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There is no definitive profile.

We need to bring the rest
of the community to the table,

so we're making the table bigger.

What about Caroline McGarvey?

When she talks,
the conversation changes.

I'm sorry. It's crazy here.

I don't have a job anymore.
I resigned.

What?

Theo. Here's to old friends.

I haven't been tested either.

They rely on me to be strong.

I'm not sure I could be strong
if I knew that I was positive.

Gabe! Why are you
making me chase you?

Gabe, just stop!

I have cytomegalovirus.
You get it from cats.

From cats?

You get it if your immune system
doesn't work.

(CHEERING AND CHANTING)

(MOTORCYCLE ENGINES RUMBLE)

(DOOR SQUEALS, CLOSES)

(DOOR OPENS)

(THUNDER BOOMS)

Happy Mardi Gras, my darlings! Yes!

(KATRINA AND THE WAVES'S
'WALKING ON SUNSHINE' PLAYS)

SONG: # I used to think
maybe you loved me

# Now, baby, I'm sure

# And I just can't wait till the day

# When you knock on my door

# Now every time
I go for the mailbox

# Gotta hold myself down

# 'Cause I just can't wait
till you write me

# You're coming around

# I'm walking on sunshine

# Whoa

# I'm walking on sunshine

# Whoa

# I'm walking on sunshine

# Whoa

# And don't it feel good? Hey! #

ALL: Happy Mardi Gras!

# And don't it feel good? Hey!

# And don't it feel good? #

Anal sex. I'm not used to saying
that, but I'm getting better.

It just takes practice.

Bisexuality,
prostitutes, promiscuity.

See? It's getting easier.

MAN: Tell 'em, Caroline.

(CHUCKLES)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

We all need to talk about
these things openly and honestly.

All of us. Now.

Engaging in any of these behaviours
without using a condom

puts me and you at high risk
of contracting AIDS,

a disease for which
there is no cure as yet

which can be fatal.

We need to talk about IV drug use,
another high-risk activity.

Each time you use a needle,
it has to be a clean one.

Sharing needles is not safe.

Miss McGarvey,
I don't know what to do.

My daughter won't listen to me.
She thinks I'm stupid.

Well, let's face it. None of our kids
listen to us. It's their job.

(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

Look, these are embarrassing,
awkward conversations.

You'll stumble and blush
and get tongue-tied,

but we all have to tackle this.

Our kids are not safe.

Our partners are not safe.

We're not safe.

Tell her that you love her
and that you wanna keep her healthy.

Keep any judgement out of it,
but you must have that conversation.

When are you gonna run
for prime minister?

(CAROLINE AND AUDIENCE LAUGH)

Well, I'm a bit busy right now.

These behaviours are not the problem.
Silence is the problem.

Hypocrisy is the problem.

But the more we talk about them, the
easier those conversations will be.

Don't risk your life
or the life of someone you love

or that you just met.

Now...

Good luck with your daughter.

Ooh, I'll grab this. Thank you.
Lovely to meet you.

It's obvious
how much they trust you.

A flawless session.

I was just getting warmed up,

although I do have to
repeat myself endlessly.

"No, you can't get it from
a coffee cup or a toilet seat

"or through a conversation."

I get flooded with letters as well

asking the same thing
over and over again.

Can we take you to lunch
to thank you?

Not unless lunch is at the
Leichhardt High School canteen, no.

Mm... No. No time for lunch
any day this week.

I have a prison, another school,

a government department,
a couple of universities

and a gay men's sports club.

Oh, and I did ask
the Catholic Archbishop

for a spare hospice
for people living with AIDS.

He was very polite.

He said he'd consider it, of course,

but they do get snapped up quickly,
apparently.

I'm sure they do.
Mm.

You still got a cough?
Just at night.

Antibiotics working?

What are the antibiotics for?
I had pneumonia.

When?
Two weeks ago.

Look up for me.

See any spots? Have any blackouts?

Not so far.

If that happens,
you come in here straightaway.

Why?

The CMV will cause eye damage,
sometimes blindness,

and it'll leave you open
to any infection going,

but we can slow it down
if we put you on a course of drugs

as soon as the symptoms appear.

What about this new drug
in the US, AZT?

