Stateless (2020–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - The Right Thing - full transcript
Clare's relentless hunt for the leak in Barton pays off, while Cam wrestles with his conscience over the beaten detainee. Sofie uncovers an ambitious escape plan, and Mina tries to support her grief-stricken father.
(GERMAN ACCENT) I am just a silly
backpacker who has lost her passport.
I'm not staying. I'm being deported.
Have you seen my family?
They must be here.
There...there are places like this
all over Australia.
(BEEPING)
Oh!
You're not gonna make me take
my veil off, are you, Cameron?
Course not.
Everybody get under cover!
Inside!
GENEVIEVE:
You get those Tamils off the roof
or I will send someone out there
who can.
We're leaving them there?
Provided no-one can see them
and they remain hydrated.
(SOBS) Mina-jan!
(SOBS)
HARRIET: Hold him still.
(COUGHS)
They stop respecting us,
this is what happens.
GENEVIEVE: I sent you out there
to get us OFF the news. (HANGS UP)
(TRAIN HORN BLOWS)
(PANTS)
"Australia's detention regime
is an example..."
(GROANS)
"..reflection of
our highly developed..."
(SIGHS)
"..Australia...a reflection.
"Australia's detention regime
is a reflection
"of our highly developed
migration system..."
..enabling us to determine
both the identity of asylum seekers
and the legitimacy of their claims
for protection.
And it allows us to do that
in a way that protects
our national security and order.
If you have a camera,
we will find it!
Do not impede the officers
on their search!
Follow all their directions!
A detainee was assaulted in your
facility. What about HIS safety?
Well, of course, there will be
an investigation conducted.
But I want to reiterate
that our staff are highly trained
and fully cognisant
of the sensibilities required
to work at a centre such as Barton.
Rise and shine, princess!
Ohh!
Our standards, in keeping
with international guidelines,
are among the highest in the world.
This is a first-class facility.
(SHOUTING)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON LOUDSPEAKER)
MAN: Every time!
You're harassing us!
You OK, brother?
You gonna say anything?
Are you?
I saw the incident report.
She's calling it
reasonable and proportionate force.
Get back!
Get back!
Stand back.
(MAN SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
T-22!
What would Allah say about that, eh?
That isn't mine! Not mine!
Mr Cam?
Yeah.
Good morning.
Hi.
May I speak with you
about something?
Not now, mate. Later. Alright?
MAN: (SHOUTS) I don't have to do
everything you say.
You don't do everything...
I found it! I found it!
It was under the sink!
(APPLAUSE)
Alright.
Found it!
(APPLAUSE)
CLARE: It has to be
one of the single men
because the camera was found
in their compound.
GENEVIEVE: Well, find out which one.
And who they smuggled
the memory card out to.
This is a fucking disaster.
The UNC has complained that the
officers beat him without reason.
No, hey, look. Hey, hang on a minute,
OK? He's just one side of the story.
I'm speaking with my officers and
I've requested the security footage.
So, that should tell us.
Oh, good.
Clare?
Mm. Yep.
Yes.
I don't have to tell you
how bad this looks.
I am gonna find out what happened.
No, you leave that to KORVO.
I want you to focus on the leak.
What if they get another camera
in there and more pictures get out?
You've gotta shut this down.
That's my job.
Yes, that's right. (ENDS CALL)
(HANGS UP)
I want a list of all visitors
to UNCs in the last month.
That's gonna be a long list.
I want to know who the troublemakers
are, who the complainers are.
Who's not complying.
That's gonna be a VERY long list.
Brian, the UNC was beaten
by your officers on your watch.
Get me the list.
Broke a wrist
trying to break up a fight
between the Shiahs and the Sunnis.
Tore a ligament in my shoulder
doing an uplift, and in my knee.
Nearly had to have surgery.
And, you know, the other day,
the Mandaeans swung a kettle at me.
Thank Christ it hadn't boiled.
But, you know, does anyone care that
we get the bash every other day?
My mum does.
Aw! She kiss you better too?
(SNIGGERING)
You, you and you, stay.
The rest of you, back to work.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Explain this to me.
Now, how is it
that the UNC sustained his injuries
in one of only half-a-dozen places
in this centre
not covered by the CCTs?
I thought everywhere was covered.
This is a formal investigation.
I will be interviewing each of you
separately.
Until that time,
refrain from speaking to each other
about the incident.
Understood?
Yes, boss.
(SLAMS LAPTOP CLOSED)
(INDISTINCT VOICES
ON TWO-WAY RADIOS)
We just have to stick together.
We're all together
or we all go down.
Don't pussy out on me.
(TAPS KEYS)
(GASPS)
Are you the case officer for TOR-076?
The boat that sank.
Oh, right. Yeah.
Does the daughter
have to remain in detention?
Youth Services gave her the choice
of returning to the foster family.
She insisted on
staying with her father.
So they'll both get visas?
Can't say 100%,
but there's a clear history
of persecution, so...
..a good chance.
MINA: Pedar-jan. Pedar-jan!
Pedar-jan!
Please, pa sho...
(FLIES BUZZ)
MAN: You'll all get fed. Hey. Hey.
(MEN SHOUT)
Hey, no pushing. No pushing!
FARID: Psst! Mina!
How's your father?
He sleep all time
from pills they give him.
He need a doctor, a real doctor.
Leave it with me. OK?
Uh, no food allowed out of the mess.
My father, he need to eat.
There's health regulations.
Move along.
Here. It's for your dad.
Put it in your pocket.
When the guards clear the door, go.
Hey, hey! Get down from there!
Get down from there!
(SHOUTING)
Oh, too slow!
Get down off the table now.
I'm warning you!
