Diane Lane is intelligent and ambitious. When she is elected to Parliament her idealism and commitment give her unpopular party a boost. Everyone, including the Prime Minister, is eager to share her limelight. Diane’s ambition is not satisfied with her new position. Diane’s married lover, Barry Robbins, the Minister for Health, is unaware of Diane’s ultimate plan. Her closest friend, Louise Parker, a political journalist, is a bit more realistic about what women can achieve; she too has a higher goal in mind.
While Barry is conspiring in an obvious fashion for the demise of the current Prime Minister, Diane is learning the rules governing power. Barry is eager to gain media-baron Roger Monroe’s support as Monroe can make it easy for anyone to gain office if they are willing to do his bidding. But for Diane the price is too high.
Diane’s father had died with twenty others in a small-town mine disaster. The proprietor, Monroe, had used his ownership of the local media to stifle accusations of negligence. It was a lesson about freedom of the press that Diane never forgot.
Unaware that Monroe has been watching her closely, Diane uses a leaked document to embarrass the Government about its plans for media ownership. In an effort to control her, the Prime Minister offers her the Arts portfolio, which she accepts.
When Diane finds out that Monroe planted someone in her office to watch her, she decides it's time to act. With Louise’s help, Diane determines to bring Monroe down and become Australia's first woman Prime Minister.
Director Eugene Schlusser
Screenplay
Patrick Edgeworth
Producer
Will Spencer
Executive Producer
Rosa Colosimo
DOP
Nicholas Sherman Editor
Zbigniew Friedrich Music Allan Zavod Production Design Lisa Brennan Costume Design
Anita Fioravanti Makeup Department Ann-Maree Hurley
Cast Diane Craig
Gary Day
Lynne Williams
Edwin Hodgeman
Don Barker