We'll have to wait for your
blood test results to come back.

Why?

They're just at the trial stage here

and it's for patients
with a CD4 count below 200.

I'd say you're close,
but the places are limited.

Does it work?

The results in the US are promising.

We don't know if it's a cure,

but it's the closest thing
that we have so far.

It's not cheap, though.

How much is it?

$10,000 for a year's treatment.

Why didn't you tell me
you had pneumonia?

Why? Are you gonna give up your job?
Cook for me? Change my sheets?

Wipe my arse?

You don't want that.
I'll do whatever I have to.

Now I'm sick, you suddenly
have all this time for me.

That's not fair.
This is your chance, David.

You can leave. I won't be angry.
I won't blame you for anything.

Do you love me?
Oh, my God...

Because I'm not going anywhere.

Don't I get a choice?
No!

Unbelievable!

I'm dying and you still wanna
tell me how to live my life!

You're not... You're not dying.

Maybe I didn't tell you because
I don't... I don't want a nurse.

I want my boyfriend.

Gabe...

G...

How many are eligible for this AZT?
About a thousand.

So, what's that?
(CLEARS THROAT) 10 million.

I need to ask the Treasurer
for an extra $10 million?

What choice do we have?

If we wait for the results
of the trials?

Even more people will get sick.
We can't afford that.

Treatment this costly, if infections
rise, it won't stop at 10 million.

No, it won't.
Right.

So, AIDS needs its own line
in the Budget.

Everyone will support it -

doctors, community groups,
liberals, democrats.

Then it's time to put it all together
into one package

and make a submission to Cabinet.

The Treasurer
might not agree with us.

We should prepare ourselves for that.

If we can prove that the programs
are pushing infection rates down,

how can he say no?

Latest infection results.

Rates among gay men
are trending down

for the first time
since this thing took off.

Condom use is up,
peer-to-peer education is working.

And the needle exchange programs?

Infections are down significantly
and drug use has not increased.

Brilliant on both counts.

I can take these figures
to the Treasurer,

demonstrate to him that a healthy
person is cheaper in the long run.

Loitering with intent?

You were up there a long time.
We had a lot to discuss.

Did the Treasurer agree
to what we asked for?

No.
Did he read the figures?

He did.
He can't argue with facts, surely!

He didn't.
Then?

We got more.

What?
A lot more.

He was impressed with the results

and wants to cement support
for our initiatives in the Budget

and give us money
to fund AZT treatment

if we can guarantee that
infection rates continue to drop.

But infections are rising rapidly
in Africa, the US, Italy, Spain -

mostly injecting drug users,

but also heterosexuals
with multiple sexual partners.

As much as 17%
of all new infections.

Look, it was one thing

when AIDS was restricted to
one small, identifiable community,

but the landscape has changed.

We need to act quickly
to avoid complete disaster.

So, what's happened so far has only
been an incomplete disaster, then?

To put it in layman's terms,

there's a second wave about to hit
and it's a tsunami.

Which is exactly why
we've been turning our attention

to the broader community.

Not good enough. This requires
a completely new approach.

Couldn't agree more,

which is exactly why we're expanding
our national strategy -

make every person
in the country understand

that it's their problem too.

As it's always been.

You provide the research,
we respond with the strategy.

Right, how exactly
are we going to do this?

I just promised the Treasurer
infection rates would stay low.

We take the prevention model
we used on known high-risk groups

into the wider population.

Aren't we doing that already
with Caroline?

We need to broaden our reach,
but the intention is the same.

Provide information that speaks
directly to the target community -

young heterosexuals, mums and dads.

Go on.

What's one thing they all do?
Well, I think that's pretty obvious.

Watch TV.

So, we create a mass media campaign
with TV at the centre.

It worked for Medicare
when we rolled out the cards.

We had a 90% sign-up.

I'm not sure we should have the PM
as the face of this campaign,

but we need what he brought
with him - broad appeal.

Broader than Caroline.

I don't think she's a great fit
for your average football fan.

Hey, you're Caroline McGarvey.

Guilty.

Why are you trying to ruin
our sex lives?

Would you mind getting out of my way?

Is it 'cause you're not getting any?

Get out of my way.

