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My name is Dale Kerrigan,
and this is my story.
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Our family lives at 3 Highview Crescent,
Coolaroo.
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Dad bought this place
15 years ago for a steal.
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As the real estate agent
said, "Location, location, location."
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And we're right next door
to the airport.
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It will be very convenient
if we ever have to fly one day.
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Dad still can't work out
how he got it so cheap.
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It's worth almost as much today
as when we bought it.
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Our street was going to be the heart
of a major housing development.
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But it never got up.
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They reckon the planes put people off.
Them and the power lines.
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Not Dad. He reckons power lines
are a reminder...
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of man's ability
to generate electricity.
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He's always saying
great things like that.
That's why we love him so much.
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Dad is the backbone
of the Kerrigan family.
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He made our billiard table.
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Shot, Dale.
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In fact, he's built half this house.
He's always planning extensions.
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I reckon we need a patio.
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Oh, darl, how about we finish
the back room first?
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No, I'm waiting
on some cheap siding.
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I reckon we give
the patio another go.
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Dad is a tow truck driver.
One of the best in the game.
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He takes great pride
in his work.
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And he comes home
with so many stories.
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You see, the car was wrapped
around the pole,
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so I said, " Why not hook the chain
on the back axle?"
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See, no one
had thought of that.
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If Dad is the backbone,
Mum is the other bones. All of them.
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She keeps
the family together.
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Dad adores Mum,
and Mum adores him.
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They met at the greyhounds one night,
and it was love at first sight.
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Mum just loves craft.
And she can pretty up
just about anything.
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How did you do that?
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- Spray can and stencil, darl.
That's all you need.
- You could sell that.
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Dad always reckons
Mum could open a shop,
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but she has a good part-time job
in the office at Sunbeam.
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Dad reckons Mum is
the greatest cook on Earth.
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- What do you call that, darl?
- Sponge cake.
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Beautiful. And what's
that stuff on top?
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- Icing sugar.
- How is it, kids?
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And why would you want
to go out to a restaurant...
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when this keeps coming up
night after night?
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I have two brothers
and a sister, all older than me.
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Steve is an apprentice mechanic,
but he spends most of his time
reading the Trading Post.
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He just loves
buying and trading.
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Dad, ergonomic chairs.
Four of them.
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- What does he want?
- One-eighty.
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He's dreaming.
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Him and Dad
really know bargains.
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Steve is also an ideas man.
That's why Dad calls him the ideas man.
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He has lots of ideas.
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It's a motorcycle helmet
with a built-in brake light.
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You are an ideas man, Steve.
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Dad thinks all of us
are tremendous,
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but I guess it's no secret
that Tracey's his favorite.
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How do I look, Dad?
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Dad just loves her.
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You look beautiful.
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Thanks, Dad.
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Tracey's the only girl in the family,
apart from Mum and Gran.
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Tracey constantly
gave Dad proud moments.
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Once she was
on "The Price Is Right".
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It was such
an exciting afternoon for us.
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Swap them around.
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None of us could actually
believe it was Tracey up there
with Larry Emdier.
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$45,000 worth of prizes.
The luggage needs to be more than 640.
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It needs to be less
than 740.
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She almost won the lot.
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If only she'd known
the price of the luggage.
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I'm so sorry about that.
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But she still managed to come home
with a tumble dryer and drill set.
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She is the only member of the Kerrigan
family who'd had a college education.
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Dad reckons the day she graduated
as a fully-qualified hairdresser...
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was about
the proudest day of his life.
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I knew he thought
about that... a lot.
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There were only two places
he did his thinking--
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in the poolroom and out the back,
looking up at the power lines.
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Yep, Dad's a real thinker.
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But the proudest day
was the day she got married
to this nice guy called Con.
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He is an accountant,
but also a fanatical kickboxer.
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Now Tracey's
taken up kickboxing too.
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Dad could not get
the smile off his face.
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And he gave a speech
that brought the house down.
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Now, as the bride's parents,
I don't mind paying for the wedding,
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but could you please stop busting
all them plates?
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That being
a Greek custom and all.
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I suppose, as a father,
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you'd like your daughter
to marry one of your own.
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And let's not beat around the bush.
The Greeks have a reputation.
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At first, the Petropoulouses
thought he was having a go at them.
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But Dad was just saying
how much he thought of Con.
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I never thought anyone
could love our Trace...
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as much as me,
Sal and the boys.
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But there is
another person. Con.
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Smart, polite,
fit as a fiddle.
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And anyone who loves our Trace
as much as us deserves our love.
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So we love you, Con.
We love you.
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Thank you, and, uh,
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"Kalispera".
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That's "Good evening."
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We'd had many top nights,
but this was the most top.
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Pity my oldest brother
couldn't be there.
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His name's Wayne.
He's in jail.
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Eight years
for armed robbery.
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Many people call him the black sheep
of the family. But not Mum and Dad.
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He got caught up with the wrong crowd.
He didn't mean to rob the gas station.
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Now he's sorry. With good behavior,
he'll be out in a couple of years.
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I visit him every Friday.
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- How's Mum?
- Good.
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- How's Dad?
- Good.
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- How's Trace?
- Good.
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- How are you?
- Good.
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- How's Dave?
- He's all right.
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Good.
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Even though he's the oldest
and I'm the youngest, we get on great.
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We can just chat for hours.
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Thanks for coming down.
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- You want some chewy?
- No.
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So, as you can see,
our family is very close-knit.
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We also have pets.
Four greyhounds.
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Banshee,
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Starflash,
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Trailblazer and Coco.
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Coco is the best,
most successful Dad has ever had.
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She picked up two firsts
in the country and a third in town.
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Dad feeds them every morning
in big bowls...
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that Steve made out
of tractor hubcaps.
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They are good dogs. Good to Dad.
And Dad is good to them.
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All of them are descended
from his first dog, Red Rocket.
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Dad never stops marveling
at the beauty of the greyhound.
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In fact, he doesn't even
race them for the money.
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He reckons they are noble animals.
Skinny and sleek...
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and have a beautiful snout.
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Another thing Dad loves
is his boat. Sea Lady.
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He cleans it every Saturday
with something else Steve built.
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It's a brush
with a hose in it.
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Dad never stops marveling
at Steve's ideas.
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He's a ideas man, Steve.
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Steve gave it to Dad
for Father's Day.
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That's something our family
prides itself on. Presents.
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Even though none of us
have a real lot of money,
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we love giving
each other presents.
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- He got a rod and reel from Trace.
- A rod and reel.
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- I gave him a new muzzle.
- A muzzle.
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Wayne sent him an ashtray
he'd made in prison shop.
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An ashtray?
But I don't smoke.
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And Mum, well, Mum got him a big German
beer mug from Franklin Mint.
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Dad couldn't believe his eyes. It was
too good to even drink beer out of.
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I'd like
to do pottery.
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Oh, you should.
You'd be good at it.
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This is going straight
to the poolroom.
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All Dad's most prized possessions
are in the poolroom �
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all his mementos and things
that remind him of something special.
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So, by him saying it was
"going straight to the poolroom"
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meant he thought
it was special.
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That is a collector's item.
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This has been
the best Father's Day ever.
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Of course there
were ups and downs.
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Wayne being in jail
was an example of a down.
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But, all in all,
3 Highview Crescent was a happy home.
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Dad called it his castle.
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But one day in June,
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a knock at the door
was to change all that.
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- Yeah?
- Mr. Darryl Kerrigan?
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- Yeah?
- John Clifton.
I'm from the local council.
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- Is this about the dogs?
- No.
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- The aerial? The extensions?
- No.
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Look, if this is about
my truck on the nature strip,
I've had it out with you guys.
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No, I'm a valuer
with the local council.
I'm here to do a land valuation.
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- What for?
- Well, all properties
get valued from time to time.
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So, you'd be able
to give me a value on this place?
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- That's my job.
- That'd be good.
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- Do you want me
to show you around?
- If you wouldn't mind.
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Oh, not at all.
Be pleased to.
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Because, between you and me,
I reckon the values around here are--
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As you can see,
I've put a fair bit of work into it.
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Would you like me to point out
the features as we go along?
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- If you wouldn't mind.
- You see that lace up there?
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- Yeah?
- Fake. Plastic.
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Gives the place
a Victoriana feel.
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The chimney? Fake too.
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Why is it there?
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Charm. Adds a bit of charm.
Look at the size of that aerial.
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That's a big aerial.
What do you think? Add a bit of value?
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- Hard to say. Yeah.
- Yeah.
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You can overcapitalize,
can't you?
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But it's a huge aerial.
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And this is my backyard.
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- Shuttle. From Melbourne to Sidney.
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- How close are you
to the end of the runway?
- Ah, just over the fence.
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- Is that the runway there?
- Yeah.
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- There?
- Yeah.
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Beautiful machines.
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Sometimes you think
they're gonna land right on top of you.
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Freaks the dogs, though.
Greyhounds.
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Large kennel.
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Well, originally, it was a tree house
when the kids were growing up.
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I was thinking of turning it
into another room.
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- But the county said no.
- Ah.
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Now, here back, all landfill.
Not allowed to build there.
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- Has the soil been tested?
- Oh, yeah.
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Nothing too serious
in there.
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What do you know
about lead?
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Oh, this is
beautiful, darl.
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- What do you call these things again?
- Meat loaf.
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Everybody cooks
meat loaf, darl.
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Yeah, but it's
what you do with them.
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Mum reckons the trick is you
don't use minced meat.
She gets topside and crushes it.
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Is that right, darl?
Well, it shows.
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She gets silverside
and she'll crush that too.
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Dad, a guy's selling
a pair of jousting sticks.
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Jousting sticks?
What does he want for them?
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- Make us an offer.
- Darl, what do you want
with jousting sticks?
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Oh, I don't know. But I reckon they
wouldn't come up all that often.
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But they're jousting sticks.
What would anyone want
with jousting sticks?
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Well, if you get them
for half price, it's a bargain.
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- Give him a call?
- Yeah.
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I'll be interested to see
this fella's valuation.
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- Are you thinking
of selling, Dad?
- Oh, no, mate, no.
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But it would be nice to know
what we're sitting on here.
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Clay.
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No, mate.
The value of the house.
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You know, it's odd, because
Farouk reckoned he had
some bloke around as well.
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Must've been doing
the whole street.
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- Maybe the market's on the move.
- Here?
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Dad? Four-fifty.
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For jousting sticks?
Tell him he's dreaming.
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How much is a jousting stick worth,
Dad?
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Well, it couldn't be more
than 250.
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00:12:26,632 --> 00:12:30,076
- Depending on the condition.
- When do we find out?
232
00:12:30,148 --> 00:12:33,723
Well, we should have the official notice
in a couple of weeks.
233
00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,679
But just quietly,
234
00:12:35,744 --> 00:12:40,050
I reckon we could be in
for a little surprise.
235
00:12:40,155 --> 00:12:42,967
Compulsorily acquired.
236
00:12:44,472 --> 00:12:46,804
Compulsorily acquired.
237
00:12:48,308 --> 00:12:51,437
You know what this means,
don't you?
238
00:12:51,505 --> 00:12:56,170
- They're acquiring it compulsorily.
- It must be a mistake.
239
00:12:56,237 --> 00:12:59,050
They're gonna take our place,
and we don't get a say in it.
240
00:12:59,115 --> 00:13:03,301
- Well, how can they do that?
- I don't know. 70,000 bucks.
241
00:13:03,366 --> 00:13:05,339
Who the hell
is Air Link?
242
00:13:05,412 --> 00:13:09,369
- Dad, a guy's selling seven coolers.
- Hang on, Steve.
243
00:13:09,441 --> 00:13:11,610
What's that?
Is this about Wayne?
244
00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:14,043
No, no. Look.
245
00:13:14,109 --> 00:13:16,213
What do you make
of that?
246
00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,259
Jesus. This is
a kick-out notice.
247
00:13:22,326 --> 00:13:26,119
I'll get it. I'll get it.
248
00:13:30,893 --> 00:13:33,378
- Ah, good day, Farouk.
- Hello, Mr. Kerrigan.
249
00:13:33,450 --> 00:13:35,456
Can you read to me something,
please, I get today?
250
00:13:35,529 --> 00:13:37,861
Yeah, sure, mate,
but I'm a bit busy at the moment.
251
00:13:37,927 --> 00:13:40,772
Can I-- Can I come--
252
00:13:40,836 --> 00:13:44,379
- Shit. You got one too.
- Got what?
253
00:13:44,449 --> 00:13:47,762
What the hell
is going on?
254
00:13:47,837 --> 00:13:51,314
Jesus Christ.
Jack!
255
00:14:01,457 --> 00:14:04,106
Jack, it's Darryl, mate.
256
00:14:09,738 --> 00:14:13,085
Someone is going
to take me house, Darryl.
257
00:14:19,873 --> 00:14:23,797
- Mr. Kerrigan.
- Yeah. Yeah.
258
00:14:26,075 --> 00:14:28,080
Mr. Kerrigan--
259
00:14:28,154 --> 00:14:31,314
Darryl, this is
a compulsory acquisition.
260
00:14:31,383 --> 00:14:33,420
Yeah.
261
00:14:33,492 --> 00:14:36,838
Mr. Kerrigan,
the airport is expanding.
262
00:14:36,913 --> 00:14:39,593
They're setting up one of the largest
freight-handling facilities...
263
00:14:39,663 --> 00:14:42,922
in the Southern Hemisphere,
and they need a great deal of space.
264
00:14:42,988 --> 00:14:45,374
Yeah.
265
00:14:45,450 --> 00:14:49,788
And your house...
is on that space.
266
00:14:49,862 --> 00:14:52,315
Yeah. Yeah,my house.
267
00:14:52,387 --> 00:14:54,719
That's right. Your house.
268
00:14:54,785 --> 00:14:56,822
That's why
you'll be duly compensated.
269
00:14:56,895 --> 00:15:00,950
No. No, you've missed the point.
I'm not interested in compensation.
270
00:15:01,019 --> 00:15:03,221
I don't wanna go.
271
00:15:03,289 --> 00:15:05,360
Under the laws
of compulsory acquisition--
272
00:15:05,431 --> 00:15:08,941
and I don't necessarily
agree with those laws--
273
00:15:09,011 --> 00:15:11,398
I can understand
the pain and trouble--
274
00:15:11,474 --> 00:15:13,960
Would you stop pretending
to be on my side?