Get down now!
OK, everybody in their chairs!
Get down! Get down now!
Do this! Wear that!
(SHOUTING)
Line up! Lie down! Whoo!
Oh!
Get down! Get down!
Sit down right now!
# Da-da, da-da, da-da... #
Oi!
Hey!
# Da-da, da-da, dum, da-dum! Ba! #
Get off the table now.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You think we are nothing,
but we are something!
We can be whoever we want to be!
Because we are extraordinary!
We are stars!
We are brilliant, shining stars!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JASON: You're pretending to be
someone else.
This is the real Eva Hoffman.
She reported her passport stolen.
It's a common name.
Same date of birth,
same place of birth.
I have to go home to Germany.
You don't understand.
It is not safe for me here,
in this country.
Please!
I'm sorry,
but you're stuck here indefinitely
unless you tell me
who you really are.
(SOBS)
Shh!
I am Eva Hoffman.
MINA:
Pa shodan.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
Medication!
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON LOUDSPEAKER)
MINA: He not need those. Please!
Please don't give him.
Don't let anyone else see that.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
(SIGHS)
(ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT CHIMES)
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
All detainees to refrain
from using
the Tango Compound laundry
due to flooding.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Hey. Smoke?
Want a smoke? Here.
Here. Have a smoke.
It's OK.
Mm.
Here.
Hmm.
I saw your performance earlier.
That was impressive.
The world should know
what they are doing to us here.
Soon they will.
Mm.
On Sunday,
people from outside, Australians,
they are coming from everywhere
to protest against this,
how we are locked up,
when all we seek is freedom.
That is all I want.
Good. Well, we need to be heard.
We need to be seen.
When you get out of here,
and you will,
people will be
very interested in you.
The lily among the reeds.
They will want to know
why someone who looks just like them
trapped in a place like this.
You could be our, uh, voice.
The face of our suffering.
Yes?
No.
Why not? What...?
What...?
You don't want to be seen?
Hey!
Hey, what are you running from?
PAT: Sorry I can't be
more of a help to you, Margot.
MARGOT: When was
the last time you saw her?
New student, Pat?
No.
Gordon Masters.
Uh, yes, the beating heart
of our organisation.
This is Margot Werner,
Sofie's sister.
Sofie's missing.
I wondered if you'd heard from her.
Oh, uh...
..she just stopped coming here.
Such a shame.
Yes, she had so much potential.
Really thought she was
going to win that trophy.
The trophy?
Of Transformation.
It's our highest accolade.
Sofie talked often of you, Margot.
Did she?
Often.
I see the responsibility
weighs heavily on you.
I can...
..I can feel that.
It's OK to let go, Margot.
(TRAFFIC NOISE)
(PRESSES CROSSING BUTTON)
(WALK SIGNAL ACTIVATES)
(INAUDIBLE)
That one...
..and that one, and the two nuns,
they're here the most.
They all visited the day before
the photograph was leaked.
Who were they visiting?
Half-a-dozen regulars, plus others.
Their dance cards are full.
I want everyone checked
on their way out.
Even the nuns?
Especially the nuns.
I went to a Catholic school.
It is my understanding
that my organisation has oversight
of the day-to-day management
of this centre.
I'm taking a more active approach.
JANICE: Don't touch the door,
please! Don't touch ME, please!
(HANDBRAKE CLICKS)
No!
Come on. Get out there.
Right, wash the paint
off your hands.
(CLOSES CAR DOOR)
Come on. Hurry up. Dad's here.
Come on, boys.
Hi, Dad!
Hi, Daddy!
Wash up, please.
Come on. Wash them off.
You, uh...you missing a camera?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
Hey, it's my job, alright?
Not your job, my job, you put
on the line, OK? And you used a nun.
Yeah, and a man ended up
beaten half to death.
Well, it's not that simple. Alright?
Did you know about it?
You think one photo
shows what it's like, hmm?
I think that one photo
gets people to take notice
and I think they need to see
what the government is doing
in their name.
Fucked things happen
when no-one's watching
and when no-one
speaks up about them!
(BOYS LAUGH)
(WATER SPLASHES)
Come on, boys! Hey.
Mum's waiting, please. Let's go.
Come on. In the car.
Cam, you can't...
Good job. That's it. In the car.
Come on, Charlie.
Love you.
Hey.
What?
What's this?
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
Are you planning something else?
I'm not, Cameron, I promise.
(SCREEN DOOR OPENS)
Janice always takes their side. The
guy, he was violent and he hit you.
Yeah, but he was fighting back.
You know. Like, what...what...
what was he supposed to do?
Until we put the...
..put the cuffs on him and...
(SIGHS)
Look, she just kept...
..laying into him.
Just fucking boom, boom on, his...
..up on his shoulders and...
..like, the back of his head.
He just dropped, like...
He was crying.
I just stood there. I didn't do shit.
(SIGHS)
You just do what's right.
You know if I say something, though,
that, um...
..like, all this is...that's...
(WATER SPLASHES)
..that's it, right?
And you're back to
Homebrand Coco Pops.
Put enough milk on them,
they taste alright.
(BOYS CHATTER)
Alright, boys.
Bath time. Come on. Out you pop.
Come here.
BOY: Ohh, oh!
Alright, here we go.
Just...just
three more dives, please.
MAN: (ON RADIO)
Mick Dooley. The Manic Mechanic.
He'll get you back on the road.
42 Stirling Street, Port Augusta.
(WOMAN SINGS SOFTLY)
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)
(WOMAN CONTINUES SINGING)
(CHILD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
WOMAN: Oh, wow! (LAUGHS)
(WOMAN CONTINUES SINGING)
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Why can't you write about this?
