swim in the pool'.

Did Mr Quinn say he'd be there?
He said he would not be there.

Did you discuss this offer
with your friend?

I'm not sure,
but, Bintu, she says why not?

Why should we not get to enjoy
the big house, too, have a holiday?

So I said yes and we went up
next weekend on Saturday.

Did Mr Quinn give you a key?
There's a hiding place under a rock.

We go in
and inside is clean already,

but we work for two hours, anyway.

And then we watched the big TV,
eat frozen pizza.

You had fun.
Saturday was good.

Sunday...

What happened Sunday?

Mr Quinn drives in.

Did you notice anything
about the car?

It is one of the government cars.

But I don't remember the number.

It's just him -
no family, no driver.

He's smiling and talking a lot.

And Bintu makes food
and there are drinks and champagne.

Who was making the drinks?
Mr Quinn is giving drinks.

And we are laughing,

but then I feel drunk quickly
and very tired.

What happened then?

I wake up and it's four o'clock.

So after this happened,
is that when Mr Quinn threatened you?

He said terrible things will happen
if we say even a word

and that this is our fault...

..he said.

And then he drove off
into the night,

just one tail-light
looking back at us

like an eye always watching.

And then you went back to your job
as a cleaner in the office? Yes.

How could you do that, Nadia,
after what happened?

It's my only job. It's all I know.
If I quit, what then?

How is it going in there?
Have you heard the news?

Sure. Bit of a trophy brief for you.
More like a poisoned chalice.

It's going that well?

My first complainant
is a mousy Romanian woman -

a bit timid,
inclined to tears and looks shifty.

Two soy flat whites, please.

She won't make a good witness?

She's putting everything
in the present tense.

It sounds like she's making it up
as she goes along.

If you're going to learn English,
learn more than one tense at at time.

How's your conversational Romanian?
(Sighs)

I swear if these women don't work
as witnesses, we have got zip.

Quinn's alibi? He says
he was at home alone that Sunday

with his phone
switched to message bank.

Some rare downtime.
Convenient.

Thanks, mate.

Nadia says he turned up
in a government vehicle

but all the fleet is accounted for
the whole weekend.

So the police can't place Quinn
anywhere except at home.

So it's his word against theirs?
Always has been.

I swear Dave's going to burn the DPP
down over this and me with it.

I think being drugged and raped
is no picnic, either.

Maybe that's what
David's thinking about.

(Door beeps)
Thank you.

Yes, I am that Watt.
Which Watt?

The Watt.

My ancestral namesake invented
the steam engine - 1765.

Uh, we need to talk
about the hearing tomorrow,

go through your statement
to the police.

Sure. Know it by heart.

Well, I'll step you through it
with some questions.

Why did you attend Professor Coburn's
book launch that day?

I went to put some questions
as a concerned member of the public.

Did you get a chance to do that?
Yes.

During his presentation I asked him
about the greenhouse effect

and how it contravenes
the second law of thermodynamics.

Is that when he punched you?

No. He suggested I read a book by
some other warmist - usual rubbish.

Did you speak to him again?
Yes.

I asked another question
from the back -

'Was he aware
that the modern temperature record

was utterly corrupt?'

They put thermometers
next to air conditioning units

and on airport tarmacs.

You asked him that?
Yes, exactly.

So you think
a few thermometers at airports

accounts for all
of the late 20th-century rise

in recorded temperatures globally?

With El Nino thrown in, yes.

And the rise in ocean temperatures,
the receding glaciers,

the earlier spring flowering,

the earlier
bird and animal migration,

the collapse
of arctic summer ice cover?

Was that in my police statement?

Not really.

Oh. Then why ask it?

I'm demonstrating how upset
Professor Coburn may have been

with your line of questioning.

That goes to motive.

Right.

Tracey, delivery for you.
Where did you get that?

I think a courier left it.
Has it been vetted?

Security has an X-ray machine
for this sort of thing.

I don't think...

Put the package down
and step away now.