275
00:15:15,469 --> 00:15:18,020
All right, Mr. Kerrigan,
I'll state this simply.
276
00:15:18,092 --> 00:15:19,946
There is
an ironclad agreement...
277
00:15:20,011 --> 00:15:22,724
between federal, state
and local governments
and the Airports Commission.
278
00:15:22,791 --> 00:15:24,644
Yeah?
279
00:15:24,709 --> 00:15:28,928
Well, where's the agreement
with Darryl Kerrigan,
3 Highview Crescent, Coolaroo?
280
00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:32,373
Where'sthat agreement?
281
00:15:32,446 --> 00:15:36,534
It's not gonna happen.
282
00:16:38,562 --> 00:16:41,015
I don't know, Darryl.
This isn't my area.
283
00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:44,151
What do you mean this is not your area?
This is law.
284
00:16:44,221 --> 00:16:46,553
Darryl, the airport
wants to buy your place.
285
00:16:46,619 --> 00:16:50,525
Airports come under federal law.
Federal? I just do small stuff.
286
00:16:50,598 --> 00:16:52,458
Conveyancing, magistrates.
287
00:16:52,524 --> 00:16:55,249
- You defended Wayne.
- Yeah, and he got eight years.
288
00:16:55,316 --> 00:16:58,642
Yeah, but you did your best.
I mean, you can hold your head up high.
289
00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:00,896
He was the one that
held up the service station.
290
00:17:00,965 --> 00:17:03,942
- I don't know anything
about this sort of stuff.
- But they can't do this.
291
00:17:04,015 --> 00:17:07,253
- I don't know. Maybe they can.
- They can't.
292
00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,263
Look, I'll ring around
and I'll see what I can find out.
293
00:17:10,336 --> 00:17:12,897
Good on you, Dennis. Eh.
294
00:17:12,969 --> 00:17:14,828
How is Wayne?
295
00:17:14,894 --> 00:17:18,614
Good. Yeah, good.
Behaving himself.
296
00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,892
- Any word?
- Nah, nah.
297
00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,352
They reckon he's still
a couple of years off.
298
00:17:24,425 --> 00:17:26,537
I'll let you know.
299
00:17:26,608 --> 00:17:29,005
But Dad was never one
to bring worries home.
300
00:17:30,043 --> 00:17:34,212
Even in the down times he'd still
tell us funny stories about his day.
301
00:17:34,279 --> 00:17:38,087
It's a head-on between
a Geo and a Volksy.
302
00:17:38,162 --> 00:17:42,068
Dad also had a way
of making everyone feel important.
303
00:17:42,141 --> 00:17:44,932
Come on, Dale.
Tell 'em.
304
00:17:44,998 --> 00:17:48,587
Go on. Tell 'em.
Dale dug a hole.
305
00:17:48,658 --> 00:17:51,349
- Like the time I dug a hole.
- Started the patio.
306
00:17:51,417 --> 00:17:55,072
- Good on you, Dale.
- And he'd compliment Mum every
single night on her cooking.
307
00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:58,861
Well, hello.
How's this, boys? Whoo-hoo!
308
00:17:58,927 --> 00:18:01,324
- What do you call this?
- Chicken.
309
00:18:01,398 --> 00:18:04,539
- Yeah, but it's got something
sprinkled on it.
- Seasoning.
310
00:18:04,609 --> 00:18:06,469
Seasoning.
311
00:18:06,534 --> 00:18:09,258
Looks like everybody's
kicked a goal.
312
00:18:09,326 --> 00:18:11,186
How are our
backs feeling?
313
00:18:11,251 --> 00:18:14,295
Steve did get them
ergonometric chairs.
314
00:18:14,364 --> 00:18:17,055
And Mum had already
started prettying hers up.
315
00:18:17,125 --> 00:18:20,199
Dad placed a great deal
of importance on mealtime.
316
00:18:20,270 --> 00:18:22,130
He had
a very strict rule:
317
00:18:22,195 --> 00:18:26,486
When the family starts to eat,
the television is definitely
turned down.
318
00:18:26,561 --> 00:18:30,795
But as soon as we've finished eating,
it's a different story.
319
00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,520
That was great.
320
00:18:33,589 --> 00:18:36,445
Dad, 7:30.
321
00:18:36,509 --> 00:18:39,617
All right,
time for some fun.
322
00:18:39,687 --> 00:18:43,408
Dad reckons there's only one show better
than Funniest Home Videos,
323
00:18:43,474 --> 00:18:46,232
and that's The Best
of Funniest Home Videos.
324
00:18:46,298 --> 00:18:49,953
It made Dad laugh. And when Dad laughed,
his whole body joined in.
325
00:18:50,022 --> 00:18:51,970
And then we would too.
326
00:18:52,043 --> 00:18:54,220
Doggy breath!
327
00:18:54,288 --> 00:18:58,776
It was funny how on the fun nights,
part of me got sad,
328
00:18:58,846 --> 00:19:02,052
'cause I'd think about
my big brother in prison
and wonder what he was doing.
329
00:19:03,564 --> 00:19:05,960
Wayne always reckoned
he was doing fine,
330
00:19:06,037 --> 00:19:10,239
but I get the feeling
he was missing us more
than he was letting on.
331
00:19:10,304 --> 00:19:12,865
It'll be great
when he comes home.
332
00:19:20,317 --> 00:19:22,430
You're a ripper, Dennis.
333
00:19:22,501 --> 00:19:26,735
I said you're
a bloody ripper!
334
00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:30,193
Yeah, okay.
335
00:19:30,267 --> 00:19:34,304
- That's it, Sal. All fixed.
- What did he say?
336
00:19:34,374 --> 00:19:39,057
He said I have recourse
to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
337
00:19:39,126 --> 00:19:42,451
All I gotta do is run
up there, put my case,
and they can go and get stuffed.
338
00:19:42,528 --> 00:19:44,388
Good on you, darl.
339
00:19:44,453 --> 00:19:47,211
- He still hasn't noticed, Mum.
- What?
340
00:19:47,277 --> 00:19:50,997
- Oh, it's finished.
- Today.
341
00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:54,073
How is that?
You should open a shop.
342
00:19:54,144 --> 00:19:57,833
Dad, some guy's selling
an overhead projector.
343
00:19:57,901 --> 00:19:59,761
Nah--
344
00:19:59,826 --> 00:20:02,649
Nah, hang on, Steve.
What's he asking?
345
00:20:02,714 --> 00:20:06,019
- One-fifty.
- Tell him he's dreaming.
346
00:20:06,084 --> 00:20:09,323
- Yeah.
- So what else
did Dennis have to say?
347
00:20:09,389 --> 00:20:12,299
- Nothing. It's fixed.
- Yeah, but when's the hearing?
348
00:20:12,375 --> 00:20:14,871
Monday. And I know exactly
what I'm gonna say.
349
00:20:14,942 --> 00:20:18,400
- Don't babble on, darl.
- I don't babble on.
When do I babble on?
350
00:20:18,473 --> 00:20:21,197
- You do babble on.
- All right.
351
00:20:21,265 --> 00:20:24,087
But I tell you
what we're gonna do.
352
00:20:24,153 --> 00:20:26,780
Friday we're gonna
pick up Trace and Con,
353
00:20:26,849 --> 00:20:30,854
and then we're going straight up
to Bonnie Doon for the weekend.
354
00:20:30,925 --> 00:20:35,094
And we're not worrying about
those clowns for another second.
355
00:20:35,162 --> 00:20:38,948
- Mum! Price is Right'son.
- All right, eh.
356
00:20:39,013 --> 00:20:42,799
I'd better ring up Farouk and Jack
and Evonne and the others...
357
00:20:42,865 --> 00:20:45,907
and tell 'em
what's going on.
358
00:20:51,530 --> 00:20:55,699
Trace and Con had
a great honeymoon in Thailand.
359
00:20:55,766 --> 00:20:58,589
We met them as they came off
the plane with a baggage cart,
360
00:20:58,654 --> 00:21:01,477
which was lucky 'cause
they had heaps of stuff.
361
00:21:03,468 --> 00:21:06,674
We couldn't wait to hear all
the stories about their trip,
362
00:21:06,742 --> 00:21:09,084
and we didn't have
to wait all that long either.
363
00:21:09,150 --> 00:21:11,874
'Cause one of the good things
about living next to the airport...
364
00:21:11,941 --> 00:21:14,282
is that it doesn't
take long to walk home.
365
00:21:24,523 --> 00:21:27,696
And they had these masks
which you put over your eyes
when you're sleeping...
366
00:21:27,764 --> 00:21:29,624
so that you can't
see anything.
367
00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:32,030
- And they were complimentary.
- Yeah, they were for free.
368
00:21:32,097 --> 00:21:34,076
It was the first time
anyone in our family...
369
00:21:34,151 --> 00:21:36,011
had traveled
outside the county.
370
00:21:36,077 --> 00:21:38,254
And we just sat glued
listening to all the details.
371
00:21:38,323 --> 00:21:40,948
Oh, Mum, we had a choice between fish
and Beef Wellington.
372
00:21:41,018 --> 00:21:43,710
- Beef Wellington?
- What's that, darl?
373
00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:45,989
It's beef
done in pastry.
374
00:21:46,057 --> 00:21:48,585
And it was an absolute
credit to the airline.
375
00:21:48,657 --> 00:21:50,518
- Did they show a film?
- Two.
376
00:21:50,584 --> 00:21:52,444
- Two?
- Yeah.
377
00:21:52,509 --> 00:21:54,555
- And they also had--
- What were they?
378
00:21:54,627 --> 00:21:57,636
- We saw Twister. And they had--
- Was it on a screen or a telly?
379
00:21:57,707 --> 00:22:01,613
Telly. And they had
easy listening, classic gold,
contemporary rock, world--
380
00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:03,865
What was the other one,
the other film?
381
00:22:03,934 --> 00:22:06,275
- Uh,Juman-- Jumanji, yeah.
-Jumanji.
382
00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:09,259
- And with the headphones--
- Which one was first?
383
00:22:09,324 --> 00:22:11,646
- Twister. You could
turn the sound all--
- How many on the way back?
384
00:22:11,712 --> 00:22:14,513
- Dale! You can ask all this later.
- Sorry, Trace.
385
00:22:14,578 --> 00:22:17,595
It was so dry in the plane
that your hair actually dehydrates.
386
00:22:17,666 --> 00:22:21,539
- Doesn't it, Con?
- It loses its moisture.
- It's so interesting.
387
00:22:21,614 --> 00:22:23,189
We could have
listened for hours,
388
00:22:23,767 --> 00:22:25,428
but then it
was presents time.
389
00:22:25,701 --> 00:22:28,589
For you, Dad. It's a samurai sword
letter opener.
390
00:22:28,663 --> 00:22:30,692
That is handcrafted.
391
00:22:30,764 --> 00:22:34,292
How's that, love?
That is just--
392
00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:36,738
This is going straight
to the poolroom.
393
00:22:36,812 --> 00:22:39,005
You should use it, Dad.
394
00:22:39,074 --> 00:22:42,025
This I am not even taking
out of the wrapper.
395
00:22:42,098 --> 00:22:46,547
They bought Mum a genuine Rolex
for 15 bucks off a guy at the beach.
396
00:22:46,619 --> 00:22:48,747
He said he'd mail
the warranty later.
397
00:22:48,815 --> 00:22:52,918
I got a necklace with a shark tooth.
They got a Walkman for Steve.
398
00:22:52,986 --> 00:22:56,265
'Cause it was Friday,
I told Trace I'd take
Wayne's present to him.
399
00:22:56,329 --> 00:22:59,280
It was an elephant,
'cause elephants bring good luck,
400
00:22:59,353 --> 00:23:01,957
especially if the trunks are up,
and his trunk was up.
401
00:23:02,983 --> 00:23:05,718
It really made Wayne's day.
402
00:23:05,784 --> 00:23:08,519
- She's great, isn't she? Trace.
- Yeah.
403
00:23:08,585 --> 00:23:11,884
It brings good luck.
She's coming in on Monday.
404
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,533
Great. And when's Dad going in
to do that hearing?
405
00:23:14,603 --> 00:23:16,449
- On Monday.
- Yeah?
406
00:23:16,513 --> 00:23:20,898
- Yeah. He reckons they can't do it.
- Dad would know.
407
00:23:20,971 --> 00:23:25,040
- You going up to
Bonnie Doon tonight?
- Yeah. Maybe. I don't know.
408
00:23:25,109 --> 00:23:28,289
I didn't want to tell Wayne
that we were going to Bonnie Doon,
409
00:23:28,355 --> 00:23:31,156
just in case he'd feel bad
that we were going to Bonnie Doon.
410
00:23:31,221 --> 00:23:34,769
He liked it there.
We all liked it there.
411
00:23:34,904 --> 00:23:37,713
* We're going to Bonnie Doon *
412
00:23:37,779 --> 00:23:40,667
We all left soon after,
except for Trace and Con.
413
00:23:40,741 --> 00:23:44,202
As you can just imagine,
they were just married and
wanted some time to themselves.
414
00:23:44,274 --> 00:23:46,434
So they drove up
in their own car.
415
00:23:46,503 --> 00:23:49,237
Dad had a song he used to sing
about going to Bonnie Doon.
416
00:23:49,304 --> 00:23:52,256
Only he sang it a lot,
and it was a bit repetitive.
417
00:23:52,328 --> 00:23:54,173
Darl!
418
00:23:59,884 --> 00:24:02,521
- Dad, radar!
419
00:24:09,573 --> 00:24:11,905
- How much did that cost?
- Seventy bucks.
420
00:24:12,037 --> 00:24:14,351
Just paid for itself.
421
00:24:16,229 --> 00:24:18,769
Dale, why don't you
unload the boat, Mate?
422
00:24:18,921 --> 00:24:21,839
Steve, don't forget
the dog food, pal.
423
00:24:26,266 --> 00:24:29,663
Hey, boy. Hey!
424
00:24:29,736 --> 00:24:34,252
- Bloody marvelous to be
up here, isn't it, Dale?
- Yeah.
425
00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:37,283
- Bonnie Doon.
- Dad loved Bonnie Doon.
426
00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:38,552
How do I describe it?
