-A transformational vision... -$8.5 billion for roads, rail, and ports... -New infrastructure of the 21st century.

-It's going to benefit future generations.

-There is no future plan for Australia under this government... -Major infrastructure projects right around the country... -We want to spend the money... -It's a nation-building project... -Absolutely shovel ready... -I want to be known as the infrastructure prime minister... -This is a nation building... -Nation building.

-Nation building.

-Nation building.

-Nation building.

-This patch of land has been talked about for decades.

Could it now finally be about to take off?

A second Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek isn't a new idea.

It was first formally proposed in 1969, sparking decades of protests and promises.

-It certainly within striking distance.

-Federal cabinet is discussing the plan today, but a final decision doesn't end questions on aircraft noise or how it will play out for a swag of marginal seat MPs in western Sydney.

Andrew Green, Canberra.

-And will that change in the taxiway alignment affect our EIS?

-Seriously?

-Just dotting i's and crossing t's.

-Okay, I will give a slab to anybody who finds something we've missed.

-What about typos?

-A six-pack.

-There's only one "N" in "concourse."

-You don't drink.

-Ginger beer.

-You know what?

I reckon we call it a day.

Come back tomorrow and see if we can't knock this on the head.

Thanks for coming in on the weekend, everyone.

-You're right.

-Sorry, but...we're close.

Good work.

♪♪ ♪♪♪ -You got a minute?

-Yeah, sure.

-Nation builders.

-[ Chuckles ] Yeah.

Jim?

-What are you working on?

-Badgerys Creek.

-Oh, yeah.

Yeah, I just thought with all the other stuff you've got on the go, you might have popped it on the back burner for a while.

-No!

-Yeah.

You see that news story on the weekend?

-Yeah.

-Probably jumped the gun a bit.

-Not really.

I mean, we're literally into the final stretches.

-This early?

-It's been six months.

-Yeah, but your final report, the big kahuna, we're still talking next year?

-No.

-Year after?

-No, no.

This year.

This month.

-Whoa!

-Hey, the PM wanted it fast-tracked.

"All stops out."

-Yeah, well, he did -- does.

For sure.

But you're not done yet?

-No, no.

We're just working through some noise abatement issues.

-Ohh, that sounds serious.

-No.

-Noise?

-Abatement.

-But issues?

Plural?

-Nothing we can't find a workaround for.

-Yeah, look, if you guys need me to buy you some time... -No.

-Just to delay it.

-Delay?

-Or cancel.

-Jim, tell the prime minister he can relax.

This thing stacks up.

And with him behind it, nothing's stopping us.

-Yeah, yeah.

Okey-dokey.

-You wanted hot copies of this?

-Oh, thanks.

-What's with the paper?

-It's recycled.

-Why?

-It's the 1st of April.

-Is it a prank?

-No, we're doing No Paper-ril.

-I thought Tony said no more charity months.

-It's not a charity.

It's an eco challenge.

-Why is it so faint?

-We're also printing in draft mode.

It saves toner and paper.

-Well, yeah, but what if you can't read it?

-Do you have a moment for Rhonda?

-I don't know.

Maybe this afternoon.

-She was hoping it could be earlier.

-God's sake.

When?

-Still waiting, Amy.

-Now?

-Come in, Rhonda.

-There she is.

There she is.

-What?

-I come bearing exciting news.

-What's this?

-The Australasian Women of Influence Conference.

That's last year's.

-And?

-One of the organizers, an old friend of mine, gave me a call, wanted to know if there are any new faces that might be available to present this year.

-And?

-And... I wondered if I could put your name forward.

-Oh, I... -Which I did.

-I'm not a woman of influence, Rhonda.

-Nation Building Authority 2IC, on the verge of solving Sydney's second airport... -Well, I mean, it's a little premature.

-Lean in, my darling.

-Rhonda, I'm snowed under.

-It's a feather in the cap for you and this organization.

-I'll have a think.

-Okay.

In the meantime I'll need a bio, some background information, and I want to know what you're gonna talk about.

-No, I said I'll have a think.

-Congratulations!

Good girl.

♪♪ -The revised projections.

You wanted hard copies?