Your poofter friends deserve to die.

No-one deserves to die, not even you,

as tempting as that thought is
right now.

Let me past.

WOMAN OVER PHONE:
Um, my boyfriend reckons I'm joking,

but isn't AIDS something
that could kill you?

A great question, Jessica. It is
literally a matter of life and death.

Condoms are the safest tool
we have against AIDS,

but if you wanna be 100% safe,

then celibacy is the only sure way
to avoid infection.

Is that what you're doing?

It is, actually,

and it's not as hard
as I thought it would be

and I can get so much more done.

WOMAN ON RECORDING: You're listening
to Caroline McGarvey on 2GT Radio.

Can I get you a coffee?
Oh, no, thanks.

I've already had three.

I just wanna give you a heads-up.

There are whispers that some people
upstairs aren't happy

that you're spending
so much time on AIDS.

It's the number one issue right now.

I'm just passing down
what I've heard.

You're getting leaned on.
No, no.

This is just me on my own,
trying to look out for you.

I can imagine there are plenty
of complaints coming through.

There are.
Good!

Means people are listening.

Upstairs is keeping
an even closer eye

on everything going through
right now.

If upstairs were
really paying attention,

they would know
I watch the figures religiously.

Our audience share has increased.

They should get their facts straight
before they try and strong-arm me.

(ATMOSPHERIC SYNTH MUSIC)

(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

What are you doing here?

I'm your driver.

If I were you, I'd surrender.

I'm very dangerous.
I know. I've seen you drive.

Are you coming or not?

Where are we going?

It's a surprise. You'll see.

The suspense is killing me.

I, um, don't suppose
there's a fax machine?

(LAUGHS)

No work, David Westford.

I have champagne.

(LAUGHS SOFTLY)

(UPBEAT POP MUSIC PLAYS)

Saving your money?

Pacing myself.

I'm so tired, I've turned into
a very cheap drunk.

Oh, um, a guy's been
handing these out.

I don't know if you knew him,
but just in case.

I'm sorry.

It's drinks on the house.

Fuck, he was beautiful
and he knew it.

He milked it for all it was worth.
Total heartbreaker.

Look at those eyes.

I met Theo here, my first night here
a hundred years ago.

Walked past the door
five or six times

before I got up the guts
to come in

and then I strode in.

I wanted to make it look like
I'd been here dozens of times

before I went straight up to the bar
just over there

and only when I got there,

wedged into the corner
with my arse against the wall,

was I game enough to look around.

You know how many guys were in here?

Five.
(LAUGHS)

Five of us big old nannas. (LAUGHS)

It was only nine o'clock.

I had no idea that things
didn't get started until midnight.

Those five men, they were everything.

Five men like me.

And Theo was one of them.

He came over and he sat next to me

and we talked and we talked
and talked and the hours disappeared

and when I next looked around,

there were maybe 200 guys like me,
like Theo,

dancing, partying, flirting.

Then he kissed me.

(SIGHS)

Cute.

I've done all the things that he did,

but he is dead and I'm negative.

How do you explain that?

To beautiful Theo and to
the beautiful world that we've lost.

For now.

Whoa!

(CLEARS THROAT)

You keep them coming. (CHUCKLES)

Liam told me you'd become
a little grumpy.

Did he?
Mm-hm.

I told him it was because
you were half Irish...

That's discrimination.

..and find it difficult
to express emotion...

(LAUGHS) Oh, fuck off.

..and you compensate by being blunt.

(CORK POPS)

I didn't make the AZT trial.

My T cell count is too high,
which is good,

but it means I'll have to wait.

They don't have enough places.
Oh, Gabe.

No, but if my T cell count
is stable,

I might not even need it.

Paul said that I was doing OK.

I'm gonna call him.
Oh, stop.

You can't fix everything.

And tonight, I don't wanna
think about any of it

and you're not allowed either.

We need music.

(CLEARS THROAT) Two schooners.

Two?

Want a closer look?
I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to...

These two are on the house.

Sure. I'll take that.

Sorry.

Where's Tina, Dolly,
Whitney, Madonna?

What kind of gay man's
record collection is this?

Aha!

Aww, I love this song.