427
00:24:38,763 --> 00:24:40,956
It is a little town
on a big lake.
428
00:24:41,024 --> 00:24:45,540
It's a beautiful place,
especially this time of year
when the water levels are down.
429
00:24:45,609 --> 00:24:48,181
Dad could not believe his luck
when he found this place.
430
00:24:48,251 --> 00:24:50,575
It was a bargain,
and he couldn't work out why.
431
00:24:50,639 --> 00:24:53,526
It was just a block of land
with a beautiful view.
432
00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,270
It took him five years
to build this place.
433
00:24:56,338 --> 00:24:58,910
He bought an unfinished kit home
out of the Trading Post,
434
00:24:58,980 --> 00:25:02,279
built it in the backyard
and towed it up here with his truck.
435
00:25:02,355 --> 00:25:04,677
He was the only bloke
he knew with a holiday home.
436
00:25:04,743 --> 00:25:06,805
Not a mobile home,
a holiday home.
437
00:25:06,875 --> 00:25:09,350
And he reckoned we were
the luckiest family in the world.
438
00:25:09,422 --> 00:25:13,948
- Dale, I reckon we're the luckiest
family in the world. - Yeah.
439
00:25:13,949 --> 00:25:14,991
He loved the serenity of the place.
440
00:25:15,057 --> 00:25:16,996
How's the serenity?
441
00:25:17,135 --> 00:25:19,244
I think he also just loved the word.
442
00:25:19,373 --> 00:25:21,497
So much serenity.
443
00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,899
Let's get to bed.
Tomorrow is going to be a great day.
444
00:25:26,900 --> 00:25:27,631
Yeah.
445
00:25:30,866 --> 00:25:33,309
If there's one thing
Dad loved more than serenity,
446
00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:35,856
it was an outboard motor
on full throttle.
447
00:25:42,644 --> 00:25:46,043
Listen to that!
Singing like a bird!
448
00:25:46,114 --> 00:25:49,384
He just loved Bonnie Doon,
and he reckoned the faster you went,
449
00:25:49,384 --> 00:25:50,618
the more you saw of it.
450
00:25:50,675 --> 00:25:51,619
Look at that!
451
00:25:52,187 --> 00:25:55,238
- What?
- Back there.
452
00:25:55,239 --> 00:25:59,316
But eventually he found a place
he reckoned looked like a good spot.
453
00:25:59,317 --> 00:26:01,706
I reckon this looks like a good spot.
454
00:26:02,769 --> 00:26:05,747
Dad loved fishing. And he really
looked after his equipment.
455
00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,721
He said they only made on good rod.
It's called the 'Ugly Stick'
by Shakespeare.
456
00:26:09,866 --> 00:26:13,985
It's so strong, you can bend it
right around on itself.
457
00:26:13,986 --> 00:26:17,284
Look at that.
Bends right around on itself.
458
00:26:18,688 --> 00:26:21,336
The lake had trout,
redfin and carp.
459
00:26:21,407 --> 00:26:24,275
The carp was not a good eating fish,
but it was good catching.
460
00:26:24,275 --> 00:26:26,184
They could grow
to quite a size.
461
00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:29,560
Genuinely, that just hooked himself.
But occasionally Dad went crafty,
just nibbling at the bait.
462
00:26:31,162 --> 00:26:32,362
- Got a nibble.
463
00:26:32,732 --> 00:26:36,800
Dad reckoned that fishing
was 10 percent brains
and 95 percent muscle...
464
00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:39,040
and the rest
was just good luck.
465
00:26:41,433 --> 00:26:45,696
We all got a few carp that day,
and each of us know how to muscle fish.
466
00:26:49,995 --> 00:26:52,196
- Where's Con?
- Down the shops.
467
00:26:52,696 --> 00:26:54,309
You and Con talked about kids yet?
468
00:26:55,011 --> 00:26:57,231
Yeah � Con wants to start
straightaway.
469
00:26:57,232 --> 00:26:58,853
But, you know,
I've got a career.
470
00:26:58,854 --> 00:27:00,043
Of course.
471
00:27:00,044 --> 00:27:02,705
So, I said I'm not having kids
until I'm at least 23.
472
00:27:02,706 --> 00:27:04,568
Times have changed.
473
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,935
- Gail had a boy.
- Was he a whopper?
474
00:27:20,936 --> 00:27:23,933
Mmm, 10 pounds. They're gonna
be a big beefy family.
475
00:27:23,934 --> 00:27:28,172
Tyler Jay. Even the birth notice
was big � stork and everything.
476
00:27:28,173 --> 00:27:30,591
Shannon was nine pounds. - Mmm.
- What did you make then?
477
00:27:30,592 --> 00:27:33,420
Oh, I knitted a pair of bootees.
You always need bootees.
478
00:27:34,006 --> 00:27:36,591
- I reckon you should make
fake flowers. - Oh, yeah.
479
00:27:36,845 --> 00:27:38,639
- Jenny makes fake flowers.
- Jenny?
480
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:39,859
- Yeah.
- Jenny Jenny?
481
00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:42,017
No, microwave Jenny. She reckons
the trick is to make 'em real
482
00:27:42,018 --> 00:27:44,908
but not too real, just real enough
to know that they're fake.
483
00:27:45,782 --> 00:27:48,556
- I'd like to do pottery.
- Wow! On a wheel?
484
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,063
Yeah. I just love mugs.
485
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,646
Yeah, I'd like
to make my own mugs.
486
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:56,376
- Mum...
- Yeah?
487
00:27:56,625 --> 00:27:57,937
- What's the matter?
- Nothing.
488
00:27:58,972 --> 00:28:00,132
- You worried about the house?
- No.
489
00:28:00,199 --> 00:28:04,799
- Dad said everything's
gonna be OK.
- Of course it is, darl.
490
00:28:10,284 --> 00:28:13,380
We ended up with four carp
and one redfin �
491
00:28:13,449 --> 00:28:17,885
a reasonable day's fishing,
considering we had to get back
earlier when Coco got seasick.
492
00:28:17,958 --> 00:28:20,508
Steve wasn't looking
all that flash either.
493
00:28:25,407 --> 00:28:28,219
Keep it still, Trace.
494
00:28:30,010 --> 00:28:31,863
Disciplined,
isn't he, Sal?
495
00:28:34,039 --> 00:28:37,811
Here are you and I relaxing,
having a beer, and he's still training.
496
00:28:37,876 --> 00:28:40,263
Yeah, he just loves
that sport.
497
00:28:40,337 --> 00:28:43,847
- Well, you gotta have
a passion for something.
- Yeah.
498
00:28:46,666 --> 00:28:49,763
How's the serenity?
499
00:28:52,166 --> 00:28:55,512
Dad! Where do you want me to put
the chicken coop?
500
00:28:55,587 --> 00:28:58,007
Up the back, Steve.
501
00:29:00,384 --> 00:29:03,828
45 bucks. You couldn't buy
the materials for that.
502
00:29:03,899 --> 00:29:06,766
Now, what do you want
with a chicken coop?
503
00:29:06,842 --> 00:29:09,173
And what do we want
with a kit home?
504
00:29:09,238 --> 00:29:12,683
Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
505
00:29:12,756 --> 00:29:15,982
Now, give me a kiss,
you big hunk of a man.
506
00:29:49,742 --> 00:29:53,706
Marvellous, ain't it?
The lake, the kids.
507
00:29:57,737 --> 00:30:01,027
Oh, look at the dogs!
Don't they love it?
508
00:30:03,976 --> 00:30:05,856
Oh, smell that!
509
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,212
- Two-stroke.
- Yep.
510
00:30:11,412 --> 00:30:13,680
Pity Wayne can't be here.
511
00:30:13,746 --> 00:30:17,190
- Darl.
- No, no, I could've done better.
512
00:30:18,701 --> 00:30:22,178
Well, let's start
cooking this feast.
513
00:30:22,250 --> 00:30:25,116
- Who ordered medium rare?
- Me.
514
00:30:25,192 --> 00:30:27,045
Good stuff.
515
00:30:27,110 --> 00:30:29,725
Check that, Steve.
It could be a little underdone.
516
00:30:29,794 --> 00:30:34,134
- I bet they don't have places
like this in Thailand, Con.
- No, Mr. Kerrigan.
517
00:30:34,207 --> 00:30:37,052
Hey, hey, hey.
"Darryl" now, mate.
518
00:30:37,116 --> 00:30:39,318
Sorry, Darryl.
519
00:30:39,386 --> 00:30:43,092
- It's a good place, though.
- Yeah, yeah, I'm curious.
520
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,410
Now, I know it's unfair
to compare anyplace to Bonnie Doon,
521
00:30:47,475 --> 00:30:49,807
but why would I want to go there
instead of here?
522
00:30:49,873 --> 00:30:52,685
- It's for young people, Dad.
- I know that, Trace.
523
00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:56,260
- It's the culture, Darryl.
The place is full of culture.
- Chockers.
524
00:30:56,331 --> 00:30:58,184
- Oh, yeah.
- Something for everyone.
525
00:30:58,250 --> 00:31:00,419
- What was that movie again, Con?
- Dale.
526
00:31:00,487 --> 00:31:02,340
There were so many stories.
527
00:31:02,405 --> 00:31:04,738
At the hotel
Trace and I were staying in,
they had this one channel:
528
00:31:04,803 --> 00:31:07,223
kickboxing, 24 hours a day.
529
00:31:08,093 --> 00:31:11,185
It was just so interesting
to hear about another county.
530
00:31:11,186 --> 00:31:14,347
Meals were 5 dollars, mum �
the most beautiful satays.
531
00:31:14,348 --> 00:31:15,145
What's that, darl?
532
00:31:15,146 --> 00:31:18,486
It's meat on a skewer with
peanut sauce and grilled.
533
00:31:18,498 --> 00:31:21,081
And the stories
went on and on all night.
534
00:31:21,231 --> 00:31:24,456
The value for money is
absolutely second to none.
535
00:31:24,457 --> 00:31:26,996
- One of the other Sony Walkmans...
- With presets?
536
00:31:26,997 --> 00:31:31,166
Yeah, presets AND megabass �
$85 Australian.
537
00:31:31,497 --> 00:31:33,195
- Wow!
- Bargain? - Shit yeah!
538
00:31:34,588 --> 00:31:37,374
But I reckon someone like you, Steve,
could have got him down even further.
539
00:31:38,421 --> 00:31:40,296
I can't wait to go to Bangkok.
540
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:43,951
- It's great to have you two back.
- It's great to be back.
541
00:31:44,442 --> 00:31:46,830
Great to be up here.
542
00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:50,611
They haven't got
a place like this in Bangkok.
543
00:31:50,677 --> 00:31:52,976
How's the serenity?
544
00:31:54,578 --> 00:31:56,431
Not a sound.
545
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,571
On Monday morning Dad
was chomping at the bit.
546
00:32:08,581 --> 00:32:11,644
- Feeling good, Sal.
- Good on you, darl.
547
00:32:11,714 --> 00:32:13,883
Steve, could you move
the Corolla?
548
00:32:13,952 --> 00:32:16,284
I need to get to the Torana out
so I can get to the Commodore.
549
00:32:16,350 --> 00:32:18,682
I'll have to get the keys
to the Cortina if I'm going
to move that Corolla.
550
00:32:18,747 --> 00:32:21,079
- Watch the boat, mate.
- Yeah.
551
00:32:21,146 --> 00:32:23,565
- Know why I'm feeling good, Sal?
- Why?
552
00:32:23,639 --> 00:32:27,410
I'll tell you why.
Because this is an example
of the individual.
553
00:32:27,475 --> 00:32:30,124
Of how the individual,
if he has the guts to stand up...
554
00:32:30,194 --> 00:32:33,387
and shove it right up
those people who think
they can stand on top of you.
555
00:32:33,454 --> 00:32:36,680
The people who think
they can do that, that's why.
556
00:32:41,863 --> 00:32:43,803
What do you mean
what's my plea?
557
00:32:44,053 --> 00:32:46,287
- What is the case you are putting?
- I told you.
558
00:32:46,355 --> 00:32:49,385
I mean, you just can't walk in
and take a man's house.
559
00:32:49,456 --> 00:32:52,268
Mr. Kerrigan, are you disputing
the amount of compensation?
560
00:32:52,333 --> 00:32:56,998
I'm not interested in compensation.
I'm saying that you can't kick me out.
561
00:32:57,064 --> 00:32:59,266
Very well.
562
00:32:59,335 --> 00:33:01,699
- What is your argument?
- That's it.
563
00:33:01,764 --> 00:33:05,439
That's my argument.
You can't kick me out.
564
00:33:05,505 --> 00:33:09,331
And on what law do you base
that argument?
565
00:33:09,406 --> 00:33:12,818
- The law
of bloody common sense!
- Mr. Kerrigan.
566
00:33:12,890 --> 00:33:16,335
- I must ask you
to restrain yourself.
- Yeah, all right.
567
00:33:16,407 --> 00:33:20,659
Mr. Kerrigan, this is
the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
568
00:33:20,724 --> 00:33:23,917
You are an applicant.
You need to show--
569
00:33:23,984 --> 00:33:27,559
I need to show?
So it's up to me, is it?
570
00:33:27,629 --> 00:33:31,139
Mr. Kerrigan, Air Link,
as a federal authority,
571
00:33:31,210 --> 00:33:33,793
has the right to purchase property
compulsorily.
572
00:33:33,864 --> 00:33:38,463
And, as far as I can see,
you have offered no evidence
to refute that right.
573
00:33:38,532 --> 00:33:40,472
No evidence?
574
00:33:40,545 --> 00:33:45,015
It's not a house. It's a home.
A man's home is his castle.
575
00:33:45,085 --> 00:33:49,838
I mean, it's-- it's--
it's Jack's castle.
It's Farou-Farouk's castle.
576
00:33:49,912 --> 00:33:52,180
You just can't walk in
and steal our homes.
577
00:33:52,247 --> 00:33:55,059
- You will be compensated.
- I don't wanna be compensated.
578
00:33:55,124 --> 00:33:57,456
You can't buy
what I've got.
579
00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:02,253
Mr. Kerrigan, I am rapidly
running out of patience.
580
00:34:02,318 --> 00:34:05,828
- You're running out of patience.
- What is your case in law?