-Not sure I'd call that hard.

-It's bamboo because we're doing No Paper-ril.

-I thought I said no more charity months.

-It's not a charity?

It's an eco challenge.

Amy promised it won't be a distraction.

-That's what she said on Ride to Work Week, and half the office was home injured.

Then we had the Red Nose thing and then Veggie-vember, and I'm trying to grow a mustache.

-Is now a good time to mention the new phone system?

-No.

-Here's your schedule for today.

-Why is it so hard to read?

-We're printing in draft mode.

-Who's coming to see me?

-Jim.

-When?

-At 1480.

-That's not a time.

That's the Renaissance.

-Oh, 10:30.

Jim's coming in at 10:30.

-And what for?

-Badgerys Creek.

He just wants an update on the problems.

-What problems?

-Is now a better time to show you the new phone system?

-I'm pretty busy.

-It'll only take a minute.

-Okay.

-Everything's preset.

If you want to call me, You just have to press 1.

-That's me.

-1.

And then press the button with the little phone on.

-Nothing's happening.

-Oh, sorry.

Press the button with the phone on it and then my extension.

-Hello?

-Who's that?

-Hugh.

-It shouldn't be.

-Sorry.

-It should be me.

I'll try 2.

-Hello.

Nation Building Australia.

-That's Amy.

-It shouldn't be.

-And it's "Authority," Amy.

-Sorry.

-I'll redo the presets.

-Okay.

Please.

-Can I sit there?

-Yep.

Okay.

♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ -Do you speak French?

-No.

[ Knock on door ] -You wanted to see me?

-You wanted to see me.

-Did I?

-Yeah.

And you're early.

-So what's this problem?

-Told you yesterday we solved the problems.

-Really?

-Yeah.

-Yeah, it's just that I was chatting to someone in Treasury.

-Why are you ringing Treasury?

-It was about something else.

Sort of mentioned Badgerys Creek in passing and that you guys were having a bit of strife.

-But we're not.

-You said something about terminal problem.

-No, I said there'd be an air-freight terminal.

-Ohh!

I must have just heard "terminal."

Anyway, wow, did the floodgates open up?

Turns out there's a whole bunch of other issues.

-Which were solved.

-You can't have solved them all.

-Well, we have.

[ Intercom beeps ] -Scott, I've got Aiden from the Perth office on line 1.

-Katie, it's me -- Tony.

-No, it's Aiden, line 1.

-Yeah, but you've got me.

-Is that you, Tony?

-Yes.

-It shouldn't be.

-It is.

-Is Scott there?

-No.

-Oh.

And don't forget that Jim's coming in at 10:30.

-Oh!

I'm here.

-Is that you, Aiden?

-No, it's Jim.

-Is that you, Scott?

-No.

[ Hangs up ] -I'm sorry, Rhonda.

I just haven't had time.

-To write a simple bio?

-I am under the pump.

-We'll do it now.

Give me some paper.

What's this?

-It's recycled.

-Why?

-We're trying to save the planet.

-Oh, for God's sake, can we get our priorities straight in this place?

Okay, let's make a start.

[ Intercom beeps ] -Nat, is that you?

-Yes.

-Rhonda's on her way over.

-Thanks, Katie.

-Shall I tell her you're not in?

-I am in.

Why would you say that?

-Because normally when you want to get rid of Rhonda -- -That's fine, Katie.

-Okay.

Name.

Natalie.

Is that French?

-No.

-Shame.

Okay.

Natalie... -Francis.

-Francesca.

-It's not Francesca.

-And where did your family come from?

-Adelaide.

-Yeah, but originally?

-Wollongong.

-Dear God.

Uh, okay.

"Natalie heads up the Major Projects division of the Nation Building Authority."

-Yep.

Okay.

-"A respected leader in her field, she is also a tireless campaigner for..."?

-For what?

-Over to you.

I came up with "tireless."

-Oh, but I don't campaign.

-Oh, Nat darling, you're the keynote speaker.

Time to bring something to the table.

-When did I become keynote?

-I'm gonna make it Francesca.

-Katie.

-Sorry.

That call shouldn't have gone to you.