Oh, gently!
Who would send you a bomb, Tracey?

Apart from, you know, everyone
you work with here. Who do you think?

The DPP is treading on a lot
of toes. We have to be careful.

I don't think Nicholas Quinn
is the bomb-making type.

I've read the case notes. Nicholas
Quinn is capable of anything.

Bloody beauty!
(Paper scrunches)

This is the saddle
from the back of Star Burst

the day Benny Duggan
rode him to first place

in the third at Flemington.

One of your nags. Well, the only one
that placed at Flemington.

I heard Benny was selling his stuff.

Isn't it magnificent?
Why did it come to me?

Well, I addressed it to you.

I'm in and out all the time, you're
always here nailed to the desk.

A bit anal-retentive...
Did I get that right?

(Paper scrunches)

Then... Hm.

..then I asked him about the
uncertainties in cloud feedbacks.

Was that during his talk
or afterwards?

Uh, after.
Most people were leaving by then.

Coburn was in a bit of a hurry, too.
How rude.

I asked him if he thought
modern temperatures were higher

than during
the medieval warm period.

He was telling me
to go away by then.

Did he appear angry?

Yes, his whole climate science house
of cards was crashing around him.

And then you asked one last question.

Yes.
Top of the stairs, in the bookshop.

I got around in front of him

and I asked him why he'd lied about
the missing tropospheric hot spot.

'Liar', I said.
More than once?

Yes, a few times.

Then he hit me in the face.

I fell down the stairs.
I could've been killed!

(Sighs) Well, Professor Coburn
will say you tripped.

Yes, well, he's a climate scientist.
The man'll say anything! (Laughs)

Enjoy meeting Mr Watt?

You've heard of purgatory?
Well, he makes a lot of good points.

Do you know how many thermometers
sit next to air-conditioners?

Where have you people been
for the last ten years?

Does nobody give a rat's
about the planet?

I file the environment
under God's creation

and leave it to Him,
so I do think we'll be fine.

Those of us with faith.

TATUM: Suck it up, Richard.

Remember Article 2 of the manual:

Personal feelings of a prosecutor

towards the alleged offender
or victim

must never come into play.

I'll try to remember that.

Maybe get it tattoed on my arse.

CONRAD: I said I'd pick you up.

Few drinks, go clubbing for a bit?
Can't, babe. Sorry.

Well, let's at least get a bite
to eat, 'cause I'm starving.

Well, let's do noodles at home
and then I've got this extra pile

Tracey's dumped on me.

You've got till 10,
then I want you in bed.

I've got some ideas.
I'm right here, guys. Not deaf.

Con, do you remember Jack Pugliese?

Bit before my time.

Colourful racing identity.
He wore really bad suits.

Dad knew him.

Oh, right.

The police have arrested
a Rose Pugliese.

His daughter, I think.

Bringing some dope down
from the North Coast.

Traffic cannabis.
How much?

Bit over a kilo.
The police want me to oppose bail.

For a kilo? That's a bit harsh.

Claimed she was trying to make money
to pay her kid's medical bills.

Yeah, right.
The boy has cerebral palsy.

That poor kid, without a mum.

Article 2: Personal feelings
of the prosecutor must not...

Oh, shut up!

I got this really weird text.

It said, 'Get your hot naked bod
in bed over here now'.

Oh... that sounds so slutty
when you say it out loud.

I know. But it was unsigned,

so there's only three or four women
it could be, really.

Where's Erin?
She's at Gar's Bar.

The night's young.

So you'll be the guy
who instructed the guy

who took down Nicholas Quinn?
That's almost worth celebrating.

There is no guarantee.
He could walk away.

(Sighs) The complainant today,
Nadia,

she might not be good enough.

She's not great
when she has to give evidence.

Reliving every detail of the rape,
you mean?

(Sighs) Yeah, well,
it comes with the territory.

I mean, it must be hard... You see
why so many rapes go unreported.

It takes incredible guts
just to say it. Even once.