581
00:34:07,817 --> 00:34:10,149
Well, okay, um,
582
00:34:10,214 --> 00:34:15,130
the law is supposed
to be about justice-- no, fairness.
583
00:34:15,202 --> 00:34:20,150
And I know that sometimes
what is right and fair is
not clear-cut. It's a bit iffy.
584
00:34:20,222 --> 00:34:25,072
But this is not iffy.
I mean, this is as clear as day.
585
00:34:25,144 --> 00:34:30,093
It is right and fair
that a family be allowed
to live in its own house.
586
00:34:30,164 --> 00:34:32,464
That is justice.
587
00:34:33,969 --> 00:34:36,455
I rest my case.
588
00:34:38,572 --> 00:34:42,213
Dad reckoned he'd nailed it.
Farouk agreed.
589
00:34:44,902 --> 00:34:47,453
But Dad was wrong.
590
00:34:47,525 --> 00:34:52,310
I can't believe I lost.
I've let you down.
591
00:34:52,384 --> 00:34:55,676
No, no, Mr. Kerrigan.
You do good job.
592
00:34:55,740 --> 00:34:58,804
- Please, Farouk, call me Darryl.
- Okay, Mr. Darryl.
593
00:34:58,874 --> 00:35:01,870
But, you know, I never heard that one
you say before.
594
00:35:01,943 --> 00:35:05,103
"A man's home is his castle."
Well, that's an old saying.
595
00:35:05,172 --> 00:35:09,358
No, no. Other one. Other one.
"Is not house, is home."
596
00:35:09,424 --> 00:35:12,357
Farouk, I lost.
597
00:35:12,430 --> 00:35:14,948
I know, Mr. Darryl.
598
00:35:15,019 --> 00:35:17,537
Farouk, how much
are they paying you?
599
00:35:17,609 --> 00:35:20,672
- $65,000.
- For your place?
600
00:35:20,742 --> 00:35:24,961
Yes. They say the plane,
they fly overhead, drop the value.
601
00:35:25,026 --> 00:35:28,852
I don't care. In Beirut,
plane fly overhead, drop bomb.
602
00:35:28,927 --> 00:35:32,982
- I like this plane.
- What are we going to do, Darryl?
603
00:35:33,051 --> 00:35:34,936
I don't know, Jack.
604
00:35:35,002 --> 00:35:38,708
This is the only place I can afford.
I don't wanna move.
605
00:35:38,774 --> 00:35:40,627
You see what
they're doing, Sal?
606
00:35:40,692 --> 00:35:42,763
Mm.
607
00:35:42,833 --> 00:35:46,343
- How long you lived here, Jack?
- Three years.
608
00:35:46,414 --> 00:35:49,826
Now, in the area.
How long have you lived around here?
609
00:35:49,899 --> 00:35:51,905
Fifty-seven years.
610
00:35:51,978 --> 00:35:55,357
Fifty-seven years.
611
00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:59,486
And they're gonna
kick you out on your ass.
612
00:35:59,555 --> 00:36:03,741
Well, bugger 'em.
I'm not giving up, Jack.
613
00:36:03,807 --> 00:36:08,059
If they wanna play things by the law,
fine. We'll play by the law.
614
00:36:08,123 --> 00:36:10,968
But they're not
the only big guns in town.
615
00:36:11,033 --> 00:36:15,306
If it's gonna be lawyers, I'm gonna
hit them with the big artillery.
616
00:36:15,412 --> 00:36:19,686
Hang on, Darryl.
Jesus, these fucking photocopiers.
617
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:22,573
What the fuck is that?
I cleared tray three.
618
00:36:22,638 --> 00:36:24,491
Why don't you get your girl
to do that for you?
619
00:36:24,556 --> 00:36:28,545
She's not here on Mondays.
She does Tuesday, Thursday, Friday.
620
00:36:28,616 --> 00:36:31,264
F-3. What the fuck
is that?
621
00:36:31,334 --> 00:36:33,471
- Dennis, how did it go?
- Not good.
622
00:36:33,539 --> 00:36:37,311
I spoke to every barrister I know.
No one wants to touch it.
623
00:36:37,376 --> 00:36:39,611
All right. You do it.
624
00:36:39,677 --> 00:36:42,065
I told you, Darryl,
I'm not qualified.
625
00:36:42,140 --> 00:36:45,399
You're not qualified?
Now I've heard everything.
626
00:36:45,466 --> 00:36:47,535
What do you mean
you're not qualified?
627
00:36:47,607 --> 00:36:49,874
I mean I'm not
in the big time.
628
00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,848
You have lost faith
in yourself, Dennis.
629
00:36:51,924 --> 00:36:54,604
- Darryl--
- You have lost faith.
630
00:36:54,672 --> 00:36:58,466
Darryl, it's over my head.
It's over your head too.
631
00:36:58,541 --> 00:37:02,312
Over my head? Dennis.
632
00:37:02,378 --> 00:37:05,375
- Darryl, have you heard
of the Barlow Group?
-No.
633
00:37:05,447 --> 00:37:08,827
It's basically a big investment company
controlled by three blokes...
634
00:37:08,899 --> 00:37:10,752
worth about
a half a billion each.
635
00:37:10,817 --> 00:37:13,270
Well, the Barlow Group
is Air Link.
636
00:37:13,343 --> 00:37:15,480
I thought Air Link
was the government.
637
00:37:15,550 --> 00:37:19,507
It's a government authority,
but all the money's coming from Barlow.
638
00:37:19,577 --> 00:37:23,982
It's a way of privatizing
without privatizing.
Anyway, it's a big, big thing.
639
00:37:24,054 --> 00:37:26,920
Every level of government.
Huge investment.
640
00:37:27,954 --> 00:37:29,992
All right, fine.
So they're big.
641
00:37:30,064 --> 00:37:31,972
But why do they
wantmy house?
642
00:37:32,046 --> 00:37:35,305
Why don't they just fill in
the old quarry and build it there?
643
00:37:35,371 --> 00:37:38,270
I don't know. Maybe it's just cheaper
to pull down more houses.
644
00:37:38,345 --> 00:37:42,847
- So we fight 'em.
- Darryl, they want this thing to work.
645
00:37:42,917 --> 00:37:47,670
- They're gonna get their way.
- And you know why people
like that get their way?
646
00:37:47,744 --> 00:37:51,037
Because people like us
don't stand up to 'em.
647
00:37:51,101 --> 00:37:53,204
Now, they've still
gotta play by the rules.
648
00:37:53,275 --> 00:37:57,101
Darryl, they write the rules.
They own the game.
649
00:37:57,175 --> 00:38:00,946
Fuck, Dennis. It's my fucking house.
You're not gonna run scared on me.
650
00:38:02,322 --> 00:38:04,558
I can't do this by myself.
651
00:38:04,625 --> 00:38:07,306
All right, mate.
652
00:38:07,374 --> 00:38:09,990
Let me think about it.
653
00:38:14,535 --> 00:38:18,591
- Con's working late tonight.
- He's just so busy.
654
00:38:18,661 --> 00:38:21,473
I cannot believe
this postcard arrived today.
655
00:38:21,538 --> 00:38:23,543
Thanks
for dropping in.
656
00:38:23,616 --> 00:38:25,620
How's he treating
my princess?
657
00:38:25,693 --> 00:38:27,546
Dad!
658
00:38:27,612 --> 00:38:30,326
All right,
all right.
659
00:38:30,393 --> 00:38:33,260
You saw
some amazing things.
660
00:38:33,335 --> 00:38:35,886
Now, that is
a bloody big statue.
661
00:38:35,956 --> 00:38:39,085
- Yeah, and it's all made of gold.
- Is that so?
662
00:38:41,424 --> 00:38:43,723
This bloke's
gonna win the cars.
663
00:38:43,790 --> 00:38:46,950
- How's the salon?
- Good.
664
00:38:47,019 --> 00:38:48,872
And look at these models.
665
00:38:48,937 --> 00:38:53,188
They've got ripper bodies,
but they let themselves down
in the hair department.
666
00:38:53,252 --> 00:38:56,958
You ought to contact
Channel Nine, get
a contract with them.
667
00:38:57,025 --> 00:38:59,128
Dad, it doesn't work
like that.
668
00:38:59,198 --> 00:39:03,570
Well, look at them and look at you.
Now, that is a head of hair.
669
00:39:03,643 --> 00:39:06,455
- Just beautiful.
- Thanks, Dad.
670
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,460
I'm only stating
the truth.
671
00:39:08,535 --> 00:39:11,184
Dad, what's a pulpit?
672
00:39:11,252 --> 00:39:15,406
Where the minister gives
his sermon from. How much?
673
00:39:15,472 --> 00:39:19,113
- Eight hundred.
- Dreaming.
674
00:39:19,181 --> 00:39:22,310
Actually, I know how
to get you on there.
675
00:39:22,378 --> 00:39:26,400
- Send in a photo of you
for the home viewers.
- Dad, if you dare.
676
00:39:26,470 --> 00:39:29,915
- Oh, I've got quite a few lying around.
- Dad!
677
00:39:29,987 --> 00:39:33,465
Actually, I think I've got one taken
when you were two...
678
00:39:33,536 --> 00:39:35,388
and you didn't have
any clothes on.
679
00:39:35,453 --> 00:39:37,306
Dad! Don't you--
680
00:39:37,372 --> 00:39:40,086
- Quite a few to choose from there.
- Don't-- No!
681
00:39:44,470 --> 00:39:47,534
That night I thought of Wayne again.
682
00:39:47,603 --> 00:39:50,982
I wondered what he was doing
and whether the elephant's
trunk was still up.
683
00:39:51,056 --> 00:39:52,909
'Cause that
brings good luck.
684
00:40:06,115 --> 00:40:07,968
So, in conclusion,
685
00:40:08,033 --> 00:40:11,510
my client will be appealing the decision
to the federal court...
686
00:40:11,582 --> 00:40:15,801
and, as an interim, will
be seeking an injunction...
687
00:40:15,866 --> 00:40:19,474
to stop any further action
in this matter.
688
00:40:19,542 --> 00:40:22,354
Sincerely, Dennis Denuto.
689
00:40:53,016 --> 00:40:55,469
Hammersley and Laycock.
May I help you?
690
00:40:55,541 --> 00:40:57,580
Yes, putting you through now.
691
00:41:01,775 --> 00:41:05,994
I'm afraid he can't come
to the phone right now, Farouk.
He's up in the ceiling.
692
00:41:06,059 --> 00:41:10,877
All right, I'll get him
to give you a call
as soon as he comes down.
693
00:41:10,951 --> 00:41:14,526
Okay. Oh, give my love to Taboulah.
694
00:41:14,595 --> 00:41:16,535
- Good-bye.
- Shit!
695
00:41:17,568 --> 00:41:19,803
Steve!
696
00:41:19,871 --> 00:41:22,771
- Yeah?
- The beams aren't supporting.
697
00:41:22,844 --> 00:41:26,256
- I reckon we put a hold
on the mezzanine.
- Yeah, all right.
698
00:41:26,329 --> 00:41:30,929
But I'll have to give that guy a
call about the spiral staircase
'cause he's holding it for us.
699
00:41:30,997 --> 00:41:34,092
- Darl, can you give Farouk a ring?
- Yeah.
700
00:41:34,162 --> 00:41:37,095
- Where's Dad?
- Up in the roof.
701
00:41:37,167 --> 00:41:39,881
- Dad!
- Yeah, mate?
702
00:41:39,949 --> 00:41:45,029
I dug another hole.
It's filling with water.
703
00:42:00,044 --> 00:42:04,861
You are fucking kidding me.
I cleared that tray three fucking times!
704
00:42:04,935 --> 00:42:07,105
- Mr. Denuto.
- Yeah?
705
00:42:07,173 --> 00:42:10,018
Ron Graham, Hammersley and Laycock.
Got your note during the week.
706
00:42:10,082 --> 00:42:15,032
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Um, sit down.
707
00:42:18,427 --> 00:42:22,035
Now, the Kerrigan matter.
708
00:42:23,414 --> 00:42:26,062
Well, we're going
to be taking it further.
709
00:42:26,132 --> 00:42:30,568
Yes, we totally understand,
and we're here on behalf
of our client to apologize.
710
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,711
- We made a mistake.
- You have?
711
00:42:32,781 --> 00:42:37,382
Yes, it appears that the house
belonging to Mr. Kerrigan was
grossly undervalued by mistake,
712
00:42:37,449 --> 00:42:39,684
and our client would like
to rectify the situation.
713
00:42:39,751 --> 00:42:43,609
- Well, what are you offering?
- Another $25,000.
714
00:42:43,683 --> 00:42:46,070
- Whoa.
- As a separate cash check.
715
00:42:46,145 --> 00:42:49,273
You know, Darryl, my client,
716
00:42:49,342 --> 00:42:52,536
is disputing
the compulsory purchase.
717
00:42:52,604 --> 00:42:55,154
Yes, though with
the correct valuation,
718
00:42:55,226 --> 00:42:57,395
we thought this may put
the dispute to rest.
719
00:42:57,463 --> 00:42:59,435
What if it doesn't?
720
00:43:00,692 --> 00:43:02,545
If I were you,
721
00:43:02,610 --> 00:43:05,325
I would advise Mr. Kerrigan
against taking any further action.
722
00:43:05,392 --> 00:43:07,397
This is
a multi-billion dollar project.
723
00:43:07,470 --> 00:43:09,889
It's been in planning
for a long time.
724
00:43:09,964 --> 00:43:14,237
If this action were to delay
or spoil the plans,
725
00:43:14,313 --> 00:43:18,335
the understandable anger
could well spill into something else.
726
00:43:18,404 --> 00:43:21,019
- Are you threatening?
- Hang on.
727
00:43:21,089 --> 00:43:24,599
I just came in here,
apologized and increased
the offer by $25,000.
728
00:43:24,670 --> 00:43:28,311
- I'm sorry.
- And that offer should
be put to Mr. Kerrigan...
729
00:43:28,379 --> 00:43:31,060
with your strongest
possible recommendation.
730
00:43:34,198 --> 00:43:36,530
Tell 'em to get stuffed.
731
00:43:36,596 --> 00:43:40,454
- It's $25,000, Darryl.
- Don't you get this, Dennis?
732
00:43:40,528 --> 00:43:43,209
Darryl, they're
offering 25 grand extra.