-But it did.

-Just press 4.

[ Intercom beeps ] -Hello?

-Who's that?

-It's Aiden again.

-What?

-From the Perth office.

-Sorry, Aiden, I don't know what's... You know what?

I'm gonna hang up, or try to.

Where were we?

-You said you hit a wall.

-No, I said we hit a few speed humps.

-So you still hit something.

-There's always gonna be sensitivities and some challenges when you're dealing with federal and state and local government.

-I thought that would bring us undone.

-We're not undone.

Seriously, credit to the PM on this.

The day he staked his prime ministership on this thing, Jim, the waters parted.

-Right.

-Is there something you're not telling us?

-No.

-Good.

-Uh, did you still want me to be on the line, Tony?

-Katie.

-"When not spearheading major government campaigns and telling the big boys where to go..." -What?

-"...Natalie likes nothing more than..."?

-Reading.

-Why would you do that?

-To relax.

-Oh, come on.

You're a high-powered go-getter.

Why would you read?

Why don't I put road cycling?

Or horse riding?

-Because it's not true.

-What, you've never ridden a horse in your life?

-Well, as a kid.

-Fine.

Horse riding.

Put that under "interests."

Now, complete this sentence.

"Weekends are no time for rest.

Saturday morning will find Natalie..." -Sleeping.

-After that?

-Reading.

-Again with the reading.

Give me an activity, a pastime, something.

-I like going for walks.

-Excellent.

"Trekking..." -Walking.

-"...in the Himalayas."

-A lot of discussion around the Badgerys Creek Airport.

-You can build this airport as quickly as political will allows.

-How soon could we see tarmac being built out there?

-"A new airport at Badgerys Creek will represent not just a major catalyst for investment..." Where's the rest of it?

-It's on the back.

We're doing double-sided printing.

-Why?

-Because of No Paper-ril.

-"Not just a major catalyst for investment and jobs growth in western Sydney, but a permanent boost to the Australian economy."

Well done, everyone.

We inherited a project people have been trying to get up for 40 years, and the NBA is one handover ceremony away from turning it into reality.

-Whoo!

Yay!

-If you'll excuse me, I have a very important lunch to go to.

Yeah!

[ People cheering ] Ohh!

This feels good.

I bet you thought this day would never come.

-The Future Fund?

How'd you get them on board?

-I thought you'd like that.

They'll probably come on as part of a consortium.

-So, not locked in?

-They're locked in.

Just a counting technicality.

-Oh, that doesn't sound good.

-It is.

-Can I run through the specials?

-No need.

I'm gonna have the 500-gram rib eye, medium rare, and rosemary potatoes.

Jim?

-Just a salad.

-And wine?

-Yeah, sorry, can I just have one more minute?

Yep.

Are you okay?

-Fine.

Yeah.

-Good.

-Ooh.

"Subsoil profile problems."

-Finish the sentence.

-Where is it?

-On the back.

We're doing double-sided printing.

-"...can easily be addressed using existing landfill."

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

What's... Hang on.

Oh, what's -- what's this?

-Spreadsheet.

-Ooh.

Have we bitten off more than we can chew?

-Jim, what's on your mind?

Jim?

-Can I run a hypothetical past you?

-Sure.

-Say the Australian Electoral Commission redrew a few boundaries in the area.

-They did.

-Okay.

But say the airport's footprint impacted not two federal electorates but four or five.

-It does.

-And say they were marginal seats.

-They are.

-And say the PM was, I don't know, struggling for a little support in the party room.

-He is.

-Then I wonder whether this is the type of project that should be, just for the moment, shelved.

-Are you still being hypothetical?

-Not with that last word.

-Your champagne.

[ Intercom beeps ] -Nat?

-Yes?

-I've got Rhonda for you.

-Ugh, really?

-Shall I tell her you're not in?

-I'm already on the line.

-Are you in conference mode?

-Apparently.

-Oh, I know what I've done.

Anyway, it's Rhonda for you.

-Yes, Rhonda.

-Look, I'll be blunt.

Looking at this bio, you'r coming across as a little dull.

-Am I?

-But Karsten and I have been thinking... -Let's not bring Karsten in on this.