Good-news stories.
Families in community housing,
supported by the Government.
The Government that locks
their husbands and fathers up,
tying them to Barton?
The Government that keeps them
under guard in community detention?
The Government
that feeds them and their children,
and pays for their medical treatment.
I will find your source.
Probably.
(CONTINUES SINGING)
Farid sent me.
I'm a chemist.
This is the closest he could find.
Do you know what he's taking?
One in the morning, one in the night.
We should get him up,
get him walking.
Ameer.
Pedar.
Come on, my friend.
Come on. Let's go for a walk.
Come on.
(GROANS)
I just want to sleep.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
FARID: Beautiful!
Sister, how are you today?
Wow! You look beautiful.
Come here.
HARRIET: Out for a constitutional,
are we?
MAN: Mm-hm.
Clock just struck 12, Cinderella.
Time to go back to the men's.
Try to keep him awake.
(GAGS)
It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.
(AMEER GROANS)
(TAPS KEYS)
Oh...
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER AND INDISTINCT CHATTER
CONTINUES)
This food...
..does it come from outside?
No - I slaughtered
this chicken myself
and hand-picked every grain of rice.
Where do you think it comes from?
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Uh-uh.
No food to be taken out of the mess.
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You want to run that by me again,
mate, in English?
Mr Cam?
Come on.
Can I speak to you now
in private, please?
Not now, mate. Sorry.
It won't take long.
I'm not supposed to step away, so...
Just one minute, please.
One minute. OK.
Thanks. Yep. Thank you.
Uh, mate. Uh-uh.
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Turn around.
Sit down. Eat. Alright? It's...
My lawyer is a donkey.
I need a new one.
Can you please give my name
to someone outside?
No, I can't do anything like that.
Alright? Sorry. I can't help you.
Please. I only have a few more days
to lodge my appeal.
I can't be sent back.
(SIGHS)
My brother will have me killed.
Look, it was a misunderstanding.
My neighbour, Mr Halabi,
we spent a lot of time together,
but we were friends, that's all.
My brother says
I brought shame to the family.
I need to stay here.
Mate, I need you to turn around
and sit down, eat, alright?
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You're not taking it out, mate.
You're not taking it out.
Oh!
(SHOUTING)
Get down! Get down! Take him away!
Take him to isolation.
Arggh!
Hey!
You are on duty, Officer!
You want to get your cock sucked
by Mohammed, do it on your own time.
Come with me, sweetie.
(SHOUTING AND CHANTING)
MAN: (ON RADIO) Sierra 3...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
Get back inside before he sees you
or I will report you.
I've been watching you.
Stop watching me, OK?
Stop watching me
and stop following me.
OK? I'm warning you.
For your own good, you turn away.
(CRYING)
(GASPS)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
Mina?
Mina-jan?
No!
(DOOR OPENS)
(BRIAN SIGHS)
Righto, Cam.
Tell me what happened.
Yeah.
Uh, well, we were, um...
..we were taking the...the UNC
from, uh...from Tango Compound.
Um...
..and he was...he was, uh...
he was struggling quite a bit.
He was, uh, resisting.
Um...
..I got hit just here.
And, uh...
..well, so, the decision was made
to, uh...to restrain him.
Um...
Go on.
And, uh...
..and we cuffed him.
And then, uh...
..and Officer Tawake,
uh, instructed us to...
..take him round
the side of the building,
out of the view
of the security cameras,
and we held him while she beat him.
(SIGHS)
Yeah, it wasn't, uh...
..it wasn't reasonable force.
We...we...
..yeah, we bashed him.
(BEEPING)
(DOOR UNLOCKS)
(BEEPING)
(DOOR UNLOCKS)
Empty your pockets.
Phones and computers
should already be in the locker.
Come through, come through.
Need to empty your pockets, guys. Put
all your personal items in the trays.
If you've got a, uh,
mobile phone or a computer,
should already be in a locker.
You hiding out?
Sorry... What do you want?
I have to sack three of my best...
..uh, correction,
formerly best, officers.
So, the UNC was telling the truth.
Yeah.
(SCOFFS)
It's gonna take six weeks
to train their replacements.
(LAUGHS)
Well...
..I'd better get that happening.
I'll take that.
It's just a chicken, Cameron.
Well, what can we offer them
but a moment of connection,
a meal to share,
to let them know they're not alone?
Let them have that.
MAN: Empty your pockets, please.
Empty your bags. Place everything
on the belt, please.
Phones and computers
should already be in the locker.
Keep moving, please.
Just make your way
through the scanner, please.
Phones and computers
should be in the locker.
CLARE: Wait a minute!
I'll take this.
Keep moving, thank you.
Break it open.
You can tell David Meakin
he's lost his source.
She's banned until further notice.
Who's she visiting?
Can I smoke?
CLARE: No.
I know it was you who took
the photographs for David Meakin.
Sister Bernadette
has visited you several times,
including the day
before the photograph was published.
Sister Bernadette brings me succour.
Well, she brings you
a lot more than that.
And you're not Catholic.
Compassion wears many cloaks.
This message...
(PHONE BEEPS)
Psalm 144, verse one.
"Training hands for war,
fingers for battle".
Hmm.
What's that mean?
She's reminding me to stay strong.
My battle is up here.
To hold on to who I am - Javad.
Not an unlawful non-citizen,
not PEL-139, but Javad.
We can hold you in isolation.
You'll have no contact
with the outside world.
No contact
with journalists, advocates.
No contact with your family.
If you tell me
what the mobile is for...
..and what you're planning...
OK, then.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I will tell you.
But only if I stay out
with the others.
You promise to me.
Promise me no isolation.
I do.