733
00:43:43,277 --> 00:43:47,169
Dennis, this is not about money.
I am not leaving my house.
734
00:43:47,241 --> 00:43:49,476
- Tell 'em I'm not moving.
- They're not gonna be happy.
735
00:43:49,544 --> 00:43:53,337
- Who cares?
- I mean, they're
gonna be really unhappy.
736
00:43:54,850 --> 00:43:58,011
- So what are you telling me, Dennis?
- Nothing, Darryl.
737
00:43:58,079 --> 00:44:00,347
- Did they threaten you?
- Not me, really.
738
00:44:00,414 --> 00:44:02,713
- They threatened me.
- Not exactly. They just said--
739
00:44:02,779 --> 00:44:05,395
- They fucking well threatened me.
- They just said--
740
00:44:05,465 --> 00:44:10,479
I want you to get on that phone
right now and tell 'em where
they can shove their 25 grand.
741
00:44:10,548 --> 00:44:13,066
Darryl, " them"
is the Barlow Group,
742
00:44:13,138 --> 00:44:15,046
people used
to getting their way.
743
00:44:15,121 --> 00:44:17,420
Now, they want
to expand the airport,
744
00:44:17,486 --> 00:44:19,754
and there's one bloke
who's a pain in the ass.
745
00:44:19,820 --> 00:44:23,232
Tell 'em to get stuffed.
746
00:44:33,152 --> 00:44:35,060
More, darling?
747
00:44:35,133 --> 00:44:38,960
Oh, no. No, love. That was beautiful.
What do you call that?
748
00:44:39,034 --> 00:44:41,137
lce cream.
749
00:44:41,208 --> 00:44:45,296
Yeah, but what you've done with it.
What did you do to it?
750
00:44:45,365 --> 00:44:48,329
Scooped it out of the tub.
751
00:44:48,402 --> 00:44:50,571
Did I do the right thing?
752
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,419
Oh, yes, sweetheart,
you did the right thing.
753
00:44:53,485 --> 00:44:56,614
- Twenty-five grand, Dad.
- Yeah, but not that way, Steve.
754
00:44:56,683 --> 00:44:58,852
We're not gonna
take the money.
755
00:45:02,117 --> 00:45:04,766
- I want to tell you a story.
- Oh, good.
756
00:45:04,835 --> 00:45:07,134
- About how your father and I met.
- I know this one.
757
00:45:07,201 --> 00:45:09,054
Not all of it, Dale.
758
00:45:09,119 --> 00:45:14,036
You see, I used to go out
with a very handsome young man,
759
00:45:14,106 --> 00:45:16,177
well-to-do,
called Bob Thompson.
760
00:45:16,249 --> 00:45:19,660
Big Bob Thompson.
What's he doing now, eh?
761
00:45:19,733 --> 00:45:21,706
Putting in fence posts
in the country.
762
00:45:21,779 --> 00:45:24,166
- He runs a construction company.
- So he says.
763
00:45:24,242 --> 00:45:27,054
Well, anyway, one night he took me
to the greyhounds.
764
00:45:27,119 --> 00:45:30,945
- He put on a real show.
We ate at the carvery.
- What did you have?
765
00:45:31,019 --> 00:45:32,926
Uh, pork.
766
00:45:33,001 --> 00:45:35,551
Anyway, we had wine, champagne.
767
00:45:35,623 --> 00:45:38,783
He put on all my bets,
and he was just sweeping me off my feet.
768
00:45:38,852 --> 00:45:42,198
And I wouldn't have
been at all surprised
if he'd popped the question.
769
00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:45,269
Well, anyway, later on--
I don't know what it was--
770
00:45:45,343 --> 00:45:49,114
But out of the corner of my eye
I spotted this lanky bloke...
771
00:45:49,179 --> 00:45:51,414
- struggling with one of his greyhounds.
- Red Rocket.
772
00:45:51,481 --> 00:45:55,568
- That's you, Dad.
- Now, Bob, he went off to talk
to one of the stewards.
773
00:45:55,637 --> 00:45:59,179
And this young fella,
he comes right up to me
and starts chatting to me...
774
00:45:59,249 --> 00:46:01,255
and he asks me out.
775
00:46:01,327 --> 00:46:04,936
And I said,
"Well, I'm on a date."
776
00:46:05,004 --> 00:46:08,035
Well, he backed right off.
777
00:46:08,106 --> 00:46:12,706
He said he wasn't cutting
anyone's lunch,
and he wished me good night.
778
00:46:12,773 --> 00:46:16,893
And I thought,
"That man has principles."
779
00:46:16,961 --> 00:46:21,627
And from that day on,
I've only had eyes for one man.
780
00:46:21,694 --> 00:46:24,147
Hook, line and sinker.
781
00:46:24,219 --> 00:46:27,893
And that's what I love about him:
his principles.
782
00:46:27,959 --> 00:46:30,608
So we're not taking
the money, Steve.
783
00:46:30,677 --> 00:46:34,154
Hang on. I'll get it.
784
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:39,080
What was the carvery like?
785
00:46:41,099 --> 00:46:43,464
- Yeah?
- Mr. Kerrigan.
786
00:46:43,529 --> 00:46:46,145
- Yeah? What?
- I've just got a message to pass on.
787
00:46:46,215 --> 00:46:48,798
- From who?
- I'm just passing on a message.
788
00:46:48,868 --> 00:46:51,549
- Are you from the council?
- No, I'm not from the council.
789
00:46:51,618 --> 00:46:54,430
- The company.
- I'm just passing on
a message, Mr. Kerrigan.
790
00:46:54,495 --> 00:46:56,665
They always send
someone different, don't they?
791
00:46:56,732 --> 00:47:00,307
The message is,
"Take the offer and shut up."
Understood?
792
00:47:00,377 --> 00:47:02,612
- Are you threatening me?
- I'm just passing on a message.
793
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:05,066
- Fuck off, you clown! Fuck off!
- Mr. Kerrigan--
794
00:47:05,142 --> 00:47:07,441
- You better watch your mouth, pal.
- You heard my dad.
795
00:47:07,507 --> 00:47:10,571
- Now, fuck off!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa. Fine.
796
00:47:10,641 --> 00:47:13,387
I'm just trying
to tell you.
797
00:47:16,874 --> 00:47:19,556
And what the fuck do you think
you're doing?
798
00:47:19,624 --> 00:47:22,011
You know what I said after Wayne.
No more guns in the house.
799
00:47:22,086 --> 00:47:24,255
- Yeah, but he was threatening you.
- Where did you get it?
800
00:47:24,324 --> 00:47:26,558
- Trading Post.
- And what did you pay for it?
801
00:47:26,625 --> 00:47:29,470
- One-eighty.
- What was he asking?
802
00:47:29,535 --> 00:47:32,948
- Two-fifty.
- He was dreaming.
803
00:47:33,020 --> 00:47:36,433
- Yeah.
- Get rid of it.
804
00:47:38,455 --> 00:47:40,308
Sell it.
805
00:47:58,597 --> 00:48:00,929
Pricks!
806
00:48:04,031 --> 00:48:07,411
All right. All right.
807
00:48:07,485 --> 00:48:10,352
I might pass on
a message of my own.
808
00:48:23,054 --> 00:48:27,425
Don't bullshit me, pal.
I know why you want Highview Crescent.
809
00:48:27,498 --> 00:48:30,495
It's because you're
too much of a tight-ass
to fill in the quarry.
810
00:48:30,568 --> 00:48:34,078
It's easier to knock down
people's houses than it
is to fill in a hole.
811
00:48:34,149 --> 00:48:36,056
Well, what do
you say to that?
812
00:48:36,131 --> 00:48:38,016
Get off my property
or I'll call the police.
813
00:48:38,081 --> 00:48:41,307
Fuck the police! You're the asshole
who had my car smashed!
814
00:48:41,374 --> 00:48:43,957
Settle down, mate.
Settle down.
815
00:48:44,028 --> 00:48:46,611
It's just what
he wants us to do.
816
00:48:48,311 --> 00:48:52,879
Let's just keep our cool.
We don't wanna do anything stupid.
817
00:49:20,538 --> 00:49:23,732
- Darryl John Kerrigan?
- You know who I am, Mick.
818
00:49:23,799 --> 00:49:26,414
- Darryl John Kerrigan.
- Yes, officer?
819
00:49:26,485 --> 00:49:29,864
Were you on Lansell Road,
Toorak at approximately
2:30 this morning?
820
00:49:29,937 --> 00:49:33,578
- No.
- Is there anyone who can verify
your whereabouts at that hour?
821
00:49:33,647 --> 00:49:37,897
Yeah, yeah. Everyone in this house.
While we've still got it.
822
00:49:37,963 --> 00:49:41,788
- Daz, I know you did it.
- I told you, mate.
I don't know anything--
823
00:49:41,862 --> 00:49:45,056
- Shut up. I'm not going to book you.
This is just a warning.
824
00:49:45,123 --> 00:49:48,895
I know what's going on.
No one wants to see you get
the rough end of the stick,
825
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,130
but you're gonna have
to watch yourself.
826
00:49:51,197 --> 00:49:53,683
- Otherwise, you'll end up losing more
than this house.
- Mick.
827
00:49:53,756 --> 00:49:57,713
Darryl, I've seen it happen, mate.
Now, settle down.
828
00:49:57,785 --> 00:50:01,937
If you wanna take 'em on,
do it the right way. By the book.
829
00:50:02,004 --> 00:50:05,262
- All right, Mick.
- Oh, and, uh, Daz?
830
00:50:05,329 --> 00:50:08,838
- Yeah?
- Put them gates around the back.
831
00:50:08,910 --> 00:50:10,763
Oh.
832
00:50:17,766 --> 00:50:20,284
Now, listen.
Things are gettin' a bit serious.
833
00:50:20,355 --> 00:50:24,444
Last night I had a visit
from some hired thug.
834
00:50:24,511 --> 00:50:27,443
- Yeah, me too.
-What do you mean, you too?
835
00:50:27,517 --> 00:50:31,442
A man, he come to my house and he say,
"Stop with the court business."
836
00:50:31,513 --> 00:50:34,065
If no stop, he have friend
who come and beat me.
837
00:50:34,135 --> 00:50:36,555
And I say,
"You have friend, I have friend.
838
00:50:36,629 --> 00:50:39,855
My friend come to your house,
put bomb under your car
and blow you to fucking sky."
839
00:50:39,922 --> 00:50:42,821
- What'd he do?
- He get scared and he leave.
840
00:50:42,895 --> 00:50:46,056
- I bet he did.
- I-I don't really
have friend like this,
841
00:50:46,124 --> 00:50:49,536
but, you know, I'm Arab and people think
all Arab have bomb.
842
00:50:49,609 --> 00:50:53,402
You're a bloody ripper, Farouk.
That's fuckin' fantastic.
843
00:50:53,478 --> 00:50:56,573
- Excuse the French, Evonne.
- Get your hand off it, Darryl.
844
00:50:56,642 --> 00:50:59,956
Anyway, um,
I was worried for everyone.
845
00:51:00,032 --> 00:51:03,803
I just didn't want to force
anyone into this. Farouk?
846
00:51:03,868 --> 00:51:06,135
No, I'm with you,
Mr. Darryl.
847
00:51:06,202 --> 00:51:09,167
- Evonne?
- What are they gonna do
my ex hasn't done?
848
00:51:09,238 --> 00:51:12,367
- Jack?
- Yeah, fuck 'em.
849
00:51:12,436 --> 00:51:15,500
Well, Dennis Denuto
is acting on our behalf.
850
00:51:15,569 --> 00:51:18,250
We've gotta be
in federal court next Tuesday.
851
00:51:18,319 --> 00:51:20,007
Does he think
we've got a good case?
852
00:51:20,078 --> 00:51:23,206
Well, he reckons it just has
to contravene the Constitution.
853
00:51:23,273 --> 00:51:26,053
And the Constitution
is the biggest law we've got.
854
00:51:27,733 --> 00:51:28,755
How much?
855
00:51:28,934 --> 00:51:31,321
Ah, good point, Evonne. Steve?
856
00:51:33,538 --> 00:51:37,211
Now, all up,
it's gonna cost 1,500.
857
00:51:37,278 --> 00:51:40,624
Now, that's 750 now,
750 in six months' time.
858
00:51:40,699 --> 00:51:42,901
So 150 each.
859
00:51:42,969 --> 00:51:46,033
And, Jack, I know you can't do it,
so I'm kickin' in for you.
860
00:51:46,102 --> 00:51:48,588
Oh, good on you, Darryl.
I'll pay you back.
861
00:51:48,660 --> 00:51:51,046
- Evonne?
- Yeah, fine.
862
00:51:51,122 --> 00:51:53,192
- Farouk?
- I pay cash now.
863
00:51:53,264 --> 00:51:58,180
No, no, no, hold your horses.
What is it with wogs and cash?
864
00:51:58,250 --> 00:52:01,063
Anyway, it's
bargain-basement prices,
865
00:52:01,128 --> 00:52:05,532
and, uh, you'd better
wear a suit this time, Farouk.
866
00:52:05,605 --> 00:52:07,774
What's this Dennis Denuto
like, Darryl?
867
00:52:07,842 --> 00:52:11,864
Ah, he's a lawyer.
This is about the law.
868
00:52:11,935 --> 00:52:14,485
He's gotta know
what he's doin'.
869
00:52:17,785 --> 00:52:20,401
Um... all--
all right.
870
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:22,672
Gi-Give me
one moment...
871
00:52:22,741 --> 00:52:24,594
and I--
and I will.
872
00:52:24,659 --> 00:52:27,145
Um... it's the--
873
00:52:29,134 --> 00:52:31,043
the, um-- the--
874
00:52:32,844 --> 00:52:35,459
the Constitution
of Australia.
875
00:52:35,529 --> 00:52:39,104
This is a blatant violation...
876
00:52:39,174 --> 00:52:42,520
of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Australia.
877
00:52:42,595 --> 00:52:45,407
And when it comes
to violations,
878
00:52:45,472 --> 00:52:47,576
they don't come
any bigger.
879
00:52:48,989 --> 00:52:52,215
What section of the Constitution
has been breached?
880
00:52:52,282 --> 00:52:54,135
Section?
881
00:52:54,200 --> 00:52:56,783
Wh-What section?