-Morning, Natalie -We think you need a backstory.

-A backstory?

-Yeah.

Are there any challenges you've had to overcome?

Personal illness?

A death in the family?

-No.

-Are your parents separated?

-Yes.

-Great.

-What?

-Was that traumatic?

-No.

They get along well.

-Oh, that's no good.

-Were you bullied at school?

Maybe an eating disorder?

-Were you a little fatty?

-No.

-Was there a teacher who sai you'd never amount to anything, and hasn't Natalie Francesca Russell shown them now?

-You know what?

I'll have a think.

-Yeah, could you, please?

-Is that all?

-The photo shoot.

-What photo shoot?

-Yeah, would you like us to organize some wardrobe?

-No.

I'm okay.

-What are you planning on wearing?

-What I normally wear around the office.

-We will organize some wardrobe.

-He's stopped pacing.

-It's his rib eye.

-I'll put it in the fridge.

-Are you kidding me?!

"The can-do PM"?

"Mr.

Conviction"?

-He's just as disappointed as you are.

-The project that could never get up.

-Well, imagine how he feels.

-He feels?

We've spent six months on it!

-Yeah, we thought it would take you two years.

No one knew you'd go off like a dog at a bone, leaving us with this.

-It's been 40 years of false starts, and finally.

-I hear you.

Anyway, lesson learned.

What do we do?

-Build it!

-You're not listening.

We can't build it.

-Why not?!

-Five marginal seats.

We know they've got a scare campaign up their sleeve.

Now the Greens have got their tails up.

We need your help.

-To do what?

-You know it so well.

All the issues.

-After eating, living, and breathing this airport for six months, you want me to find a way to kill it?

-Could you?

-You kill it!

-How?

We can't look like we're caving in to electoral pressure.

-But you are!

-We can't look like it.

Your rib eye's in the fridge.

♪♪♪ -Can I get you anything, or... -Uh, no, I'm good.

Thanks, mate.

-She should be here soon.

Oh, Nat, this is Lucas.

Lucas, Nat.

-I'm just gonna go change the filter.

-Right.

What's going on?

-The photo shoot for the Women of Influence Conference.

I left a note on your desk.

-Where?

-Here.

"Photographer.

9:15."

-A scrap of paper?

-It's No Paper-ril.

You also got a message.

-Is that what the red light's for?

-Yep.

Oh, and Rhonda wanted to know, do you have a photo of your pony?

-I don't have a pony.

[ Intercom beeps ] -Hugh, is that you?

-Yep.

-At last, the right extension.

-Uh, no.

I'm in Nat's office.

-Oh, God.

I need you in here.

-Listen, I'm gonna go work in the boardroom.

-Oh, hair and makeup.

8:45.

-Can I give you guys a hypothetical?

Say someone got our report, and they wanted to dismantle it.

-Good luck.

-Yeah, but -- but say they wanted to, like, find fault with our arguments.

What would they do?

-Give up.

You can make it two slabs.

-Yeah, but hypothetically, what would you target?

-Typos?

-Yeah, apart from typos.

-They won't find any now.

-How was the ginger beer?

-I'm saving it.

-Financing?

-No.

We got that right.

Low interest rate.

Future Fund coming on board.

-Traffic?

-Are you kidding me?

With that extra $500 million?

-I've got to come up with something.

-Is this still a hypothetical?

-Yep.

-I understand that.

I just think that the initial funding agreement... [ Hair dryer whirring ] ...needs to include reference to penalties... I may have to call you back.

Okay, thank you.

Bye.

-What was the name of that group that was against the airport from years ago?

-The government?

-No.

-No, but it was the government.

But then they changed their mind.

-No, no, that was the protest group.

-The opposition?

-They changed their mind too.

-They had banners and chants.

-CFMEU.

-No, it was a community group.

-Save Badgerys Creek?

-That's the one.

They used to hold sit-ins and circulate big petitions.

-I'll look them up.

-I just wonder whether we need to speak with them.

-What for?

-To see if they're planning anything big.

You know, another round of protests.

Just to make sure we haven't missed anything.

-Oh, here we go.