Sure, but this is when she has to
spit it out in my office,

in front of me
and I'm on her side.

Imagine what it's like
to go through court?

You plonked her in a chair
in your office

and sat behind a desk
in a sharp suit

and asked her awkward questions.

Yeah. Doing my job.

OK, so try to imagine
what that felt like for Nadia.

You looked and sounded exactly like
the arsehole who did this to her.

Hey, Quinn's got 30 years on me -

You're an alpha male authority figure
giving her a hard time.

It's lucky she stayed with you
five minutes.

That's crap.

And if this is so hard on Nadia,
is it worth us even prosecuting?

Don't you dare go soft on this.
It's not up to me. It's up to her.

Rapists are shit.
I want them all dead.

Steady.

Sorry. I see too much of this.

Every day, I bet.

When that trial starts
and Nadia Tesla takes the stand,

she'll get to tell the world
what he did to her,

whether she's good enough or not.

After that,
a conviction is just a bonus.

Hello?

Shit. Sorry!

There's pizza in the fridge,
if you haven't eaten.

Thanks. I'm right.

Sorry I didn't make it down
to Gar's.

It's OK. You were busy.

I... I thought you were out.

The bathroom door
wasn't shut properly.

Not your fault at all.

Well, if we're going to do
the one-night stand thing,

we'd better have a signal.

What do guys do?
A sock on the door handle?

Hey, Erin.

Hey.
I could if you... No.

Best go. Yep.

Um... see you.

So, you and Andy. Not just tonight?
No.

How long?
I'm not counting.

Everybody counts.

Nine months.
No!

We were just talking about
the man drought.

You didn't say...

What is your problem?

Why all the sneaking around,
the secrecy?

Well, it's my private life.
That I share with you.

We share this house.
Oh, I see! Thanks very much.

Look, I'm sorry, but...
Can you please keep this secret?

Oh, God! Why?
Well, you know.

Cops and lawyers. It's frowned upon.

There's no law against it.
Tracey'd find one.

Fuck Tracey! She's no excuse.

Why couldn't you tell me?

Look, I'm sorry, OK?

I... You're also work.

I needed to keep this separate.

And all this time, you were on at me
about Rhys Kowalski,

as though I'm the one
with the secret affair.

That's different.
Oh, because he's married? Please.

The moral high ground
doesn't suit you at all right now.

Rhys and Paula are in counselling.

That's what's different.
You did that.

Their problems are not my fault.
Are you kidding yourself?

I've seen the way you look at him.
I told you, we walked away.

Maybe Rhys walked.

But you're still standing there...
hoping he walks right back.

Good morning.

No media scrum.

They all ran off
to the underground car park ramp.

Joanne was driven in.

More fabulous pictures
for the six o'clock news.

Are you ready?

Any chance the judge
will give her a suspended sentence

and a good talking-to?

Slim.

No second chances
when a girl makes a mistake.

Well, not when the mistake is huge...
and planned.

And inevitable.

Her emotions
had already got the better of her.

We have to learn
to control our emotions.

Otherwise
life's not possible, is it?

It's time.

Mr Watt, good morning. Yes. Chilly
for this time of year, isn't it?

So much for global warming.

I'm glad I wore the suit.
It's not too much, is it?

Shall I lose the tie?
No, the court likes ties.

Good.

I was wondering whether I'd get
the chance to address the court.

Sure. You'll be asked questions,
you'll answer them.

No, like a victim impact statement.

Give me a chance to put
those greenies and their...

If you use the court as a soapbox,

the magistrate
will come down on you hard.

It wouldn't be good for your case.

Good point. You're sharp.

Or you could just wing it,
see what happens.

Oh, here he is.

Enjoying your last day of sunshine,
are you, Professor? Leave it.

Richard Stirling.
Mr Bernard.

It's a small industry. Are you
the solicitor on this one? Mm-hm.

I'd have failed
more of your essays had I known.