882
00:52:56,853 --> 00:52:59,306
There is no one section.
883
00:52:59,379 --> 00:53:02,921
It's just the vibe of the thing.
884
00:53:04,495 --> 00:53:08,233
I'm afraid, Mr. Denuto,
you'll have to be more specific.
885
00:53:08,299 --> 00:53:10,152
Oh, yeah,
sure, sure.
886
00:53:10,218 --> 00:53:13,313
I was just starting general,
and then I was getting...
more specific...
887
00:53:13,382 --> 00:53:17,241
with the-- the, um--
Just one moment, please.
888
00:53:17,315 --> 00:53:19,484
The, um--
889
00:53:19,554 --> 00:53:22,812
Jesus, Darryl,
I am sweatin' here.
890
00:53:22,878 --> 00:53:24,917
You're killin' them,
Dennis.
891
00:53:24,988 --> 00:53:27,374
I don't even know
Roman numerals.
892
00:53:27,450 --> 00:53:30,578
Um-- It's-- It's--
893
00:53:30,646 --> 00:53:32,500
Ju--
I've got it here.
894
00:53:32,565 --> 00:53:36,391
It's the... section 51,
895
00:53:36,466 --> 00:53:39,758
uh, second
from the bottom.
896
00:53:41,069 --> 00:53:43,587
"The Parliament shall
have power to make laws...
897
00:53:43,659 --> 00:53:46,754
with respect to copyrights,
patents of inventions...
898
00:53:46,823 --> 00:53:48,993
and designs
and trademarks."
899
00:53:49,062 --> 00:53:51,580
It's all part of it.
900
00:53:51,652 --> 00:53:53,951
This is what I'm getting at.
That's my point.
901
00:53:54,017 --> 00:53:56,186
It's-- It's
the vibe of it.
902
00:53:56,256 --> 00:53:59,221
All right. Taken.
903
00:53:59,292 --> 00:54:01,778
Do you have a precedent
which supports...
904
00:54:01,850 --> 00:54:04,052
this...vibe?
905
00:54:04,121 --> 00:54:07,151
Uh... yes.
906
00:54:07,221 --> 00:54:10,252
Yes, I do.
Um, just one moment.
907
00:54:11,730 --> 00:54:14,825
What's the name
of the famous aboriginal?
908
00:54:14,895 --> 00:54:17,064
- Cathy Freeman.
- No, the court case.
909
00:54:17,133 --> 00:54:19,683
- Evonne Goolagong.
- No, no, no. Ma-- Mabo.
910
00:54:19,754 --> 00:54:21,661
Mabo.
911
00:54:21,737 --> 00:54:24,222
What about it?
912
00:54:24,294 --> 00:54:27,836
That's your classic case
of big business...
913
00:54:27,907 --> 00:54:29,793
trying to take land,
914
00:54:29,857 --> 00:54:31,710
and they couldn't.
915
00:54:31,775 --> 00:54:34,642
Mr. Denuto,
the Mabo decision...
916
00:54:34,717 --> 00:54:39,088
pertains to the specific
issue of native land title
and terra nullius.
917
00:54:39,161 --> 00:54:41,046
Yeah.
918
00:54:41,110 --> 00:54:45,133
So what part of the judgment
is relevant to this case?
919
00:54:45,203 --> 00:54:49,672
A-Again, i-it's just
the vibe of it.
920
00:54:51,757 --> 00:54:54,721
Actually, may I
approach the bench?
921
00:55:02,307 --> 00:55:04,792
Am I wasting
my time here?
922
00:55:04,865 --> 00:55:07,100
Your case
is not strong.
923
00:55:07,167 --> 00:55:10,873
- Am I sort of in the ballpark though?
- I'm a judge.
924
00:55:10,939 --> 00:55:13,588
I understand.
Can you just give me an angle?
925
00:55:13,657 --> 00:55:15,988
I'm sorry, Mr. Denuto.
I can't.
926
00:55:16,055 --> 00:55:18,125
Understood.
Understood.
927
00:55:18,197 --> 00:55:20,780
I think I've got
a good one anyway.
928
00:55:27,340 --> 00:55:31,167
In summing up,
i-it's the Constitution,
929
00:55:31,241 --> 00:55:34,685
it's Mabo,
it's justice, it's law.
930
00:55:34,758 --> 00:55:38,431
It's the vibe,
and, uh--
931
00:55:38,498 --> 00:55:40,918
No, that's it.
It's the vibe.
932
00:55:42,910 --> 00:55:44,949
I rest my case.
933
00:55:45,980 --> 00:55:47,887
That was sensational.
934
00:55:47,962 --> 00:55:50,197
Counsel for the respondent?
935
00:55:51,574 --> 00:55:54,027
Your Honor, I don't wish to waste
any more of your time.
936
00:55:54,100 --> 00:55:57,393
- Appreciated.
- All our arguments are contained
in the forward documents,
937
00:55:57,458 --> 00:56:01,033
and we'd be more than happy
for that to constitute
the case for the respondent.
938
00:56:01,101 --> 00:56:03,238
Thank you. So be it.
939
00:56:03,308 --> 00:56:05,640
I call a one-hour
adjournment.
940
00:56:05,706 --> 00:56:08,573
Good on ya, Dennis.
That shut 'em up.
941
00:56:08,647 --> 00:56:11,546
I'm going for a bit
of a breather, mate.
942
00:56:51,583 --> 00:56:53,436
How you goin'?
943
00:56:53,502 --> 00:56:55,539
Oh, fine. Fine.
944
00:56:55,612 --> 00:56:57,999
- Got a case comin' up?
- Uh, no, no.
945
00:56:58,074 --> 00:57:00,886
I'm here to see someone.
I'm-I'm a spectator today.
946
00:57:00,951 --> 00:57:04,658
- Are you?
- My son's first appearance.
947
00:57:04,724 --> 00:57:08,234
Oh? Do you reckon
he'll get off?
948
00:57:08,305 --> 00:57:10,723
Oh, no, no.
He's a barrister.
949
00:57:10,799 --> 00:57:14,308
- He's appearing for
the first time as a barrister.
- Congratulations.
950
00:57:14,380 --> 00:57:16,798
- Thank you.
- Uh, Darryl Kerrigan.
951
00:57:16,873 --> 00:57:19,652
- Lawrence Hammill.
- G'day, Lawrence.
952
00:57:19,719 --> 00:57:22,879
Barrister, eh?
He'd need a degree for that.
953
00:57:22,947 --> 00:57:26,261
Yes, yes. He-He's got a couple,
actually.
954
00:57:26,336 --> 00:57:30,293
- Ah, you must be as proud as punch.
- Well, you know.
955
00:57:30,364 --> 00:57:32,729
Oh, I know.
I've got a daughter.
956
00:57:32,794 --> 00:57:36,435
Diploma certificate,
fully qualified hairdresser.
957
00:57:36,503 --> 00:57:40,656
The day she came home
and told me she'd got
into Sunshine Tech...
958
00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:44,015
- was the proudest day of my life.
- Yes, yes, I can imagine.
959
00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:47,939
Yeah, sure makes us parents
look like a bunch of dodos, eh?
960
00:57:49,260 --> 00:57:52,355
You wouldn't have dreamt
of doing what your son's done.
961
00:57:52,424 --> 00:57:56,032
No, no. Anyway, Darryl,
what brings you here?
962
00:57:56,101 --> 00:57:58,520
Our bloody government's
trying to take my house.
963
00:57:58,595 --> 00:58:01,081
This new Air Link thing.
I mean, imagine that.
964
00:58:01,152 --> 00:58:03,638
Sal and me, we brought up
our whole family in that house,
965
00:58:03,711 --> 00:58:06,261
and they think they
can just walk in--
966
00:58:07,706 --> 00:58:10,486
Anyway, we're takin' 'em
to court.
967
00:58:10,552 --> 00:58:14,193
Bloody outrageous.
It's gotta be against the Constitution.
968
00:58:14,261 --> 00:58:17,160
Yes, it is outrageous.
Who's acting for you?
969
00:58:17,234 --> 00:58:20,776
- Dennis Denuto.
- Uh, never heard of him.
970
00:58:20,847 --> 00:58:23,626
You wouldn't have.
He just does our local area.
971
00:58:23,692 --> 00:58:26,820
Yeah, but I've never heard of him
in Constitutional law.
972
00:58:26,888 --> 00:58:29,701
Oh, no, you wouldn't.
No, he does conveyancing mainly.
973
00:58:29,766 --> 00:58:32,185
You know, wills, petty theft,
that sort of thing.
974
00:58:32,260 --> 00:58:34,647
But hey, it's all based
on the Constitution.
975
00:58:34,721 --> 00:58:38,067
Yes. Yes, in a way.
976
00:58:38,144 --> 00:58:41,752
- Good bloke though.
- Yes. Sounds like it.
977
00:58:41,820 --> 00:58:44,566
Anyway, uh,
I'd better be going.
978
00:58:44,633 --> 00:58:47,979
- Sure.
- Nice talking to you, Lawrie.
979
00:58:48,053 --> 00:58:50,604
- Nice talking to you, Darryl.
- And good luck with your boy.
980
00:58:50,675 --> 00:58:54,981
Thanks, Darryl.
I hope everything works out.
981
00:58:55,056 --> 00:58:57,901
Ah, yeah, yeah.
I'm pretty confident.
982
00:58:57,965 --> 00:59:00,232
I find in favor
of the respondent.
983
00:59:00,299 --> 00:59:02,207
Yes!
984
00:59:04,392 --> 00:59:06,561
It's them, Darryl.
985
00:59:06,629 --> 00:59:09,790
But we was respondin'
to them.
986
00:59:09,858 --> 00:59:13,749
We lost, Darryl.
I'm sorry.
987
00:59:13,823 --> 00:59:16,951
Dad reckons he must have
sat there for an hour.
988
00:59:17,019 --> 00:59:20,496
He said it was like being kicked
in the guts with the back end of a bus.
989
00:59:20,568 --> 00:59:24,526
Dad had to explain to Farouk
that they had lost.
990
00:59:24,629 --> 00:59:27,659
It was really hard
telling Evonne too.
991
00:59:27,730 --> 00:59:30,541
But the toughest one
was Jack.
992
00:59:35,818 --> 00:59:37,671
Trace and Con
were great though.
993
00:59:39,558 --> 00:59:43,483
Good on you, Dad. You stood up to them.
I'm so proud of you.
994
00:59:43,556 --> 00:59:47,000
I'm so impressed with your fighting
quality, Mr. Kerrigan.
995
00:59:47,072 --> 00:59:48,924
Thanks, mate.
996
00:59:48,990 --> 00:59:52,631
And can I just say how disenchanted
I am with our legal system.
997
00:59:57,974 --> 01:00:01,168
Dad was very quiet
after losing the court case.
998
01:00:01,236 --> 01:00:03,754
I'd never seen him so down.
999
01:00:03,825 --> 01:00:07,138
He even stopped complimenting Mum
on her cooking.
1000
01:00:09,452 --> 01:00:11,457
You all right there,
Darryl?
1001
01:00:11,530 --> 01:00:13,383
Yeah.
1002
01:00:17,699 --> 01:00:20,064
Dad?
1003
01:00:20,129 --> 01:00:22,877
Someone's, uh,
1004
01:00:22,943 --> 01:00:25,591
sellin' a telephone box.
1005
01:00:32,406 --> 01:00:35,121
They said no
to an extension.
1006
01:00:36,307 --> 01:00:38,727
Dennis says we've got
to be out in two weeks.
1007
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,653
Two weeks?
1008
01:00:47,657 --> 01:00:50,110
I haven't told Wayne yet.
1009
01:00:51,749 --> 01:00:54,430
I think Dad felt he'd let
everyone down, but especially Wayne.
1010
01:00:54,498 --> 01:00:57,311
That's why he'd been
puttin' off tellin' him.
1011
01:00:57,376 --> 01:01:00,221
He just couldn't think of a way
to break it to Wayne.
1012
01:01:00,286 --> 01:01:03,282
I told Dad not to worry.
I knew how to tell Wayne we'd lost.
1013
01:01:03,354 --> 01:01:06,864
- We lost.
- Lost?
1014
01:01:06,935 --> 01:01:09,584
Yeah.
1015
01:01:09,653 --> 01:01:11,506
Did Dad do his nut?
1016
01:01:11,570 --> 01:01:14,667
Nah, he's gone all quiet.
1017
01:01:15,823 --> 01:01:18,309
Quiet?
1018
01:01:18,380 --> 01:01:21,574
Yeah. I think he thinks
he's let everyone down.
1019
01:01:21,642 --> 01:01:23,495
Letus down?
1020
01:01:23,561 --> 01:01:26,209
Yeah, that's what I think.
1021
01:01:26,277 --> 01:01:28,130
See, especially you.
1022
01:01:28,196 --> 01:01:31,389
I think he was lookin' forward
to the day you came back to the house.
1023
01:01:31,457 --> 01:01:33,789
Well, you tell Dad...
1024
01:01:33,855 --> 01:01:37,463
the only reason
I loved that house is 'cause
it had him and Mum in it...
1025
01:01:37,531 --> 01:01:40,311
and like... everyone else.
1026
01:01:40,377 --> 01:01:42,928
Wherever they go,
I'll love...
1027
01:01:42,999 --> 01:01:46,291
as long as it
has them in it.
1028
01:01:46,355 --> 01:01:50,542
And all those lawyers
and government people
can just go and get fucked.
1029
01:01:50,608 --> 01:01:52,461
"...as long as it
has them in it.
1030
01:01:52,526 --> 01:01:55,752
And all those lawyers
and government people
can go and get fucked."
1031
01:01:55,819 --> 01:01:59,874
Ah, he wanted me to change
that " get fucked" bit, but I forgot.
1032
01:01:59,943 --> 01:02:02,591
On you, mate.
1033
01:02:02,660 --> 01:02:05,145
I'd better keep packin'.
1034
01:02:42,144 --> 01:02:45,589
Dad?
1035
01:02:45,661 --> 01:02:48,081
Steven.
1036
01:02:48,155 --> 01:02:52,821
I can, uh, get you
some more boxes, if you want.
1037
01:02:52,886 --> 01:02:55,601
No, I think I'll be all right,
Steve.
1038
01:03:00,143 --> 01:03:01,996
Dad?