(SIGHS)
There is a protest.
On Sunday.
People from outside, the advocates,
they will be calling for compassion.
We will be on the inside.
Who is 'we'?
The men in my compound.
And what will you be doing?
Let me just say, there is much
for your newspapers to write about.
Those photographs,
they're just the beginning.
Take him to isolation.
Wait. What?
No. You just said I could stay out.
I'm just... Arggh!
I'm talking to her!
You said I could stay out.
You promised me! Yes?!
Yes, you promised me I would stay!
You lied!
You lied to me.
(DOOR OPENS)
(JAVAD SHOUTS)
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
(SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Aaagh! Clare!
Ugh! Get up! Get up!
No! No! No!
(CONTINUES SHOUTING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CLARE: It's this Sunday, and I want
every available officer on duty.
BRIAN: (ON PHONE)
We're three down, remember?
Well, your report says
only one was actively involved.
Do you have to sack
all three of them?
It was a breach of conduct,
so, yes, I do.
Right.
I can override you.
Are you going to?
(SCOFFS)
(PHONE BEEPS)
DAVID: You put Javad Shahrokh
in isolation?
Yes, I did.
He was smuggling out a memory card
and organising a riot.
So he can't communicate his plight,
and he can't complain about it.
We are still in a democracy,
aren't we, or did I miss something?
The department has a responsibility
for the safety and wellbeing
of everyone in Barton.
Seriously?
What happened to you, Clare?
(DRUMMING)
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
AMEER: I have been selfish.
I am so sorry for that.
I should have been
on that boat with you.
I was trying to keep you all safe.
I can see your mother in your face.
And your sister.
Hey.
I want to see them, Mina.
You honour them both
with your courage and your strength.
I miss them.
I do too.
But they would want us to keep going.
To finish what we all started.
To live the best lives we can
in our new home.
(KISSES)
(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
(UNSETTLING SOUNDSCAPE)
SOFIE: Pat!
Pat?
Pat! (TAPS FRAME)
Pat, it's Sofie.
Please, I would
really like to come back.
PAT: No.
Pat!
No, no, no.
Oh, Pat, but I know I can do better.
No, Sofie, it's over.
Please, but I know I can do better.
I know I can do better. Please.
I can do so much better. Please?
(UNLOCKS DOOR)
Sofie, darling.
I know you love it here, as I do.
You know, I've given
my heart and my soul to GOPA.
It's my life's work.
But how can I let you in,
with your dirty, negative energy?
It's like a virus.
Now, if I let you in,
everyone could be infected
with your inadequacy
and your deformity.
I'm not gonna let you destroy
our way of life. You need to go home.
But this is my home.
No.
This is my home. Please!
No!
But I know I can do better. I know!
But I can do better!
No! It's OUR home. Sofie!
You're not welcome here!
(SOBS)
(SOBS)
WOMAN: Don't cry. It's OK.
When you gonna tell her?
(INHALES AND SIGHS)
I will. I'm just...
..letting her enjoy it while she can.
I'm proud of you, Bear.
Yeah?
ANGIE: Hey, come in!
It's beautiful.
Yeah, why not?
Is it still really painful?
There's no real damage.
Tear ducts are blocked,
but I'll be alright.
Name?
Mosi Koroma.
Mosi...
Boat ID?
LOR-098.
OK.
Well, um...
..you know, I just want to say
that I-I...I'm really sorry.
I feel terrible about it.
It's fine. (LAUGHS)
Crying never did me
much good anyway.
(LAUGHS)
Name?
HARRIET: Sandford?
Uh, name?
Um, Mustafa.
Just spoke to the boss.
Cleared of any wrongdoing.
What?
I was so sure you were gonna choke.
Beers on me tonight!
Not you guys, though.
You have to brew your own.
Hey, it's good, isn't it?
Means you get to stay.
MINA: 'Ker-fuff-le'.
'Kerfuffle'.
Meaning a commo...
..commotion.
Yes. (LAUGHS)
Or a fuss.
Very good.
Your English is very good now, Mina.
I went to school, Pedar.
Tell me about
the family you stayed with.
Were they good to you?
They had a yellow car.
Mm.
And a little cat, called Jasper.
(LAUGHS)
FARID: Ya, Ameer! Look who is here!
The third amigo! (LAUGHS)
Huh?
MINA: Hey.
We know that man. Don't we, Pedar?
(LAUGHS)
(BOTH PANT)
No!
Uh, no, no. Uh, I don't think so.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
From the...
Mina, come inside.
(DOOR CLOSES)
I've ordered a lockdown
of Tango Compound,
and we'll have every hand on deck.
Well, I'm impressed, Clare.
Taken to the job
like a duck to water.
Oh...
Uncovered a protest. Plugged a leak.
What about the officers involved?
Reasonable and proportionate force.
You should buy a lottery ticket.
You're on a winning streak.
I should.
We need to talk containment.
We're gonna need back-up.
I want enough local police to cover
the outside of the front fence.
We need to send a strong message
to the protesters
not to try anything stupid.
CLARE: The detainees need to know
we're in control.
We're the ringmasters here.
I know what you're planning.
And I'm coming with you.
CLARE: Today's protest
will be of a large scale.
Well, I'm terrified.
(WHISTLES)
Freedom!
(YELLS)
Code green, Sierra Compound!
GORDON: If I were you,
I would run far, far away,
'cause if I ever lay eyes
on you again, I'll destroy you.
We only have
one chance at this, Mina,
and we must do everything possible
to succeed.
Australia does not recognise
church sanctuary.
I didn't want to put you
in a difficult position.
What the fuck am I in now?!
Margot?
She's alive!