I'm just requesting
a ten-minute recess. Sorry?

You have to help me.
What?

Jasper Bernard is the defence.
He was my ethics lecturer at uni.

Is this the Steve Coburn matter?
Yeah, what are the odds?

I'm prosecuting
my climate science hero

and taking on
my all-time favourite law lecturer.

Well, you're piling up
the man crushes pretty fast.

I'm starting to get worried.

(Sighs) Bernard's going
to pull me to pieces in there.

That's great, isn't it, then your
hero gets acquitted? It's not great.

My name is on the Steve Coburn file
for all time

so I still stink
and I get humiliated in court.

Do you believe James Watt?
Do you think Coburn hit him?

God, yes. He's very punchable.

Then you've got the facts on your
side and truth, stuff like that.

So you go in hard.

The truth? Since when
does that guarantee anything?

You're right. So you're probably
going to die at the bar table.

But sometimes... that's our job.

(Siren wails distantly)

Ten years?

Joanne Mervich swapped one hell
for another.

Pretty harsh.
It's on the radio already.

Battered wife syndrome
meant stuff all, apparently.

She was tortured systematically
for years

and now we've put her in jail.

Great. Another important morning
conference with Detective Campbell.

No, actually
I'm here to see Miss Novak.

Why don't you just kiss him,
here, in front of everyone?

Tatum!

Oh, I see. If you say it out loud
that makes it real. That's bull.

No, I get it.
You're not sure he's Mr Right.

You're keeping
all your options open.

(Laughs)

I hear you're doing
the Rose Pugliese bail hearing today.

I'll do what I can.

The assumption
in favour of bail still applies.

Why do you want
to keep her locked up?

It was only a small bag
of happy tobaccy?

It was over a kilo and she's in
that drug syndicate up to her tits.

Her tits aren't in the case notes.

What I see is
a humungous surveillance operation

that only grabbed one woman
with a plastic bag of weed.

She's a flight risk.
She's got criminal connections.

What does her family have to do
with this? Did I mention her family?

Are you disputing my instructions?

I will oppose bail,
as requested by the police.

I'm just saying
I might not win this one.

Bintu, you're from Sierra Leona,
aren't you?

Port Loko?
Yes.

Lots of very busy Catholics
near the coast there.

A mission school taught me English.
Have you kept up with church here?

I go to St Kevin's in Mt Druitt.
St Kevin's. I know that one.

They restored
that beautiful stained glass.

Ben McMahon
will be talking with you today.

If he gives you any trouble,
ask for me.

Mr Watt,
could you tell us, the court,

your reasons for attending the launch
of Professor Coburn's book,

Boiling Frogs:
World Climate In The 21st Century?

Yes, I just wanted
to ask a few questions.

Primus -

do Co2 levels lead temperature
in the professor's reconstruction

or do they lag?

Secondus - where is the evidence
for climate sensitivity?

Uh, thank you, Mr Watt.

Quite short answers
would be really good today.

Well, there are no short answers
in climate science.

The warmists
like to complicate the physics.

Actually, if we could just this...

The matter is an alleged assault,
Mr Crown.

If you could keep
your complainant on-topic perhaps.

Your Honour. (Exhales)

Mr Watt,
you asked a number of questions

during the professor's presentation

and then you approached him
afterwards...

So you were standing at the top
of the stairs, correct? Yes.

Your back to the stairs, firing
questions at Professor Coburn?

Yes.

Did you prod him with your finger?
Yes.

Did you call him a liar?

Yes.

You were getting worked up
at that point? Yes.

And then you stumbled and fell down
the stairs backwards? Yes...

No! I mean...
I was pushed... punched!

Pushed or punched?
There's a difference.

Punched.

I mean, I saw his fist come
towards me and then I was falling.

So his hand flew at you. It looked
like a punch was coming? Yes.

How would it have looked

if Professor Coburn
had been reaching out to steady you,

to stop you
from stumbling backwards,

to save your life, perhaps?