1039
01:03:04,172 --> 01:03:06,342
You haven't let anyone down.
1040
01:03:07,817 --> 01:03:11,426
I don't know what the opposite of...
lettin' someone down is,
1041
01:03:13,253 --> 01:03:15,584
but you done
the opposite.
1042
01:03:28,407 --> 01:03:30,771
When are you
gonna sign 'em?
1043
01:03:32,914 --> 01:03:36,010
- I don't know.
- They gotta be done by Friday.
1044
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:38,695
I can't.
1045
01:03:38,765 --> 01:03:40,770
lcan't.
I just can't.
1046
01:03:40,842 --> 01:03:43,208
Darryl, we gotta go.
1047
01:03:43,273 --> 01:03:45,246
Yeah, I know.
I know we lost.
1048
01:03:45,319 --> 01:03:47,650
I know we gotta get out
of this place.
1049
01:03:47,717 --> 01:03:51,488
I know this is no longer
our house, but I'll be buggered
if I can sign those papers.
1050
01:03:51,553 --> 01:03:55,325
I just cannot physically
pick up the pen and sign them.
1051
01:04:00,121 --> 01:04:02,127
Did you speak
to Jack?
1052
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:06,734
Yeah, yeah. His son-in-law's moved
to Perth, so he's no help.
1053
01:04:06,804 --> 01:04:10,062
Poor Jack.
1054
01:04:10,128 --> 01:04:14,020
Listen, I-I told him
he could stay with us
until we work somethin' out.
1055
01:04:15,627 --> 01:04:17,764
How'd you go
with the agent?
1056
01:04:17,833 --> 01:04:20,896
Two-bedroom units
are $80,000.
1057
01:04:20,966 --> 01:04:22,819
A flat.
1058
01:04:22,884 --> 01:04:26,264
With four people,
the greyhounds,
1059
01:04:26,338 --> 01:04:28,572
five cars,
1060
01:04:28,639 --> 01:04:30,547
the boat and Jack.
1061
01:04:30,622 --> 01:04:32,627
It'll be okay.
1062
01:04:32,700 --> 01:04:36,525
- And what are we gonna do with Wayne?
- Wayne'll understand.
1063
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:39,860
You know he keeps a photo
of this place on his wall.
1064
01:04:39,926 --> 01:04:41,779
I know.
1065
01:04:41,844 --> 01:04:46,890
He gets out after five years,
we have to put him in a laundry
smaller than his cell.
1066
01:04:46,958 --> 01:04:50,305
- Maybe we rent.
- Rent?
1067
01:04:50,380 --> 01:04:53,606
We not only lose our place,
we're payin' for someone else's.
1068
01:04:53,672 --> 01:04:57,597
- Oh, Darryl--
- I'm starting to understand
how the aborigines feel.
1069
01:05:00,064 --> 01:05:02,552
Have you been drinkin'?
1070
01:05:02,624 --> 01:05:05,407
Well, this house
is like their land.
1071
01:05:05,473 --> 01:05:07,579
It-It holds
their memories.
1072
01:05:07,650 --> 01:05:09,984
The land is their story.
It's everything.
1073
01:05:10,050 --> 01:05:13,826
You just can't pick it up
and plonk it down somewhere else.
1074
01:05:15,234 --> 01:05:18,530
This country's gotta stop
stealin' other people's land.
1075
01:05:18,595 --> 01:05:21,979
Dad? There's someone
here to see you.
1076
01:05:23,940 --> 01:05:25,796
G'day, Darryl.
1077
01:05:26,917 --> 01:05:28,773
Lawrie.
1078
01:05:29,863 --> 01:05:32,035
So I thought
I'd come and visit.
1079
01:05:32,104 --> 01:05:34,974
- But how'd you find us?
- You know us dodos.
1080
01:05:35,047 --> 01:05:37,951
- We've got a few tricks up our sleeves.
- Don't I know it.
1081
01:05:39,017 --> 01:05:42,181
I, uh, heard
about the decision.
1082
01:05:42,250 --> 01:05:45,447
Yeah. Yeah, well,
that's the way these things are.
1083
01:05:45,514 --> 01:05:48,067
- How'd your boy go?
- Oh, fine. Yeah, fine.
1084
01:05:48,138 --> 01:05:51,850
- Great.
- Darryl, I wonder if I
could put something to you.
1085
01:05:51,917 --> 01:05:53,772
Yeah, sure.
1086
01:05:53,837 --> 01:05:56,706
I don't think I
introduced myself fully.
1087
01:05:56,780 --> 01:06:00,425
You see, I'm retired now,
but I'm actually a lawyer myself.
1088
01:06:00,495 --> 01:06:04,684
Three degrees in the family.
I'd like to see your poolroom.
1089
01:06:04,750 --> 01:06:07,687
I'm, uh,
what's called a Q.C.
1090
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:10,858
- Are you? A Q.C.? You're one of those?
- What's that?
1091
01:06:10,929 --> 01:06:14,377
- Uh, Queens Counsel.
- Oh, you counsel the queen?
1092
01:06:14,449 --> 01:06:17,581
Uh, they're the lawyers
rich people use, love.
1093
01:06:17,649 --> 01:06:21,000
Yeah, well, that's probably
the most accurate way of describing us.
1094
01:06:21,075 --> 01:06:22,985
I don't think Dennis
would be a Q.C.
1095
01:06:23,059 --> 01:06:26,802
N-No, no, I don't think.
1096
01:06:26,868 --> 01:06:29,203
Anyway, my specialty
as a Q.C...
1097
01:06:29,270 --> 01:06:32,172
was Constitutional law,
Australian Constitutional law.
1098
01:06:32,246 --> 01:06:34,767
Have you heard of
the Tasmanian Dams case?
1099
01:06:35,958 --> 01:06:38,195
- Um--
- Mabo?
1100
01:06:38,264 --> 01:06:41,494
Oh, the aboriginal guy,
told the government to shove it.
1101
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:43,415
That's the one.
1102
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:47,157
Uh, anyway, I've had quite
a bit to do with these over the years,
1103
01:06:47,224 --> 01:06:50,839
and I've had a look into your case
over the last few days,
1104
01:06:50,906 --> 01:06:53,394
and I think there's
a bit more to it.
1105
01:06:53,468 --> 01:06:56,763
- What do you mean?
- I think you've got a case.
1106
01:06:56,827 --> 01:06:59,894
- So Dennis was on the right track.
- Y-Yes.
1107
01:06:59,964 --> 01:07:01,939
I told you that judge
had it in for him.
1108
01:07:02,013 --> 01:07:04,283
I believe there's a section
of the Constitution...
1109
01:07:04,349 --> 01:07:07,579
about the government's right to acquire
land that hasn't been tested.
1110
01:07:07,646 --> 01:07:09,719
But Dennis tested it.
1111
01:07:09,790 --> 01:07:13,654
Well, I-I think we
could test it better.
1112
01:07:13,728 --> 01:07:17,820
Anyway, I would like
to appear on your behalf... gratis.
1113
01:07:18,977 --> 01:07:22,108
- No fee.
- Well, no, we couldn't.
1114
01:07:22,179 --> 01:07:24,599
I've done pretty well
out of this law caper over the years,
1115
01:07:24,674 --> 01:07:27,544
- so if you're happy for me
to take it further--
- Further?
1116
01:07:27,619 --> 01:07:30,619
But we've been
to the federal court.
1117
01:07:30,691 --> 01:07:33,027
How much further
can we take it?
1118
01:07:33,124 --> 01:07:34,947
Three weeks later,
Mr Hammill, Dad and Dennis
1119
01:07:35,012 --> 01:07:39,007
went to the High Court in Canberra.
1120
01:07:39,078 --> 01:07:41,980
Lawrie asked Dennis to be
his instructing solicitor.
1121
01:07:42,054 --> 01:07:45,284
Dennis was stoked,
but shittin' himself at the same time.
1122
01:07:45,351 --> 01:07:47,741
I'm shittin' myself.
1123
01:07:47,816 --> 01:07:51,679
- Shall we?
- Let's stick it up 'em.
1124
01:07:54,218 --> 01:07:56,552
And so Dad, or as he
was called by the judge--
1125
01:07:56,617 --> 01:07:59,368
Darryl John Kerrigan--
1126
01:07:59,434 --> 01:08:01,671
sat in the High Court
of Australia and put his case.
1127
01:08:01,739 --> 01:08:03,912
Or at least
Mr. Hammill did.
1128
01:08:03,981 --> 01:08:08,259
Dennis was very helpful too.
He was passing books around
like a librarian.
1129
01:08:08,333 --> 01:08:11,366
He even learnt Roman numerals
especially for the trip.
1130
01:08:11,437 --> 01:08:15,433
Um, paragraph, uh... 31.
1131
01:08:15,503 --> 01:08:18,701
- Thank you, Dennis.
- But Dad reckoned there
was no doubt about it.
1132
01:08:18,768 --> 01:08:21,899
From the moment he stood up,
Mr. Hammill was the star of the show.
1133
01:08:21,968 --> 01:08:25,515
Section 51,
paragraph 31.
1134
01:08:25,586 --> 01:08:28,434
"The parliament shall
have power to make laws...
1135
01:08:28,498 --> 01:08:33,518
with respect to the acquisition
of property on just terms."
1136
01:08:33,587 --> 01:08:36,457
Let's think about those words,
"on just terms" ...
1137
01:08:36,531 --> 01:08:39,117
and how they relate
to real people.
1138
01:08:39,189 --> 01:08:41,578
Your Honor, my client
built his home by the law,
1139
01:08:41,652 --> 01:08:44,304
in full accordance
with the law.
1140
01:08:44,373 --> 01:08:46,763
He doesn't know
about the extensions.
1141
01:08:46,839 --> 01:08:48,978
But does he have
the protection of the law?
1142
01:08:49,047 --> 01:08:53,303
How can the forcible removal
of a family, a good family,
from their home...
1143
01:08:53,368 --> 01:08:56,368
have the blessing
of our Constitution?
1144
01:08:56,440 --> 01:08:59,671
How can that be...
"just terms" ?
1145
01:08:59,737 --> 01:09:01,842
Dad reckoned it
was in the bag,
1146
01:09:01,913 --> 01:09:05,624
even though they had five times
more lawyers than we did.
1147
01:09:05,690 --> 01:09:08,506
My client has adhered
to the law, every law,
1148
01:09:08,571 --> 01:09:12,500
every statute from the Town Planning Act
to Civil Aviation Regulations.
1149
01:09:12,572 --> 01:09:15,736
But in what can only be described
as a last desperate measure,
1150
01:09:15,804 --> 01:09:20,028
my client is accused
of breaching none other
than the Constitution.
1151
01:09:20,093 --> 01:09:23,029
I mean, good Lord,
what else are we guilty of?
1152
01:09:23,103 --> 01:09:26,006
lnternational war crimes, hmm?
1153
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,698
He's even paid people
to laugh for him.
1154
01:09:28,768 --> 01:09:32,064
I refer the court to His Honor
Mr. Justice Dixon's decision...
1155
01:09:32,129 --> 01:09:33,984
in Grace Brothers
and the Commonwealth.
1156
01:09:34,049 --> 01:09:37,214
As much as Dad hated to admit
it the other lawyer was good,
1157
01:09:37,282 --> 01:09:39,868
and he was gonna give us
a real run for our money.
1158
01:09:39,939 --> 01:09:41,794
A safeguard
to the commonwealth.
1159
01:09:41,860 --> 01:09:45,861
But if Mr. Hammill was worried,
he didn't show it. He kept right on at 'em.
1160
01:09:45,862 --> 01:09:48,250
...has acquired the status
of a constitutional guarantee,
1161
01:09:48,326 --> 01:09:50,430
which is designed
to protect the individual--
1162
01:09:50,502 --> 01:09:53,055
But everything he said,
they had an answer for.
1163
01:09:53,126 --> 01:09:56,541
- Your Honor, that statement
was obiter dictum.
- Was not!
1164
01:09:59,719 --> 01:10:02,022
Well, it wasn't.
1165
01:10:02,089 --> 01:10:04,260
- Was it?
- I don't know.
1166
01:10:04,328 --> 01:10:08,420
The interpretation of
"on just terms" was considered
in the Tasmanian Dams case.
1167
01:10:08,490 --> 01:10:12,517
The court took into account
the interests of the community,
1168
01:10:12,587 --> 01:10:15,522
such as, uh,
job creation--
1169
01:10:15,595 --> 01:10:18,116
Dad reckoned Dennis got
the hang of things real quick.
1170
01:10:18,188 --> 01:10:22,411
The main job of the senior counsel
was to provide backup for the Q.C.
1171
01:10:22,476 --> 01:10:26,055
Ah, yes. And this is further underlined
in Georgiades--
1172
01:10:26,126 --> 01:10:29,356
- And that's what Dennis did.
- Ah, utilitarianism.
1173
01:10:29,423 --> 01:10:32,173
The greatest good
for the greatest number.
1174
01:10:32,240 --> 01:10:35,110
But what this principle
fails to--
1175
01:10:41,490 --> 01:10:44,272
What this principle fails to take
into account...
1176
01:10:44,338 --> 01:10:48,202
is that competing rights cannot
be weighed one against the other.
1177
01:10:48,276 --> 01:10:51,725
Is a family's right to live freely
in their home outweighed--
1178
01:10:51,796 --> 01:10:54,033
It wasn't just
legal argument.
1179
01:10:54,100 --> 01:10:56,720
Mr. Hammill even put jokes in,
clever jokes.
1180
01:10:56,790 --> 01:11:00,205
...not that our children
will have a place to live,
1181
01:11:00,278 --> 01:11:04,239
but whether they'll have prompt delivery
of their parcels.
1182
01:11:04,311 --> 01:11:06,962
Dad thought
it was real funny,
1183
01:11:07,032 --> 01:11:09,236
even though he
didn't get it.
1184
01:11:09,305 --> 01:11:12,305
Suffer in your jocks.
1185
01:11:12,378 --> 01:11:16,372
In fact, there were
a lot of times he didn't quite
understand what was being said,
1186
01:11:16,441 --> 01:11:20,186
but one time he knew exactly
what was being said.
1187
01:11:20,252 --> 01:11:23,481
He's even approached
the appellant with an offer
of compensation,
1188
01:11:23,548 --> 01:11:28,089
a generous offer considering
the nature of the, uh, dwelling,
1189
01:11:28,158 --> 01:11:31,125
or as it might more accurately
be called, eyesore.