Captions by Red Bee Media
Copyright Australian
Broadcasting Corporation
backpacker who has lost her passport.
I'm not staying. I'm being deported.
Have you seen my family?
They must be here.
There...there are places like this
all over Australia.
(BEEPING)
Oh!
You're not gonna make me take
my veil off, are you, Cameron?
Course not.
Everybody get under cover!
Inside!
GENEVIEVE:
You get those Tamils off the roof
or I will send someone out there
who can.
We're leaving them there?
Provided no-one can see them
and they remain hydrated.
(SOBS) Mina-jan!
(SOBS)
HARRIET: Hold him still.
(COUGHS)
They stop respecting us,
this is what happens.
GENEVIEVE: I sent you out there
to get us OFF the news. (HANGS UP)
(TRAIN HORN BLOWS)
(PANTS)
"Australia's detention regime
is an example..."
(GROANS)
"..reflection of
our highly developed..."
(SIGHS)
"..Australia...a reflection.
"Australia's detention regime
is a reflection
"of our highly developed
migration system..."
..enabling us to determine
both the identity of asylum seekers
and the legitimacy of their claims
for protection.
And it allows us to do that
in a way that protects
our national security and order.
If you have a camera,
we will find it!
Do not impede the officers
on their search!
Follow all their directions!
A detainee was assaulted in your
facility. What about HIS safety?
Well, of course, there will be
an investigation conducted.
But I want to reiterate
that our staff are highly trained
and fully cognisant
of the sensibilities required
to work at a centre such as Barton.
Rise and shine, princess!
Ohh!
Our standards, in keeping
with international guidelines,
are among the highest in the world.
This is a first-class facility.
(SHOUTING)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON LOUDSPEAKER)
MAN: Every time!
You're harassing us!
You OK, brother?
You gonna say anything?
Are you?
I saw the incident report.
She's calling it
reasonable and proportionate force.
Get back!
Get back!
Stand back.
(MAN SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
T-22!
What would Allah say about that, eh?
That isn't mine! Not mine!
Mr Cam?
Yeah.
Good morning.
Hi.
May I speak with you
about something?
Not now, mate. Later. Alright?
MAN: (SHOUTS) I don't have to do
everything you say.
You don't do everything...
I found it! I found it!
It was under the sink!
(APPLAUSE)
Alright.
Found it!
(APPLAUSE)
CLARE: It has to be
one of the single men
because the camera was found
in their compound.
GENEVIEVE: Well, find out which one.
And who they smuggled
the memory card out to.
This is a fucking disaster.
The UNC has complained that the
officers beat him without reason.
No, hey, look. Hey, hang on a minute,
OK? He's just one side of the story.
I'm speaking with my officers and
I've requested the security footage.
So, that should tell us.
Oh, good.
Clare?
Mm. Yep.
Yes.
I don't have to tell you
how bad this looks.
I am gonna find out what happened.
No, you leave that to KORVO.
I want you to focus on the leak.
What if they get another camera
in there and more pictures get out?
You've gotta shut this down.
That's my job.
Yes, that's right. (ENDS CALL)
(HANGS UP)
I want a list of all visitors
to UNCs in the last month.
That's gonna be a long list.
I want to know who the troublemakers
are, who the complainers are.
Who's not complying.
That's gonna be a VERY long list.
Brian, the UNC was beaten
by your officers on your watch.
Get me the list.
Broke a wrist
trying to break up a fight
between the Shiahs and the Sunnis.
Tore a ligament in my shoulder
doing an uplift, and in my knee.
Nearly had to have surgery.
And, you know, the other day,
the Mandaeans swung a kettle at me.
Thank Christ it hadn't boiled.
But, you know, does anyone care that
we get the bash every other day?
My mum does.
Aw! She kiss you better too?
(SNIGGERING)
You, you and you, stay.
The rest of you, back to work.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Explain this to me.
Now, how is it
that the UNC sustained his injuries
in one of only half-a-dozen places
in this centre
not covered by the CCTs?
I thought everywhere was covered.
This is a formal investigation.
I will be interviewing each of you
separately.
Until that time,
refrain from speaking to each other
about the incident.
Understood?
Yes, boss.
(SLAMS LAPTOP CLOSED)
(INDISTINCT VOICES
ON TWO-WAY RADIOS)
We just have to stick together.
We're all together
or we all go down.
Don't pussy out on me.
(TAPS KEYS)
(GASPS)
Are you the case officer for TOR-076?
The boat that sank.
Oh, right. Yeah.
Does the daughter
have to remain in detention?
Youth Services gave her the choice
of returning to the foster family.
She insisted on
staying with her father.
So they'll both get visas?
Can't say 100%,
but there's a clear history
of persecution, so...
..a good chance.
MINA: Pedar-jan. Pedar-jan!
Pedar-jan!
Please, pa sho...
(FLIES BUZZ)
MAN: You'll all get fed. Hey. Hey.
(MEN SHOUT)
Hey, no pushing. No pushing!
FARID: Psst! Mina!
How's your father?
He sleep all time
from pills they give him.
He need a doctor, a real doctor.
Leave it with me. OK?
Uh, no food allowed out of the mess.
My father, he need to eat.
There's health regulations.
Move along.
Here. It's for your dad.
Put it in your pocket.
When the guards clear the door, go.
Hey, hey! Get down from there!
Get down from there!
(SHOUTING)
Oh, too slow!
Get down off the table now.
I'm warning you!
Get down now!
OK, everybody in their chairs!
Get down! Get down now!
Do this! Wear that!
(SHOUTING)
Line up! Lie down! Whoo!
Oh!
Get down! Get down!
Sit down right now!
# Da-da, da-da, da-da... #
Oi!
Hey!