Save Badgerys Creek.

I've got the website.

-What's it say?

-"Page no longer found."

-Oh.

-I'll keep looking.

-Tony, is this really a hypothetical?

-Uh... I think I owe you guys a slab.

♪♪ -Another one?

-Please, go ahead.

Everyone's right for drinks?

-Yes, thanks.

-Sure.

-You've certainly put in over the years, haven't you?

-Are we still waiting on anyone?

-No.

I thought you were bringing the whole committee.

-This is it, I'm afraid.

-Oh, okay.

We've got a quorum.

[ Chuckles ] I guess you're wondering why we asked you in here today.

-We were.

-Yeah.

Strictly off the record, for the last six months, we've been working on a report.

-Into Badgerys Creek.

-Yeah.

And whether or not to proceed with the project.

-We heard it was a done deal.

-See?

-Scotty.

Not necessarily.

-The prime minister has staked his leadership on it.

-It was in the news.

-Yeah.

Can I give you a hypothetical?

Say the government, for whatever reason, chose to -- I don't know, what's the word?

-Backflip?

-Yeah, not the word I'd use.

-U-turn.

-Scotty... -Big fat 180.

-Hypothetical.

Okay, decided to reconsider the decision.

How would you react?

-We'd be surprised.

-Yeah, but it might give you motivation to get out there again and let your feelings be known.

-What feelings?

-The anti-airporty feelings.

-You want us to start protesting again?

-No, no.

Only if you want to.

I mean, free country.

-I guess we'd pretty much given up.

-Well, don't give up.

What if we gave up at Gallipoli?

-We did.

-Oh, yeah.

What's something we've just won?

-A slab?

-Yep, no.

Um, America's Cup.

I mean, imagine if Benny Lexcen had pulled a hamstring and shut his scrapbook.

I mean, we wouldn't -- we wouldn't have, um, those beer ads.

Um... Absolutely hopeless.

-Could we help.

them?

-What?

-Like, fund them?

-They're not the Sandinistas.

-We'll give them media training.

-Where's GetUp when you need them?

Nat, what are you up to?

-You don't want to know.

You?

-Oh, you really don't want to know.

Karsten.

-Tony.

[ Camera shutter clicking ] -Am I doing this right?

-You are doing okay, yes.

All right.

I'll be back.

-I feel ridiculous.

-You look beautiful, Nat.

-You wouldn't know it's you.

-Thanks, Hugh.

-Okay.

This biography.

Still a little dull.

-What would you like?

-[ Sighs ] Juggling work and kids.

-Don't have any kids.

-Work-life balance.

Smashing through the glass ceiling.

-Looking after your horse.

-It's not really me.

-Well, I don't know how you can call yourself Superwoman.

-I never called myself that.

-It's in your bio.

-Okay.

Uh, Nat, could you stand up nice and straight for me?

Pop your hands on your hips.

Good.

Chin up.

Shoulders back.

And do a quarter turn.

[ Camera shutter clicking ] -Are you trying to make me look like Superwoman?

-That's what it says in your bio.

[ Muzak playing ] -Can you hear that?

-It's music.

-Yeah.

-I think it's our on-hold music.

-But I'm not on hold.

-Shall I put you on hold?

-No, I don't want the music.

-Shall I turn it down?

-No.

-We can get different music.

-I don't want any music.

-I'll see what I can do.

-Okay.

-Okay.

I've been ringing around.

I found this parrot.

-Jim... -One parrot in Victoria stopped a whole wind farm.

-Jim... -One of these parrots.

It's all we need.

-Yeah, native to Victoria.

How's it gonna get to southwest Sydney?

-Fly?

-Why?

-We'll throw out some seed.

-Oh, Jim.

-I'm not done.

Could there be a flood risk?

-Near the Blue Mountains?

-Where's a wetland when you need one?

[ Muzak continues ] -Katie.

-I'm turning it down.

-No, you're not.

-Sorry, wrong way.

-PM had another panic attack yesterday.

Could there be a frog?

Those things will stop anything these days.

-Actually... -You found a frog?

-No.

-A toad?

Seriously, we're desperate.

-I can't believe I'm about to do this.