('HEAVEN (MUST BE THERE)'
BY THE EUROGLIDERS PLAYS)

# Oooooh!

# Ooh, I want to find a better place

# Oooooh!

# Ooh, I'm searching for
a better land

# Heaven, must be there

# Well, it's just
got to be there

# I've never

# Never seen Eden

# I don't want to live in this place

# Oooooh!

# Ooh, I'm tired of
living in the sand

# Oooooh!

# Ooh, I'm searching for
a better land

# Oooooh!

# Ooh, I'm always trying to escape

# Oooooh! #

You are done, sunshine.

Oh, when thou has done,
thou has not done.

That guy down there is
freaking everyone out.

Could you maybe tell him to leave?

He's fine.

Maybe you're the one
who should leave.

No-one asked you, Mrs Mangel.

You might be the next one
to get sick.

You might already be infected.

I'm not listening.
You wanna be treated like a leper?

No, I just don't wanna feel like
I'm in a hospital ward

on my Friday night.

You're a selfish prick.
Yeah, and you're an arsehole.

Don't you fuckin' call me
an arsehole!

Fuck off!

Hey! Hey! Hey! That's enough!

(GROWLS)

Paul, stop.
(SHOUTS)

Paul, Paul, come on.
Oh, my God, I'm so sorry.

(STAMMERS) Are you OK?

(BOTH SING)
# Heaven must be there... #

Come on, come on, come on.

# Well, it's just got to be there

# I've never ever seen Eden

# I don't wanna live in this place

# Heaven must be there

# Well, it's just got to be there

# I've never ever seen Eden

# I don't wanna live
in this place. #

What did we do? Hm?

What? I can undo the wrongs.

I can repent.

Did you really send this disease
to cleanse us?

Well, you're a lazy god

because men have been fucking
each other since time began.

If this is you being angry,
then you're a moody fuckin' deity.

Amen.
(CLEARS THROAT)

I'd be angry too.

How do you stand it?
It's hard.

Truly, I rail, I swear.

I swear I'll never
speak to God again.

But then I come here
and somebody needs my help

and I just have to
get on with things.

I'm not cut out for this.

If certain Christian ministers think
they're a saviour from God,

then why can't you?

Everything and everyone
told me I was wrong.

But I knew deep inside...

..that they were full of shit.

That's divine love. That's God
wedging his message in the cracks.

Not in the cracks I've seen.

(LAUGHS)

These men trust you. They see and
feel that divine love through you.

I may not have a direct line to God,
but I sense things

and I know that you're one of us.

You belong here.

You have shown great strength
in exposing the forces of bigotry,

complacency and guilt
that chain the human spirit.

Yes, you can be wild.
(HALF-LAUGHS)

(CHUCKLES) But your heart is pure

and as a senior sister, I...

How senior?

(WHISPERS) Don't ruin this.

I anoint you
an honorary Sister of Charity.

Welcome.

(WEEPS)

(LAUGHS)

(WHISPERS) You're one of us now.
Oh, God.

I needed that.
(CHUCKLES)

(BIRDS SING IN DISTANCE)

(SIGHS)

I only saw the sunrise when I was
coming home from a double shift.

I barely noticed it
most of the time.

I should have looked up more.

I'm sorry I was such an arsehole.

It was not your fault.
Huh.

I brought you to Sydney.

I followed you because I love you.

I'm not gonna
let this thing take me.

No wonder this place
has been vacant for six months.

All this stuff
needs to be cleared out

and the whole place
needs to be cleaned.

I mean, really cleaned.

Broken windows need replacing,

power needs to be checked by
a qualified electrician.

You see that loose wiring over there?
That looks completely dodgy.

(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

I'm happy to see to all of this work,

and that is a lot of work,

if you knock 100 bucks off the rent.

You're not gonna get a better offer.

Your girlfriend is brilliant!

I have found a way to move
the revolution out of our kitchen

to a proper office.

I paid the bond
and the first month of rent.

You are going legit, baby!

A home for all of the action groups,

a place for people to come in
for information and support.

Deb? Are you there?

Yeah.

There's enough money
to pay an administrator.

(LAUGHS) Honey! Deb!

Sorry. You were saying
some...something about a home?

What happened, honey?

This was slipped under the door.