You don't steady someone
by punching them in the jaw.

Everything here is what happened.

How many times
are they going to make me say it?

No more than we have to, Bintu.

See, the way the justice system
works.. Whatever.

I'll do what I have to
to put that man in jail.

Now, in your statement

you say you were on the floor
of the bedroom when Nadia woke?

Yes.

Nadia says
that you were in the bed with her.

I was on the bed and on the floor
many times.

On the floor...

..he would lie on me with his fat
fingers everywhere and his hard-on.

And the bed...

..the bed was for his objects.

But when Nadia woke...
Maybe she woke before I knew it.

We didn't have a nice chat.

Bintu, part of my job

is to anticipate what Mr Quinn's
defence counsel is going to ask you.

Now, he won't go through
all your evidence again.

He'll just go after the parts where
your account doesn't match Nadia's.

Nadia and I never spoke
about what he did.

We didn't compare stories.

We made nothing up.

If I was on the bed or off, so what?

This is all the truth.

What now?

I had it X-rayed. You never know.

(Sighs)

That's just sad.

First a saddle, now a whip...
that's a party.

(Phone rings)

Ah. Benny Duggan's whip from...

..the day he won the third
at Flemington. Take it home, Tony.

Put the saddle in your car, as well,
and get it out of here. I won't.

It's office decoration. It's been
in contact with a sweaty horse.

It smells.
It's a bit of history.

There are OH & S rules, Tony, that
we all abide by. Bullshit, Tracey!

Just because
you don't like the cases

doesn't make you queen of the DPP.

There's a limit to your empire
and it stops at my office door.

We're tenants here.
I'll check the by-laws, but...

You've got a miserable birdcage...
That is a pet and it's quite...

It's imprisonment.

Don't make me issue a writ of habeas
corpus for Atticus, Tracey!

I'll give you a whiteboard
to the cleaner to fill out.

We could all do without you
very well.

What did you do when you came home
after that weekend?

I went back to work...
with Nadia, too.

Cleaning the government offices?
We were frightened of him.

We had to work. It was all we knew.

That's what Nadia said.

But there are other cleaning jobs,
Bintu.

Why go back to the office
of the man that raped you?

That's what Quinn's defence
is going to keep coming back to.

If you're frightened
why not run away?

Why not get a job in Darwin, get...?
He threatened our families, OK?

He said we'd never get
family reunion visas for them.

He said
we'd never be allowed back in

if we left Australia to visit them.

He said to shut up and act normal
or this will happen.

So you saw Quinn again?

Of course.

He was around...

..smiling...

..just as if nothing...

Did he mention the assault
at any time?

No...

(Sniffs) ..until a few weeks later.

He said the country house
needed cleaning again.

We said no.

A day later, our boss tells us
we're no longer needed at work.

Not enough jobs.

Bullshit.

You were sacked?

I lost my flat.

I lost everything.

So why did you come forward
when you did?

There was a lady...

..a social worker.

I had to tell someone
what I had suffered.

So I told her.

And it was strange.

What was strange?

She didn't cry... or pat me.

She was angry.

She said Quinn had to be stopped
or he'd do it to others.

Her anger made me angry.

And I gave that anger to Nadia.

And I want everyone in this country
to be angry, too.

Show the court how you reached out.
James Watt is there, in your face.

He was prodding me and...

..ranting, as usual.

But then he starts
to stumble backwards

and I just threw out my hand.

I was trying to grab his lapel,
but...

I'm sorry
I didn't get a better hold.

Well, it all happened quickly.
Yes.

Did your hand
contact his face accidentally?

I don't know. It may have.

Did you punch James Watt?
No.

Were you trying to stop him falling?
Yes. That's... all.

Very well. No further questions.

JUDGE: Mr Crown?

Ahem.

Professor.

Mr Watt was known to you
before the book launch?

Oh, yes.

Whenever I appear in public
Mr Watt is always there -

lectures, conferences,
TV panel shows -

always with the same questions.