[ Intercom beeps ] Katie?

-It's Hugh.

-God.

[ Beeps ] Katie?

-It's Aiden.

-What?

-From Perth.

Sorry, Aiden, why are you there?

-I'm on conference call with Scotty.

-Hey, Tony.

-Katie!

Sorry, you know the National Parks guy I dealt with on the container terminal?

-The one you banned from the building?

-Yeah.

Can you give him a call?

-I'll try.

-Okay.

-Is this about a frog?

-Sorry about the delay.

Just waiting on Scotty.

-Yeah, no problem.

-Might just give him a call.

[ Beeps ] -Hello?

-It's Tony.

We need you over here right now.

-But -- -Right now, mate.

ASAP.

-Well, it certainly makes for excellent reading.

-No doubt you've got a few concerns.

-No, on the contrary.

You have done an exemplary job.

-Yeah, but if you were to examine it closely.

-Oh, we have.

-There must be something we missed.

-No.

-All those frogs and snakes?

-Look, you can relax, Tony.

-The parrot?

-What parrot?

-Nothing.

--Look, we're all concerned about the impact this airport will have on vulnerable species.

-Absolutely.

-And Badgerys Creek is home to 45 threatened fauna species, and not to mention 22 protected species of flora.

-Here we go.

-However... the measures that you have outlined in this report are more than sufficient to protect them.

It's a credit to you.

-Thanks.

-And to print it on recycled paper like this... -But if somebody wanted to really, really, really drill down on it... -Then we would be all over them like a cheap suit.

We got your back on this one.

-Great.

-So that can just... -It's all good to go.

-Right, so this is just sort of a first pass at this.

-Absolutely.

The stage is yours.

-Right.

Here goes.

Start?

Um, hello.

My name is Natalie Russell, and I'd like to share with you some of my experiences working at Nation Building Authority.

The NBA oversees some of -- -You've lost me.

-I'm gone!

-But I only just started.

-That's when you need to grab the audience.

-But I haven't had a chance to say anything.

-All right.

Keep going.

-Thank you.

The NBA oversees some of -- -I'm gone again.

-Me too.

-Karsten, can you... -Nat, where's the human interest?

Where's the struggle?

-Where's that teacher who said you'd never amount to anything?

-What's wrong with talking about what I do?

-I think you need to start with where you came from.

-Adelaide.

-Your personal journey.

-But I don't have a journey.

-Oh, sweetheart, if you're not gonna commit to these things, I don't know why you say yes.

-I never said yes!

-Okay, no, no, let's just -- Let's just keep going.

-Next slide?

-Yes.

Carry on.

-Okay.

Right.

When it comes to infrastructure, we have -- -Oh, please.

What have you been doing all week?

-Working.

-Karsten, I think we need an intervention.

-Amen to that.

-I thought it was going well.

-Thank you.

[ Muzak playing ] -Really?

-Put it this way -- If I was a frog, I'd be moving there.

-There must be someone we can listen to.

The farmers?

-Fully compensated.

-Unions?

-Are you kidding?

They'll want the jobs.

-Women's groups?

-What?

-We're desperate.

-Every interest group has either given up, been compensated, silenced, or dealt in on the deal.

-What about that nut-bag mayor who said the airport would go ahead over his dead body?

-You gave him preselection.

-Did we?

-To shut him up.

-How did we get ourselves into this mess?

Must be someone who doesn't want a second airport built.

-Well, the owners and investors in the first airport.

-Oh, you're onto something.

-No one's gonna listen to them.

-The prime minister will.

-They gave up ages ago.

-They're worth a call.

-Jim... ♪♪♪ -I've never done this sort of thing before.

-Did you watch that TED Talk I sent you?

-Yes.

She didn't really say anything.

-11 million views.

-But what is "brain magic"?

-Okay, Nat, shall we give it a try?

-I don't have your new speech.

-No, no, it's all on the autocue.

Just there.

Yep.

Okay.

And cue talent.

-[ Clears throat ] 25 years ago, a young girl stood on North Terrace gazing up at a skyscraper.

We didn't have skyscrapers in Adelaide.

-Excellent.