Oh, God, not Theo.

Fuck this thing! Fuck it!

It's not just Theo.

It's the third memorial on that day.

There's also Bubble and Miguel.

How are we meant to choose?

We can't, so we go separately

and we just make sure that there's
one of us at every single one.

They just keep coming.
I know.

It's like all the work we've done...

What's the point?

The point is that there aren't
a hundred memorials that day

or 200 or even 500.

I don't... I don't know.

You do know.

Come on.

Right now, we are going to drink this

because they deserve
to be celebrated.

(CORK POPS)

To Theo and all the beautiful boys.

To Theo.

I heard what happened with your job.
I'm sorry.

Oh, you probably heard before I did.

First I knew was when some journo
stuck a mic in my face

and asked how I felt about
losing my radio show.

They don't like
what you're doing for us.

If they're too gutless to tell me
to my face that I'm sacked,

I don't wanna work for them.

There is an upside.

I can drop down to
a 14-hour day now.

Hmm.

Ready?

After you.
Thank you.

It's clear we need to do more
to educate the public.

I've consulted with experts
on the advisory committee

and we believe the time is right
for a major public health campaign -

television, radio, print.

Make it inescapable.
Ah. (CHUCKLES)

Don't, um...

Don't take this the wrong way,

but my constituents won't want this
shoved down their throats.

We know that 60% of teenagers

have had their first sexual encounter
by the time they're 15.

How old are your daughters, Roland?

17 and 19.

Mm.

We all want to pretend
this doesn't happen, but it does.

Your constituents and their children
need to know the risks.

So, what will the ad actually say?

The facts, simple and direct.

Prevention is the only cure we have.

If you have sex, wear a condom.
Will you be in it, Caroline?

(LAUGHS) Me?

No, no, no, I don't need to draw
any more attention to myself

or my sex life.

But we do need to stress
that AIDS is a serious threat

to the heterosexual population.

I accept something has to be done,

but don't you think
we should wait a bit?

I mean, there's no proof
this supposed second wave

is actually gonna
turn into something.

We have to act now. There's
no time for endless meetings.

It's only a threat if we do nothing.

This campaign
will be impossible to ignore

and we're asking you and your parties
to support it unequivocally.

(UPBEAT SYNTH POP MUSIC)

DEB: I'm tilting.
GABE: OK.

Just be careful of the door frame.
I just paid the bond.

I thought lesbians
were meant to be practical.

Well, it was free.
I think we're doing very well.

OK. So, there we go.

Almost, yeah. Great.

You don't look so good.
(COUGHS)

Come on.
It's fine.

Hey. Here.

(SIGHS)

Thanks.

David came around with lasagne
again last night.

Ooh!

This time, he cooked it properly.
(LAUGHS)

You two have been spending
a bit of time together.

He cooks, he cleans, he irons.

There is such a tenderness to him.

He'd kill me for saying that.

I don't know
how I'd cope without him.

Well, you have all of us.

I know and you all have been
my angels, seriously.

I just didn't expect to fall in love
with him all over again.

He can be such a pain in the culo.

(LAUGHS)

But he's all I want.

He makes me so happy.

Please do not make me cry again.
No crying. That's the new rule.

OK? Happy crying, sad crying -
all banned.

LIAM: Amen.

"Ah, men."

Oh, you just never stop, do you?

It's why you love me. You know it.

You right, Gabe?

Gabe?

Gabe?

Shit.

Gabe.

What happened?
(WHISPERS) He just collapsed.

What did the doctor say?

I got sent out
when they were examining him.

Thank you for taking care of him.
Of course, of course.

Gabe, can you hear me?

Hi. I'm Sister Robina.
Hello.

You must be David?

I spoke to the doctor.

Gabe has picked up meningitis

and most likely listeria in his gut.

How can he have two infections?
He already has CMV.

We know that he already has...

I don't understand
how this can happen so quickly.

We'll know more
once the test results get back.

We're taking good care of him.

Can I see the doctor?

She's with another patient.
I'll wait! I'll...I'll...

I'll wait.

OK.

(WHISPERS) You scared me.

You should be at work.

Don't worry about me.

What happened?

You don't remember?

You've just woken up disorientated.
It's OK.