# Da-da, da-da, dum, da-dum! Ba! #
Get off the table now.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
You think we are nothing,
but we are something!
We can be whoever we want to be!
Because we are extraordinary!
We are stars!
We are brilliant, shining stars!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
JASON: You're pretending to be
someone else.
This is the real Eva Hoffman.
She reported her passport stolen.
It's a common name.
Same date of birth,
same place of birth.
I have to go home to Germany.
You don't understand.
It is not safe for me here,
in this country.
Please!
I'm sorry,
but you're stuck here indefinitely
unless you tell me
who you really are.
(SOBS)
Shh!
I am Eva Hoffman.
MINA:
Pa shodan.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
Medication!
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT
ON LOUDSPEAKER)
MINA: He not need those. Please!
Please don't give him.
Don't let anyone else see that.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
(SIGHS)
(ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT CHIMES)
MAN: (ON LOUDSPEAKER)
All detainees to refrain
from using
the Tango Compound laundry
due to flooding.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Hey. Smoke?
Want a smoke? Here.
Here. Have a smoke.
It's OK.
Mm.
Here.
Hmm.
I saw your performance earlier.
That was impressive.
The world should know
what they are doing to us here.
Soon they will.
Mm.
On Sunday,
people from outside, Australians,
they are coming from everywhere
to protest against this,
how we are locked up,
when all we seek is freedom.
That is all I want.
Good. Well, we need to be heard.
We need to be seen.
When you get out of here,
and you will,
people will be
very interested in you.
The lily among the reeds.
They will want to know
why someone who looks just like them
trapped in a place like this.
You could be our, uh, voice.
The face of our suffering.
Yes?
No.
Why not? What...?
What...?
You don't want to be seen?
Hey!
Hey, what are you running from?
PAT: Sorry I can't be
more of a help to you, Margot.
MARGOT: When was
the last time you saw her?
New student, Pat?
No.
Gordon Masters.
Uh, yes, the beating heart
of our organisation.
This is Margot Werner,
Sofie's sister.
Sofie's missing.
I wondered if you'd heard from her.
Oh, uh...
..she just stopped coming here.
Such a shame.
Yes, she had so much potential.
Really thought she was
going to win that trophy.
The trophy?
Of Transformation.
It's our highest accolade.
Sofie talked often of you, Margot.
Did she?
Often.
I see the responsibility
weighs heavily on you.
I can...
..I can feel that.
It's OK to let go, Margot.
(TRAFFIC NOISE)
(PRESSES CROSSING BUTTON)
(WALK SIGNAL ACTIVATES)
(INAUDIBLE)
That one...
..and that one, and the two nuns,
they're here the most.
They all visited the day before
the photograph was leaked.
Who were they visiting?
Half-a-dozen regulars, plus others.
Their dance cards are full.
I want everyone checked
on their way out.
Even the nuns?
Especially the nuns.
I went to a Catholic school.
It is my understanding
that my organisation has oversight
of the day-to-day management
of this centre.
I'm taking a more active approach.
JANICE: Don't touch the door,
please! Don't touch ME, please!
(HANDBRAKE CLICKS)
No!
Come on. Get out there.
Right, wash the paint
off your hands.
(CLOSES CAR DOOR)
Come on. Hurry up. Dad's here.
Come on, boys.
Hi, Dad!
Hi, Daddy!
Wash up, please.
Come on. Wash them off.
You, uh...you missing a camera?
I don't know
what you're talking about.
Hey, it's my job, alright?
Not your job, my job, you put
on the line, OK? And you used a nun.
Yeah, and a man ended up
beaten half to death.
Well, it's not that simple. Alright?
Did you know about it?
You think one photo
shows what it's like, hmm?
I think that one photo
gets people to take notice
and I think they need to see
what the government is doing
in their name.
Fucked things happen
when no-one's watching
and when no-one
speaks up about them!
(BOYS LAUGH)
(WATER SPLASHES)
Come on, boys! Hey.
Mum's waiting, please. Let's go.
Come on. In the car.
Cam, you can't...
Good job. That's it. In the car.
Come on, Charlie.
Love you.
Hey.
What?
What's this?
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
Are you planning something else?
I'm not, Cameron, I promise.
(SCREEN DOOR OPENS)
Janice always takes their side. The
guy, he was violent and he hit you.
Yeah, but he was fighting back.
You know. Like, what...what...
what was he supposed to do?
Until we put the...
..put the cuffs on him and...
(SIGHS)
Look, she just kept...
..laying into him.
Just fucking boom, boom on, his...
..up on his shoulders and...
..like, the back of his head.
He just dropped, like...
He was crying.
I just stood there. I didn't do shit.
(SIGHS)
You just do what's right.
You know if I say something, though,
that, um...
..like, all this is...that's...
(WATER SPLASHES)
..that's it, right?
And you're back to
Homebrand Coco Pops.
Put enough milk on them,
they taste alright.
(BOYS CHATTER)
Alright, boys.
Bath time. Come on. Out you pop.
Come here.
BOY: Ohh, oh!
Alright, here we go.
Just...just
three more dives, please.
MAN: (ON RADIO)
Mick Dooley. The Manic Mechanic.
He'll get you back on the road.
42 Stirling Street, Port Augusta.
(WOMAN SINGS SOFTLY)
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)
(WOMAN CONTINUES SINGING)
(CHILD SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)
WOMAN: Oh, wow! (LAUGHS)
(WOMAN CONTINUES SINGING)
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Why can't you write about this?
Good-news stories.
Families in community housing,
supported by the Government.
The Government that locks
their husbands and fathers up,
tying them to Barton?
The Government that keeps them
under guard in community detention?