Which you've answered?

Many, many times.

His website is full of the stuff
and...

..much of it
could be answered by anybody

after about an hour's research.

So when he asks you about CO2 lagging
temperatures after the ice age...?

That's because
a warming mould releases CO2.

But then the greenhouse effect
causes extra warming.

It must be frustrating
having to explain that basic fact.

Over and over again? Yes, very.

Then he asked you
about the medieval warm period.

Are you sick of that question, too?
Surely.

That was probably
a northern hemisphere event...

..and today's temperature rise
is global, isn't it? Exactly.

It's just there were
no four-wheel drives back then,

even in the northern hemisphere.

Carbon dioxide is not
the only driver of climate change.

It's just the one we have
to worry about this century.

And that we have some control over.
Yes. Thank you. Exactly.

Mr Watt got in front of you
and poked you in the chest. Yes.

He called you a liar more than once.
Yes, yes, yes!

Then he tells you the sun
is the only driver... Mr Stirling.

Yes,
as if we hadn't noticed the sun!

Then he asks you about the sun
one more time

as though he's heard nothing
that you've said to him,

as though he's studied
none of the basic science,

as though he thinks
that the world's climate scientists

are a pack of blind fools.

Yes, yes, yes! Exactly, yes!
JUDGE: This is quite enough.

I'd like to punch him right now.
JUDGE: Mr Stirling!

It would feel so good
to push your fist

into his stupid flapping jaw!

Absolutely. It was fantastic.

Objection.

(Silence)

'Guilty' is a fantastic result.

The world can now see

how the warmists resort to violence
when they can't win the argument.

Were you paying attention in there?

A 1,000 fine -
what's that all about?

First offence,
citizen of good standing.

It's not really a fine, it's more
of a donation to Greenpeace, so...

Nice advocacy, Stirling.

Unorthodox.
You're quick on your feet.

Thank you. I have to say...
No, you don't.

Take the win. Enjoy.

Stay away from me, Watt.

At a thousand bucks a go,

another poke at you
might just be worth it.

He's hurting, I can tell.

Now you certainly
have to let me buy you dinner.

Normally, we're meant to
politely decline dinner invitations.

But this time, can I say...

..go and do some real science
for a change.

And bugger off.

She's been through the same crap
as Nadia Tesla.

She's just reacting differently.
She's angry.

Unfortunately, anger doesn't
play as well with a jury.

Well, we only have one magistrate
to worry about.

The prosecution is only as strong
as its weakest witness.

They'll both be judged if Bintu lets
us down with an outburst. She won't.

She's articulate, David,
and believable.

She wants
some good to come of this.

She's just put in
for crime compensation yesterday.

I've just been informed.

The two-year deadline was almost up,

but someone from Witness Services
got to her.

How much? 20 grand
and a trip home to Sierra Leone.

The defence is going to paint her
as greedy and opportunistic.

She's had a tough couple of years.
We can talk that point around.

We can, David.

You said you were from St Kevin's.

A lady I knew from the Catholic
Women's League moved there -

Bernadette Torren?

I know Bernadette.
I've talked to her many times.

She runs
the social justice committee.

I'm sure she does.

I've read your statement, Bintu.

I'm very sorry
for what happened to you.

Mostly I get mad.
Oh, I get mad, sometimes.

It's one way to cope.

But then I fall to pieces.

They're making you go over it
again and again.

I think it's because...

..I'm guilty.

I talked Nadia
into talking to the police.

She didn't want to. You did well.
You're both very brave.

And I talked her into going...

..on that weekend to Quinn's farm.

You weren't to know.

But I did... in a way.

Sorry?

I thought Mr Quinn might turn up...
for fun.

You were expecting to have sex?

He seduced me
one night in the office,

a night Nadia was off sick.

So when he talked about
coming to the country...

You had consensual sex
with Nicholas Quinn?

That wasn't in your statement
to the police. Of course not!

It has nothing to do with the rape.