I'll go get us something to eat.

No. Wait.

Five more minutes.

Stay with me.

Kill for a biscuit.

What?

No news.

Thank you.

You look tired.

Been doing the night shifts?

As long as numbers keep rising,
we're all doing double shifts.

(SIGHS) Fuck it.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

I'm weary. That's my excuse.

One thing AIDS has taught me is
to never underestimate a nun

or her vocabulary.

I wasn't born a nun, you know.

Go home, the lot of you.

There's nothing you can do
right now.

I'll sort it. Go. Get out of here.

'Bye.

Let's take a seat.

I thought, um...

..maybe I'd earn some brownie points.

Never thought it would
come for someone I love.

(SOBS)

Yeah, it's bright, it's distinctive.

It states the facts
clearly and calmly.

And then there's this one,

which is much more focused on
the mothers and children.

These are looking promising.

The key thing, as we've discussed,
is to alleviate panic.

(SCOFFS)

That's the last thing we need to do.

Why isn't everyone panicking already?

Why isn't every single person
in this entire country

breaking down our doors
and asking for information?

We don't need to hold people's hands.

We need to
scare the shit out of them.

That is the only way
they'll do anything,

when they're in fear for their lives
like I am.

Like all...

..all my friends are.

We need to end
the 'us and them' mentality.

We need to create a campaign that
reaches into people's lounge rooms

when they're having dinner together
as a family

and grab them by the throat,

ordinary mums and dads
with their 2.5 kids,

and give them nightmares.

We already have
hundreds of people dead.

How many more infected?

We were too slow off the mark.

We cannot make
the same mistake again.

We have a choice.

Death in the hundreds

or death in
the hundreds of thousands.

It's your call.

DEB: I really appreciate that.
Thanks for your patience.

Yes, so I'll see you Friday, 10:00.

OK. 'Bye.

Oh, hey! Come on in.

This place looks amazing.
It's pretty good, right?

Bank accounts, boards,
rented office spaces.

Look at us.

So, I think we need
to employ someone

to administer the organisation.

We're a volunteer organisation.
Isn't that the point?

We were, but now we're accountable
to the government.

There are all sorts
of legal compliances

that we need to be on top of.

Yeah, well, we've got people that
can handle that side of things -

lawyers, bank managers.

It needs to be
a dedicated full-time person.

This epidemic is only going to
get bigger. We'll need to expand.

We've only just amalgamated.

Even if infections drop,
the deaths will rise.

It's only logical.

Well, we don't want to profit
off other people's suffering.

We also don't want to fuck it up.

We need to be a legitimate,
impeccably run business

so when the bigots come for us,

they won't find anything they can use
to shut us down.

She's right.

Ah, you want the gig.

She's been wrangling teenagers
for years.

She knows how to manage people,
write reports,

throw a fundraiser,
unjam a photocopier.

You can't make it a high-paying job.

The money has to go
primarily to the community.

Of course.
I'm not looking for money.

I'm just looking for
a way to contribute

because I'm sure as hell
not going back to a job

where I have to lie about who I am.

Apologies for the delay.
Unavoidable.

You can still stay
to watch the shoot?

We'd love to,
but we have to get back.

Ah.
Maybe for the follow-up campaign.

I don't think there's gonna be
one of those. Do you?

(CHUCKLES) No. We might be drummed
out of the country by then.

Come on, it's the biggest build
we've ever done,

that anyone has ever done for an ad.

The scale is mind-blowing.

It's a frickin' horror movie.

That's what we asked for.

(UNSETTLING MUSIC)

VOICEOVER: At first,
only gays and IV drug users

were being killed by AIDS.

But now we know every one of us
could be devastated by it.

The fact is,
over 50,000 men, women and children

now carry the AIDS virus.

That in three years,
nearly 2,000 of us will be dead.

That if not stopped, it could kill
more Australians than World War II.

But AIDS can be stopped
and you can help stop it.

If you have sex,
have just one safe partner

or always use condoms.

Always.

We only have 60 seconds.

We don't want there
to be any confusion.

It's real, it's here
and it's coming for you.

The ad is the headline

and there'll be a follow-up of
information brochures in the mail

to 6 million homes.