The Government
that feeds them and their children,
and pays for their medical treatment.
I will find your source.
Probably.
(CONTINUES SINGING)
Farid sent me.
I'm a chemist.
This is the closest he could find.
Do you know what he's taking?
One in the morning, one in the night.
We should get him up,
get him walking.
Ameer.
Pedar.
Come on, my friend.
Come on. Let's go for a walk.
Come on.
(GROANS)
I just want to sleep.
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
FARID: Beautiful!
Sister, how are you today?
Wow! You look beautiful.
Come here.
HARRIET: Out for a constitutional,
are we?
MAN: Mm-hm.
Clock just struck 12, Cinderella.
Time to go back to the men's.
Try to keep him awake.
(GAGS)
It's OK. It's OK. It's OK.
(AMEER GROANS)
(TAPS KEYS)
Oh...
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
(LAUGHTER AND INDISTINCT CHATTER
CONTINUES)
This food...
..does it come from outside?
No - I slaughtered
this chicken myself
and hand-picked every grain of rice.
Where do you think it comes from?
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
Uh-uh.
No food to be taken out of the mess.
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You want to run that by me again,
mate, in English?
Mr Cam?
Come on.
Can I speak to you now
in private, please?
Not now, mate. Sorry.
It won't take long.
I'm not supposed to step away, so...
Just one minute, please.
One minute. OK.
Thanks. Yep. Thank you.
Uh, mate. Uh-uh.
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Turn around.
Sit down. Eat. Alright? It's...
My lawyer is a donkey.
I need a new one.
Can you please give my name
to someone outside?
No, I can't do anything like that.
Alright? Sorry. I can't help you.
Please. I only have a few more days
to lodge my appeal.
I can't be sent back.
(SIGHS)
My brother will have me killed.
Look, it was a misunderstanding.
My neighbour, Mr Halabi,
we spent a lot of time together,
but we were friends, that's all.
My brother says
I brought shame to the family.
I need to stay here.
Mate, I need you to turn around
and sit down, eat, alright?
(SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
You're not taking it out, mate.
You're not taking it out.
Oh!
(SHOUTING)
Get down! Get down! Take him away!
Take him to isolation.
Arggh!
Hey!
You are on duty, Officer!
You want to get your cock sucked
by Mohammed, do it on your own time.
Come with me, sweetie.
(SHOUTING AND CHANTING)
MAN: (ON RADIO) Sierra 3...
(CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY)
Get back inside before he sees you
or I will report you.
I've been watching you.
Stop watching me, OK?
Stop watching me
and stop following me.
OK? I'm warning you.
For your own good, you turn away.
(CRYING)
(GASPS)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
Mina?
Mina-jan?
No!
(DOOR OPENS)
(BRIAN SIGHS)
Righto, Cam.
Tell me what happened.
Yeah.
Uh, well, we were, um...
..we were taking the...the UNC
from, uh...from Tango Compound.
Um...
..and he was...he was, uh...
he was struggling quite a bit.
He was, uh, resisting.
Um...
..I got hit just here.
And, uh...
..well, so, the decision was made
to, uh...to restrain him.
Um...
Go on.
And, uh...
..and we cuffed him.
And then, uh...
..and Officer Tawake,
uh, instructed us to...
..take him round
the side of the building,
out of the view
of the security cameras,
and we held him while she beat him.
(SIGHS)
Yeah, it wasn't, uh...
..it wasn't reasonable force.
We...we...
..yeah, we bashed him.
(BEEPING)
(DOOR UNLOCKS)
(BEEPING)
(DOOR UNLOCKS)
Empty your pockets.
Phones and computers
should already be in the locker.
Come through, come through.
Need to empty your pockets, guys. Put
all your personal items in the trays.
If you've got a, uh,
mobile phone or a computer,
should already be in a locker.
You hiding out?
Sorry... What do you want?
I have to sack three of my best...
..uh, correction,
formerly best, officers.
So, the UNC was telling the truth.
Yeah.
(SCOFFS)
It's gonna take six weeks
to train their replacements.
(LAUGHS)
Well...
..I'd better get that happening.
I'll take that.
It's just a chicken, Cameron.
Well, what can we offer them
but a moment of connection,
a meal to share,
to let them know they're not alone?
Let them have that.
MAN: Empty your pockets, please.
Empty your bags. Place everything
on the belt, please.
Phones and computers
should already be in the locker.
Keep moving, please.
Just make your way
through the scanner, please.
Phones and computers
should be in the locker.
CLARE: Wait a minute!
I'll take this.
Keep moving, thank you.
Break it open.
You can tell David Meakin
he's lost his source.
She's banned until further notice.
Who's she visiting?
Can I smoke?
CLARE: No.
I know it was you who took
the photographs for David Meakin.
Sister Bernadette
has visited you several times,
including the day
before the photograph was published.
Sister Bernadette brings me succour.
Well, she brings you
a lot more than that.
And you're not Catholic.
Compassion wears many cloaks.
This message...
(PHONE BEEPS)
Psalm 144, verse one.
"Training hands for war,
fingers for battle".
Hmm.
What's that mean?
She's reminding me to stay strong.
My battle is up here.
To hold on to who I am - Javad.
Not an unlawful non-citizen,
not PEL-139, but Javad.
We can hold you in isolation.
You'll have no contact
with the outside world.
No contact
with journalists, advocates.
No contact with your family.
If you tell me
what the mobile is for...
..and what you're planning...
OK, then.
No, wait, wait, wait, wait.
I will tell you.
But only if I stay out
with the others.
You promise to me.
Promise me no isolation.
I do.
(SIGHS)
There is a protest.
On Sunday.
People from outside, the advocates,
they will be calling for compassion.