And Quinn isn't
going to bring it up, is he?

Please...

This is a secret.

No-one can know
I made love to that pig.

Ready to talk some more?

Do you know what this is? A device
for torturing large animals.

Sometimes a filly needs coaxing
to do her best.

I'm really looking forward
to making Crown Prosecutor, Tony,

so I can fill my big office
with eccentric crap.

I've just had Detective Campbell
in my ear

and he seems to think
you're going to run dead

in this Rose Pugliese
bail application.

I'm not.

Even though the cops were just
covering their arse after a bungle.

I remember Jack Pugliese.
We never prosecuted successfully.

His little girl
used to come to court sometimes.

His little girl should have
been kept out of it. Clearly.

Dads can be a bad influence.

Or they can inspire. Are we done?

Just pick your battles
with the police carefully.

Fight 'em on principle,
not on gut reaction.

Hey.
Detective.

Did you do a bail history?
Yes.

Have you got a copy
of the clerk of the court?

I so don't need my hand held
during a bail application.

Especially
not by a detective sergeant.

We need Rose held in remand.
Investigations are ongoing.

The fishing trip's ongoing,
but, yes, yes, whatever.

Miss Novak.
Yes?

Oh, hi. I'm Elle Cavenagh.
I'm acting for Rose Pugliese.

Oh. Tatum, hi.
We're all here.

I was thinking, why don't we
treat this as a summary matter?

Because it's not a summary offence?

Rose was found
with an indictable quantity...

That's what the paperwork says,
but let's drop the quantity,

wind the charge back
from trafficking to possession?

No way. My client
will plead guilty to possession.

If she gets a custodial sentence,
then so be it.

Well, a bond's more likely
and we wouldn't oppose that.

That would be really good for
the little boy and Rose, of course.

Tatum, this case is open.
The DPP has carriage of the matter.

I'll just have
to go up the food chain.

OK. Call Tony Gillies,
he knows the score.

I'm sorry.

Anything prior?

Cerebral palsy?

Let's do it. Let's get rid of this.

That's a done deal.

Um, I'll just...
I'll just let the court know.

Uh, Ben?

Can I have a word?

Sure.

We need to end this conference now.

You need to go
with Witness Assistance

and make a second statement
to the police.

What does this have to do
with the crime? He drugged us!

A rape is a rape, it's true,

but the fact that you had
consensual sex with him before...

It was one night!

Don't make do this.
It will come out in court, Bintu.

If Quinn gets desperate,
they'll use it.

We need to get this on the record
and Quinn's defence need to be told.

We need to think very calmly
about how to handle this.

Nadia said this would happen.
She's so frightened.

There's nothing to be afraid of.
He's just like Mr Quinn.

You're the same
as the man who works for him.

This country is all government,
public servants and big businesses

scratching each other's backs,

making sure that
all you men in big buildings

get exactly what you want

and people like me get screwed.

Bintu, I... I'm sorry.
Don't speak to me.

I thought you were a friend.

I thought you'd keep a secret,
but you've betrayed me.

That pig raped me and now
you've helped him make it worse.

He's going to get away with it

and my name is going to be shit for
the rest of my life because of you.

There are no words to describe
bitch women like you with no heart.

I hope you die.

Should we say something?
Should I go in?

Are you kidding me?

I should have been here, David.

We should have rescheduled
the conferences.

I'm sorry, Ben.
It wasn't fair on you.

Yeah,
first she goes for victim's comp...

..when she's already
coming across as hard as nails.

Look what the jury did
to Lindy Chamberlain.

If you're a woman and a victim,
you better know when to cry.

The defence will already have the
police statements, all the versions.

Exactly.

'Why did you not mention your
previous liaison with Mr Quinn',

blah blah blah.

And going to the house
expecting a sexual encounter...

But she's right. The drugs,
the bondage - there was no consent.

Remember, Quinn's saying
he wasn't even there.

Consent doesn't
come into his side of the story.

It's about the women's credibility.