1190
01:11:31,197 --> 01:11:33,784
- What are you calling an eyesore?
- Darryl.
1191
01:11:33,855 --> 01:11:36,092
It's called a home,
you dickhead!
1192
01:11:36,159 --> 01:11:38,014
- Your Honor.
- Darryl!
1193
01:11:38,079 --> 01:11:40,926
It's a bloody fine one. If there
were more homes like that, we'd--
1194
01:11:40,992 --> 01:11:43,710
Have the jails full
of people like your son?
1195
01:11:43,776 --> 01:11:46,646
- Ah, this bloody asshole!
- Sit down, Darryl.
1196
01:11:46,721 --> 01:11:49,242
Mr. Hammill, I'm calling
an adjournment.
1197
01:11:49,314 --> 01:11:54,051
And I trust that your client
will, in the meantime, compose himself.
1198
01:11:54,116 --> 01:11:59,267
Mr. Lyle, I'll thank you
not to make any further value
judgments in this court.
1199
01:11:59,333 --> 01:12:01,276
I'm sorry, Lawrie.
1200
01:12:01,349 --> 01:12:03,259
That's all right, Darryl.
1201
01:12:03,333 --> 01:12:05,275
I was thinking
the same thing,
1202
01:12:05,351 --> 01:12:07,838
though not
in those words.
1203
01:12:07,910 --> 01:12:10,813
I wish I had your words.
1204
01:12:10,888 --> 01:12:12,743
How dare they?
1205
01:12:12,808 --> 01:12:14,663
I mean, an eyesore!
1206
01:12:14,728 --> 01:12:17,958
I mean, that--
that just goes to show
that they don't get it.
1207
01:12:18,025 --> 01:12:20,360
I mean, they're judging the place
by what it looks like,
1208
01:12:20,425 --> 01:12:25,315
and if it doesn't have
a pool or a classy front
or a big garden--
1209
01:12:25,387 --> 01:12:27,394
It's got a pretty good gate.
1210
01:12:27,468 --> 01:12:31,495
And then because of that,
it's not worth saving.
1211
01:12:31,565 --> 01:12:35,144
But it's not a house.
It's a home.
1212
01:12:35,213 --> 01:12:37,702
It's got everything.
1213
01:12:37,774 --> 01:12:41,320
People who love each other,
care for each other.
1214
01:12:41,390 --> 01:12:43,333
It's got memories.
1215
01:12:43,407 --> 01:12:45,350
Great memories.
1216
01:12:45,425 --> 01:12:49,167
It's a place
for the family to turn to,
1217
01:12:49,232 --> 01:12:51,721
come back to.
1218
01:12:51,793 --> 01:12:56,366
But that doesn't seem to mean as much
as a big fuckin' driveway.
1219
01:12:56,434 --> 01:12:59,502
Later it was time
for Mr. Hammill to sum up.
1220
01:12:59,572 --> 01:13:02,921
Dad said
he was unbelievable.
1221
01:13:02,996 --> 01:13:05,930
He reckoned he finished
like a champion greyhound.
1222
01:13:06,004 --> 01:13:07,350
People who love each other--
1223
01:13:07,351 --> 01:13:09,984
He quoted cases, he quoted laws.
1224
01:13:10,243 --> 01:13:13,967
But Dad nearly fell off
his chair when Mr. Hammill
finished by quoting Dad,
1225
01:13:14,038 --> 01:13:15,893
only better.
1226
01:13:15,958 --> 01:13:19,155
And somehow that's not worth
as much as a big driveway.
1227
01:13:19,224 --> 01:13:24,113
You may think our appeal
is based on emotion rather than law.
1228
01:13:24,185 --> 01:13:26,226
Not true.
1229
01:13:26,298 --> 01:13:30,389
It's about the highest law in
this country, the Constitution,
1230
01:13:30,459 --> 01:13:34,072
and one phrase within it:
"on just terms."
1231
01:13:36,605 --> 01:13:39,921
That's what this
is all about-- being just.
1232
01:13:39,996 --> 01:13:43,413
They want to pay only
for the house.
1233
01:13:43,485 --> 01:13:47,316
But they're taking away
more than that, so much more.
1234
01:13:47,391 --> 01:13:50,523
Sure, the Kerrigans
built a house,
1235
01:13:50,592 --> 01:13:53,243
then they built a home,
and then a family.
1236
01:13:53,312 --> 01:13:57,536
You can acquire a house,
1237
01:13:57,601 --> 01:14:00,284
but you can't
acquire a home,
1238
01:14:00,354 --> 01:14:03,038
because a home is not built
of bricks and mortar...
1239
01:14:03,106 --> 01:14:06,653
but love and memories.
1240
01:14:07,909 --> 01:14:10,047
You can't pay for it,
1241
01:14:10,116 --> 01:14:13,019
and you're just shortchanging
people if you try.
1242
01:14:13,093 --> 01:14:17,371
I can't speak for those
who wrote this document,
1243
01:14:17,446 --> 01:14:21,059
but I'll bet when they put in
the phrase " on just terms,"
1244
01:14:21,126 --> 01:14:24,424
they hoped
it would stop anyone...
1245
01:14:24,488 --> 01:14:28,896
shortchanging someone
like Darryl Kerrigan.
1246
01:14:30,954 --> 01:14:33,572
Thanks, Lawrence.
1247
01:14:39,563 --> 01:14:42,663
Thank you.
1248
01:14:42,731 --> 01:14:46,815
In the end, who knows whether
it was Dad's words or Mr. Hammill
1249
01:14:46,816 --> 01:14:50,263
or even Dennis' note passing--
...but we won the case.
1250
01:14:50,431 --> 01:14:52,293
...in favor
of the appellant.
1251
01:14:52,366 --> 01:14:54,221
Shit.
1252
01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:57,775
That's us.
1253
01:14:57,840 --> 01:15:00,524
Bullshit.
We won?
1254
01:15:00,592 --> 01:15:03,975
- We won.
- You little ripper!
1255
01:15:04,049 --> 01:15:07,945
Thanks, lads.
1256
01:15:08,018 --> 01:15:08,779
We won.
1257
01:15:08,780 --> 01:15:11,382
Dad was stoked
but suitably restrained.
1258
01:15:11,475 --> 01:15:14,345
He reckons the other side
didn't know what to do with themselves.
1259
01:15:14,418 --> 01:15:16,841
Dennis was so stunned,
he went all quiet.
1260
01:15:16,916 --> 01:15:20,462
Dad reckons he almost cried.
In fact, I think he did.
1261
01:15:20,533 --> 01:15:23,054
Mr. Hammill
just sat there for ages.
1262
01:15:23,126 --> 01:15:27,381
He reckoned it was the most satisfying
victory he'd had in 47 years.
1263
01:15:27,447 --> 01:15:31,125
Dad reckons it's important
to be noble in victory,
so he spoke to the other Q.C. ...
1264
01:15:31,191 --> 01:15:32,218
Oh, hey.
1265
01:15:32,219 --> 01:15:33,850
...the one who had a go at Wayne.
1266
01:15:33,993 --> 01:15:36,309
Bad luck.
1267
01:15:36,376 --> 01:15:39,444
You dickhead!
1268
01:15:40,569 --> 01:15:43,953
The case was all over
the news that night.
1269
01:15:44,059 --> 01:15:47,955
Good evening. First tonight,
a landmark decision in
the High Court today...
1270
01:15:48,028 --> 01:15:51,476
has confirmed the age-old saying,
"A man's home is his castle."
1271
01:15:51,549 --> 01:15:55,827
When the huge Air Link
consortium tried to compulsorily
acquire a string of homes...
1272
01:15:55,902 --> 01:15:58,291
on Melbourne's outskirts
earlier this year,
1273
01:15:58,366 --> 01:16:00,636
they didn't expect a fight.
1274
01:16:00,703 --> 01:16:04,152
- Well, they got one.
- It was a
case of Darryl versus Goliath...
1275
01:16:04,223 --> 01:16:06,558
in the High Court
of Australia today.
1276
01:16:06,624 --> 01:16:09,659
Mum reckons it's real funny
how one day you're not famous,
1277
01:16:09,729 --> 01:16:11,802
and then the next day
you are... famous,
1278
01:16:11,873 --> 01:16:13,728
and then you're not
anymore.
1279
01:16:13,793 --> 01:16:18,269
Dad had one of the biggest parties ever
that night back at home.
1280
01:16:18,339 --> 01:16:20,761
He invited everyone
from the neighborhood--
1281
01:16:20,836 --> 01:16:22,810
his friends,
family, in-laws.
1282
01:16:22,885 --> 01:16:25,950
This case has totally regained my faith
in the legal system.
1283
01:16:26,021 --> 01:16:27,850
Mr. Hammill even
brought his son along.
1284
01:16:27,851 --> 01:16:29,693
Really pleased to meet you.
1285
01:16:29,798 --> 01:16:32,319
Everyone was havin'
a real good time,
1286
01:16:36,102 --> 01:16:38,341
especially Mum and Dad.
1287
01:16:38,409 --> 01:16:41,605
I'd never seen them
so happy.
1288
01:16:41,673 --> 01:16:43,844
Dad invited everyone
up to Bonnie Doon.
1289
01:16:43,913 --> 01:16:46,085
I fix for you a special Farouk
pressure system.
1290
01:16:46,153 --> 01:16:49,700
Mr. Hammill said he'd love
to come. I don't think he'd
ever fished for carp.
1291
01:16:49,770 --> 01:16:54,050
Well, that party
went on and on and on.
Dad smiled all night.
1292
01:16:54,189 --> 01:16:56,265
See, this is why we need that patio.
1293
01:16:56,331 --> 01:16:58,569
The victory was reported
in all the papers.
1294
01:16:58,636 --> 01:17:01,452
It became known
as the Kerrigan Decision.
1295
01:17:01,517 --> 01:17:03,525
Jack, don't thank me.
This is the bloke.
1296
01:17:03,598 --> 01:17:06,981
Although Dad said,
as far as he was concerned,
it was Lawrie's victory.
1297
01:17:07,055 --> 01:17:10,023
And don't forget
Dennis here either.
1298
01:17:10,096 --> 01:17:13,445
That was the beginning
of a string of good luck
for our family.
1299
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:17,863
Six months later
we got notice that Wayne would
soon be eligible for parole.
1300
01:17:17,937 --> 01:17:21,800
Dad rang Mr. Hammill,
who was more than happy
to come out of retirement again.
1301
01:17:21,874 --> 01:17:24,592
Wayne said the parole board
couldn't believe their eyes.
1302
01:17:24,658 --> 01:17:28,042
When Mr. Hammill walked in,
he reckons they granted him
parole out of shock.
1303
01:17:30,036 --> 01:17:32,557
Dennis became very well-known
after the case,
1304
01:17:32,628 --> 01:17:34,997
and people came from everywhere
to hire him.
1305
01:17:35,062 --> 01:17:36,917
He won a very big case,
1306
01:17:36,982 --> 01:17:40,878
a class action against people who put
lead in the landfill 15 years ago.
1307
01:17:40,950 --> 01:17:44,269
I think Mr. Hammill
helped him there too.
Dad is very happy for him.
1308
01:17:44,344 --> 01:17:47,476
He even bought himself
a new photocopier,
1309
01:17:47,545 --> 01:17:50,033
one that never breaks down.
1310
01:17:50,105 --> 01:17:53,454
And guess what. Mr. Hammill did go up
to Bonnie Doon.
1311
01:17:53,529 --> 01:17:56,597
At first Dad thought it was
out of politeness, but it can't be...
1312
01:17:56,666 --> 01:17:58,903
'cause he goes up there
all the time.
1313
01:17:58,972 --> 01:18:02,966
He and Dad still hit it off
as good as they did
the first day they met.
1314
01:18:03,036 --> 01:18:05,142
Coco never won another race,
1315
01:18:05,213 --> 01:18:08,213
but she had a son
which Dad called Son of Coco.
1316
01:18:08,285 --> 01:18:11,155
He hasn't won yet,
but Dad has high hopes.
1317
01:18:11,231 --> 01:18:15,387
Dad did finish the patio
in a Greek style, and the extension,
1318
01:18:15,455 --> 01:18:17,975
and he even put up those big iron gates
that he and Steve...
1319
01:18:18,047 --> 01:18:20,634
had gotten for a bargain
that night in Toorak.
1320
01:18:20,704 --> 01:18:23,006
Steve got back with Kerry,
his old girlfriend.
1321
01:18:23,073 --> 01:18:26,685
Eventually they got married
and had a little boy...
three weeks later.
1322
01:18:26,755 --> 01:18:29,755
"Baby carriage,
still in box."
1323
01:18:29,826 --> 01:18:31,966
Con and Trace
had a kid too.
1324
01:18:32,035 --> 01:18:36,473
He's already taken up kickboxing.
They are great parents.
1325
01:18:37,509 --> 01:18:41,306
Wayne started helping Dad
with the tow truck
and really made a go at it.
1326
01:18:41,380 --> 01:18:44,927
Dad's even more proud of him now
than when he was in jail.
1327
01:18:44,999 --> 01:18:47,104
It was Wayne's idea
to move into tray trucks.
1328
01:18:47,175 --> 01:18:49,762
Pretty soon they had two,
then three, then eight.
1329
01:18:49,831 --> 01:18:52,647
Who knows when it will stop?
Mum reckons 11.
1330
01:18:52,712 --> 01:18:55,265
She's as proud as punch
with all this.
1331
01:18:55,336 --> 01:19:00,007
And guess what. She did take up pottery.
She didn't even need lessons.
1332
01:19:00,073 --> 01:19:04,548
And Dad, well, he reckoned
he'd got everything
he'd ever wished for.
1333
01:19:04,619 --> 01:19:08,329
He often used to sit out on the patio
and just smile to himself.
1334
01:19:08,395 --> 01:19:11,114
And they still live
at 3 Highview Crescent,
1335
01:19:11,181 --> 01:19:13,516
even though it's only
them two livin' in it.
1336
01:19:13,581 --> 01:19:16,037
And Dad still calls it
"his castle."
1337
01:19:19,311 --> 01:19:22,857
My name's Dale Kerrigan,
and that was my story.