When will it go to air?
Sunday night, seven o'clock.

Airing on every channel
at the same time.

There's no escaping it.
Jesus Christ!

It has to be memorable.
It has to shock.

That is beyond shocking.
It's alarmist and offensive.

Exactly.
It's perfect.

REPORTER: The wildly anticipated
public campaign on AIDS

began last night

and it's been criticised for
its gothic imagery of Death.

MAN: I didn't sleep a wink.

WOMAN: My six-year-old son
doesn't wanna go to school

because he thinks he's gonna
be hit by a bowling ball.

MAN: I don't think
it went far enough.

WOMAN: I'm a good person
and this has nothing to do with me.

MAN: I was sick to my stomach.

WOMAN: Gays and druggies
want to kill themselves,

that's fine by me,

but don't try to tell me
that I am as perverted as them.

MAN: I have HIV and this ad tells
everyone that I'm the Grim Reaper,

spreading death, spreading disease
and killing innocent Australians.

This will only cause
more violence and hatred

towards me and my friends.

I refuse to die in shame.
I haven't done anything wrong.

We've even managed to upset
the owners of bowling alleys.

I had a call from a man begging me
to take the ad off air

because it was bad for business.

He said people were afraid
they'd get AIDS

if they stuck their finger
in the ball.

Um... I won't miss those calls.

I'll miss you fielding them for me.

So, you have something lined up?

No. I'm gonna take
some time off for a while.

Hmm.

Holiday?

Not quite.

Are you sure
I can't convince you to stay?

Your reference.

Does it, um, say
what a pain in the arse I am?

(LAUGHS) It's all in there.

(HALF-LAUGHS)

(DAVID SIGHS)

Thank you, David.

Any time, Jeremy.

(REPORTERS CLAMOUR)
Minister! Minister!

Minister, critics are claiming this
to be a blatant scare campaign.

I appreciate that it's confronting,

but the campaign was designed
to be high-impact

and cut through the static.

AIDS is real and it kills.

A government that does not warn
its citizens of this fact

or advise them of
the methods of protection

is a very negligent government
indeed.

(REPORTERS CLAMOUR)

Well, we've got everyone's attention.

Phone lines are jammed,
clinics are booked out with tests.

It's working.

It's taken four years, but it feels
like everyone's finally listening.

I know you're listening too.

You've, uh, been listening to me
crap on for 10 years.

How about hanging around
for a bit longer?

A lot longer.

(BREATH RATTLES)

(SOLEMN MUSIC)

DAVID: Gabe loved this place.

He loved you all.

You were his family.

He said, um...

..if you looked from above
at the dance floor at Patchs...

..it wasn't just straight lines
of two by two,

but, um...

..spirals of people weaving together
like the veins in your body...

..pumping blood
to one giant beating heart.

Everything connected.

I think this is
where he'd like to stay.

Don't leave me this way.

I can't survive.

Can't stay alive without your love.

Oh, baby, don't leave me this way.

I can't exist.

I will surely miss your tender kiss.

So, don't leave me this way.

(SOLEMN MELODIC HUMMING OF
'DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY')

(HUMMING INTENSIFIES)

SONG: # Oh!

# Baby!

# My heart is full of love
and desire for you

# Now come on down
and do what you gotta do

# You started this fire
down in my soul

# Now can't you see
I'm burning out of control?

# Come on and satisfy the need in me

# 'Cause only your good lovin'
can set me free

# Set me free,
set me free, set me free... #

Australia didn't have a second wave
of AIDS infections.

Because of its response,

Australia is seen as a world leader
in tackling epidemics.

An estimated 50,000 lives
were saved.

Australian public and political
support has been sustained

for these HIV/AIDS policies
for 40 years.

But we still lost so many people.
Too many.

Wherever they are, though,
I know there's a dance floor.

# So don't leave me this way

# Ohhhh!

# Baby!

# My heart is full of love

# And desire for you

# Now come on down
and do what you gotta do

# You started this fire
down in my soul

# Now can't you see
I'm burning out of control?

# So come on down and satisfy
the need in me

# 'Cause only your good lovin'
can set me free

# Set me free, set me free... #

(DREAMY SYNTH POP MUSIC)

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