Now they're saying that details were
left out and changing the story.

It's going to be
a hell of a committal hearing.

I should be charging you double.
MAN: I thought you already were.

Um, thanks for the heads-up.

It must have been tough
to spill the beans.

It was my duty
as an officer of the court.

Sure. You couldn't sit on it.

The girl was upset.
I expected her to vent a little.

Still working?

Yeah. Trying to track down
something Nadia said about the car.

You should go home.

Alistair? Ben here, Ben McMahon.

Yeah, Dad's doing great.

Listen, I'm trying to track down
some information.

Jared Fulton?
That's my name.

Ben McMahon from the DPP.
Hey.

Quick question - if a government car
has a broken tail-light

it ends up here for maintenance,
doesn't it?

That's about the size of it.

So, say, a minister
wanted to use a car on the quiet -

no record kept -

this would be a good place to come?

But you can't just drive it away.

You have
to get to the bloke in charge...

Bribe them, say?

Or make threats?

I guess.

October two years ago,
who would that bloke have been?

Tatum Novak, Andy Campbell's been
on the phone again. It wasn't pretty.

He shouldn't
be pushing the DPP around.

In bail matters
we take instructions from the police.

It was a plea bargain.
Janet loved it.

We had a chat before. I was gentle...
Where's your whip, Tony?

I was looking forward to it.
Shut up for five seconds and listen!

Your old man's a thug.
You know that, everyone knows it.

Some of his enemies are in
concrete slabs just down the road.

He's given you a chance to ignore
all that and be your own woman.

You take that chance!

And if you find yourself carrying
baggage round like you did today,

then ditch it and ditch it fast!

This bloke at the garage
all but admitted

that Quinn had snitched a car that
was supposed to be in for repairs.

I'll pass that on to the police

and they can
try to get a statement from him.

That'll shaft Quinn's alibi
if it sticks.

Quinn must think he's God -
all these people too scared to talk.

God, yeah. He had
both of his cleaning women convinced.

Even the African girl?
Mm-hm.

Anyone who makes Tracey wet herself
and hide can't scare easily.

Well, Bintu is on a steep learning
curve. She's not the only one.

So how is my bet looking?

On balance, our committal
is still looking pretty shaky.

Tates, I was actually
thinking of calling off that bet

'cause if Nadia and Bintu
caught wind of it...

Just me!

Is this bowl yours?
Well, I think so. Why?

We should keep track of whose
is whose. There's so much junk here.

What? Do you want me to move out?

Or I could.

Well, I think that's a crap idea.

I don't want a housemate, I want
to share a place with a friend.

I thought I already was.
Erin, you are a friend.

You lied to me for nine months
while we got pissed together

and ate each other's food
and talked about everything.

At least I did.

Not revealing a piece of information
technically isn't lying.

Yeah, we're both lawyers - let's
not do the hair-splitting dance.

I'm sorry.

Maybe I've been a bit obsessive
keeping Andy and I private so long.

You think?

Well, the months just ticked over.

And then it became habit and...

..and, in a way, kind of fun.

Will you stop murdering those
vegetables and have a drink with me?

We can sort this out.

I'll pass, thanks.

But you go.

I'm only cooking for one.

Rhys will take you through what the
defence will probably ask you today.

Thank you, Mr Kowalski,
for helping us.

Did you find Mr Quinn attractive,
Nadia? Come off it, Rhys!

Can I suggest, Nadia, that
you're making all of this up? No!

Objection!

Why are you breaking out witnesses
before they get in the box?

You call her a liar? She'll be
called a lot worse this afternoon.

I suggest you think less
about being Mr Fucking Empathy

and more about backing me up.

Being nice won't win this.

♪ You know I get up early
I come home late

♪ You can crack that whip
but I'm miles away

♪ I wonder how long
I have to stay here for

♪ Hell, glamour to the very core

♪ Singing what do I do?

♪ What am I to do?

♪ What do I do?

♪ What am I to do? ♪