We will be on the inside.
Who is 'we'?
The men in my compound.
And what will you be doing?
Let me just say, there is much
for your newspapers to write about.
Those photographs,
they're just the beginning.
Take him to isolation.
Wait. What?
No. You just said I could stay out.
I'm just... Arggh!
I'm talking to her!
You said I could stay out.
You promised me! Yes?!
Yes, you promised me I would stay!
You lied!
You lied to me.
(DOOR OPENS)
(JAVAD SHOUTS)
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON TWO-WAY RADIO)
(SHOUTS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Aaagh! Clare!
Ugh! Get up! Get up!
No! No! No!
(CONTINUES SHOUTING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
CLARE: It's this Sunday, and I want
every available officer on duty.
BRIAN: (ON PHONE)
We're three down, remember?
Well, your report says
only one was actively involved.
Do you have to sack
all three of them?
It was a breach of conduct,
so, yes, I do.
Right.
I can override you.
Are you going to?
(SCOFFS)
(PHONE BEEPS)
DAVID: You put Javad Shahrokh
in isolation?
Yes, I did.
He was smuggling out a memory card
and organising a riot.
So he can't communicate his plight,
and he can't complain about it.
We are still in a democracy,
aren't we, or did I miss something?
The department has a responsibility
for the safety and wellbeing
of everyone in Barton.
Seriously?
What happened to you, Clare?
(DRUMMING)
(CHATTER AND LAUGHTER)
AMEER: I have been selfish.
I am so sorry for that.
I should have been
on that boat with you.
I was trying to keep you all safe.
I can see your mother in your face.
And your sister.
Hey.
I want to see them, Mina.
You honour them both
with your courage and your strength.
I miss them.
I do too.
But they would want us to keep going.
To finish what we all started.
To live the best lives we can
in our new home.
(KISSES)
(RHYTHMIC CLAPPING)
(UNSETTLING SOUNDSCAPE)
SOFIE: Pat!
Pat?
Pat! (TAPS FRAME)
Pat, it's Sofie.
Please, I would
really like to come back.
PAT: No.
Pat!
No, no, no.
Oh, Pat, but I know I can do better.
No, Sofie, it's over.
Please, but I know I can do better.
I know I can do better. Please.
I can do so much better. Please?
(UNLOCKS DOOR)
Sofie, darling.
I know you love it here, as I do.
You know, I've given
my heart and my soul to GOPA.
It's my life's work.
But how can I let you in,
with your dirty, negative energy?
It's like a virus.
Now, if I let you in,
everyone could be infected
with your inadequacy
and your deformity.
I'm not gonna let you destroy
our way of life. You need to go home.
But this is my home.
No.
This is my home. Please!
No!
But I know I can do better. I know!
But I can do better!
No! It's OUR home. Sofie!
You're not welcome here!
(SOBS)
(SOBS)
WOMAN: Don't cry. It's OK.
When you gonna tell her?
(INHALES AND SIGHS)
I will. I'm just...
..letting her enjoy it while she can.
I'm proud of you, Bear.
Yeah?
ANGIE: Hey, come in!
It's beautiful.
Yeah, why not?
Is it still really painful?
There's no real damage.
Tear ducts are blocked,
but I'll be alright.
Name?
Mosi Koroma.
Mosi...
Boat ID?
LOR-098.
OK.
Well, um...
..you know, I just want to say
that I-I...I'm really sorry.
I feel terrible about it.
It's fine. (LAUGHS)
Crying never did me
much good anyway.
(LAUGHS)
Name?
HARRIET: Sandford?
Uh, name?
Um, Mustafa.
Just spoke to the boss.
Cleared of any wrongdoing.
What?
I was so sure you were gonna choke.
Beers on me tonight!
Not you guys, though.
You have to brew your own.
Hey, it's good, isn't it?
Means you get to stay.
MINA: 'Ker-fuff-le'.
'Kerfuffle'.
Meaning a commo...
..commotion.
Yes. (LAUGHS)
Or a fuss.
Very good.
Your English is very good now, Mina.
I went to school, Pedar.
Tell me about
the family you stayed with.
Were they good to you?
They had a yellow car.
Mm.
And a little cat, called Jasper.
(LAUGHS)
FARID: Ya, Ameer! Look who is here!
The third amigo! (LAUGHS)
Huh?
MINA: Hey.
We know that man. Don't we, Pedar?
(LAUGHS)
(BOTH PANT)
No!
Uh, no, no. Uh, I don't think so.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
From the...
Mina, come inside.
(DOOR CLOSES)
I've ordered a lockdown
of Tango Compound,
and we'll have every hand on deck.
Well, I'm impressed, Clare.
Taken to the job
like a duck to water.
Oh...
Uncovered a protest. Plugged a leak.
What about the officers involved?
Reasonable and proportionate force.
You should buy a lottery ticket.
You're on a winning streak.
I should.
We need to talk containment.
We're gonna need back-up.
I want enough local police to cover
the outside of the front fence.
We need to send a strong message
to the protesters
not to try anything stupid.
CLARE: The detainees need to know
we're in control.
We're the ringmasters here.
I know what you're planning.
And I'm coming with you.
CLARE: Today's protest
will be of a large scale.
Well, I'm terrified.
(WHISTLES)
Freedom!
(YELLS)
Code green, Sierra Compound!
GORDON: If I were you,
I would run far, far away,
'cause if I ever lay eyes
on you again, I'll destroy you.
We only have
one chance at this, Mina,
and we must do everything possible
to succeed.
Australia does not recognise
church sanctuary.
I didn't want to put you
in a difficult position.
What the fuck am I in now?!
Margot?
She's alive!
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