Keep going.

-That girl had a dream back then.

That girl was me.

Whoa!

-Love it.

I've got goosebumps.

-Let's keep moving.

-I work at the NBA, or, as we prefer to call it, the Dream Factory.

Maya Angel-- What happened to the NBA logo?

-They know where you're from.

They want to know what's driving you.

Keep going.

-My work involves three P's -- people, persistence, and above all, passion.

Passion -- I just don't think we can... What happened to the M4 Motorway?

-It's coming.

Keep going.

-But no matter what the challenges, I like to try and remember the important things in life.

What is that.

-Sparky.

-Just a place keeper.

-I didn't have a horse.

-But we're not fighting it.

-Yeah, but back when you were fighting a second airport, why were you opposing it?

-Well, we wanted to keep our monopoly.

-No, but what was the official reason?

-Oh.

Yeah, I'm a bit foggy on that now.

Um, I'd need to speak with our PR department.

-Nothing you can remember just off the top of your head?

-Uh, well, there was a bunch of them.

Oh, it was a "massive overspend on marginal infrastructure."

-Good.

And was it?

-No.

Um... Oh, that "our airport's got more than enough capacity for the foreseeable future."

-And does it?

-No.

But it would have taken people a while to work that out.

"A second airport could challenge our international competitiveness."

-In what way?

-Uh, yeah, I don't think we ever found a way.

Just a talking point, really.

-Got it.

-Oh, I remember -- "an unproductive allocation of public resources."

-Oh, what does that mean?

-Well...PR will know.

Have you got their number?

-What was wrong with the speech I wrote?

-Darling, it was dull.

-But this speech, I don't recognize it.

The person in that biography I don't recognize.

I don't look like me.

I don't sound like me.

-Can we get some more reverb on the mic?

-No, I'm not talking about the microphone.

-Natalie Francesca Russell.

This time tomorrow, 300 high-powered women will be out there waiting to hear from you.

Your hopes, your struggles.

That bloody teacher who had it in for you.

Are you gonna take them on a journey, or are you gonna bang on about widening freeways?

It's your choice.

-Gee, they sound good.

"Damage international competitiveness."

-What if someone asks how?

-We're only trying to delay this thing.

Where have these been hiding?

"Existing capacity."

"Unproductive use of land."

-Unproductive use of land.

Do you even know what that means?

-No, but we can't afford to ignore it.

The cracks are starting to show.

-Jim, this is ridiculous.

-Well, what else can we do?

-Live up to our name.

Nation-build!

-How?

-Speak to the PM.

Tell him to harden up, cop the bump, and stay true to his words.

This is a vital piece of national infrastructure.

If he stays strong, it'll be the cornerstone of his legacy.

-But -- -Speak to him!

Build it!

-Okay.

[ Applause ] -Thank you.

Thank you.

-I am delighted to have been asked to come and speak with you here today.

25 years ago, a young girl stood on North Terrace gazing up at a skyscraper.

And that girl was me.

[ Applause ] ♪♪ [ Knock on door ] -Hey.

-Just thought you should know.

PM is making the big announcement today.

He wanted you to see it first.

-Really?

-We're doing No Paper-ril too.

-This paragraph's from our report.

-Your words really struck a chord with him.

-"A new airport at Badgerys Creek will represent not just a major catalyst for investment and jobs growth in western Sydney, but a permanent boost to the Australian economy."

"It is a vital addition to our national infrastructure, and I will be proud to have this piece of nation building as my legacy.

However..." ♪♪ -Is he still... -I wouldn't go in just yet.

-Really?

We said delay, not cancel.

Tell him these are from the PM.

♪♪ [ Beeps ] -Katie?

-It's Hugh.

[ Beeps ] -Katie.

-It's Scott.

♪♪ -Who's that outside?

-Aiden from Perth.

-That's Aiden?

Why is he here?

-To see you.

He caught the red-eye.

-See me?

Why?

-He said that you told him to get over here ASAP.

-No, I said that to Scotty.

On line 7.

-No, line 7's Perth.

Shall I tell him to go back ASAP?

-Give him a slab.

-Do you drink beer?

♪♪