NASSIM: When do you know you like a girl or not?
Don't feel you have to include me in your social life.
So it's not true? You didn't upload that photo of her?
No! That photo? Not even naked.
I remember you saying you liked the beach.
RAMI: What did you do? AMANDIP: Nothing.
Just tell me what you did.
Someone uploaded a nude photo of me to a porn website. Andrew Luke.
Do you want to see how you feel in a week when it's not so fresh?
No, we want to make statements now.
It's only gonna keep happening if we don't take a different approach.
Do you trust me?
The new education program, I'm all for it.
But if De Rossi finds out that I didn't report the photo on Nassim's phone,
I might not be around to back you.
NICK: You didn't wear the dress? Shit.
I thought I might save it for a particular fundraiser.
You got the gig!
Hey, give us your laptop.
Jesus.
We've been advised we are going to have to report you
for producing and distributing child exploitation material.
Do you understand? I understand.
Sit down, Ray.
Two of our students are about to go to court
and be charged with possession and distribution of child pornography.
Why did you think that going to the police station
with them was a good idea?
Dip asked me.
To do what?
She didn't want her parents to know that she was with the police.
Um, she needed an adult present in order to make a statement.
What we need to address is why Dip had your personal phone number.
I was just looking out for the welfare of my student.
Surely this is a police matter now, so I'm not sure what Eliza is doing.
Eliza, can you read out one-point-five-D?
"A professional relationship will be violated if..."
"..if a teacher holds conversations of a personal nature
"or has contact with a student via written or electronic means
"including email, letters, telephone,
"text messages or chat lines,
"without a valid context."
So, Ray, can you tell me what the valid context was?
Look, Ada...
Eliza and I both knew that if we came to you about...
No, wait, wait, no, hang on!
I had no idea you had given Dip your personal phone number.
Yet you're still choosing to bring that up when we both...
If I had known I would've told you it was in direct conflict with school policy and a really bad idea.
A bad idea?
Given other conversations we've had about your struggles
around teacher-student boundaries.
What...
Are you upset with me about what happened between us?
What?
Are you upset with me
for not wanting to sleep with you the other night?
Excuse me? OK, OK, OK, OK.
What, no... Are you hearing this? I don't want to hear this.
What does that mean?
That I don't want to hear any of this!
I-I have chosen to ignore your...reputation in the past.
My reputation?
I don't see how getting into it now is going to help matters.
I'm dealing with children all day - beautiful children, let me add -
but I don't need any more.
So just stop it, both of you.
Stop.
Ray, consider this an official caution.
Eliza, if and when Amandip Dhaliwal returns to school,
she'll be in your home room for the rest of the year
and you'll move her to Joseph Ting's general mathematics.
Go now, children.
I confided in you because I trusted you.
"My struggles"?
You used our personal relationship in order to report me.
All you've done is force Dip to move.
She needs my class for a university place.
Hey!
It was Dip's mum who called De Rossi.
She was the one who complained, not me.
She had to be convinced
that there wasn't anything inappropriate between you and Dip.
I didn't tell De Rossi anything.
Eliza.
You know it's my job as Assistant Principal
to follow up complaints about teachers.
That's why I was there. It's my job.
Guys, come on, back to work.
(THEME MUSIC)
Lindsay didn't come. Rosie's out there by herself.
Lindsay's mother didn't want her to come because of you.
You come here just to tell me that?
Did you do what Nassim has accused you of doing?
I told you, no.
I don't think your best friend would lie about something like this,
especially if he's gotten into trouble too.
How would you know?
And who ever said he was my best friend?
I know that when you both found out that
you were going to different high schools,
you decided to catch the same bus so you could still spend time together.
I know his family still makes extra food for you to share.
I know how much Nassim means to you.
But it can be hard when someone you love starts to drifts away.
You don't know anything.
I know that your father replaced your laptop.
Do you want to show me your phone? If you've got nothing to hide.
Or is that new as well? It's not new.
Two zero six five.
Who's this girl?
She's no-one.
I've only said, like, two words to her the whole of high school.
Sorry, I don't understand. So she sent you a photo of her vagina.
A box shot.
It's called a box shot.
But...
..doesn't she know?
Know what?
Mum! Did you come for a swim?
Oh! Darling, I forgot my bathers.
Lindsay didn't come. Her mum sends her apologies.
Apparently Lindsay's sick.
If Andy just admitted to sharing Nassim's photo,
this would be diverted from court.
The most he'd get is a family conference.
The only reason that this is going to court
is because Andy refuses to admit anything.
Yes, but the problem with that
is that there are security checks out there
that will dig it up even if it only goes to family conference.
So, for instance, if Andy goes off to uni, he finishes,
he applies for placement as a family doctor, and bang, there it is.
Produce, distribute, possess child exploitation material.
We cannot have him have that on his record.
Do you know what I mean?
OK, come on, have a little bit. It's delicious.
Come on! Ohhh.
Oh, Jesus.
Even if he did do it, we want him to learn from his mistakes.
We don't want to ruin his life. Let me protect our son, OK?
The only way that he is going to get through this with a clean record now
is if it goes to court and he's acquitted.
And it's Nassim's word against Andy. There's no other evidence.
You made sure of that, didn't you?
Andrew Luke is not admitting to anything.
He told police he deleted the photo as soon as Nassim sent it on.
That's why we're here.
We want to make sure the truth comes out.
But it will come down to a matter of Nassim's word against Andrew's.
Nassim will have to convince the judge that he is right
and more trustworthy than his friend.
So I wanted to check that you feel you're able to help.
Are you willing to testify in Nassim's defence?
I never asked for the photo.
OK.
I wasn't even thinking of getting one.
I wasn't interested in that.
What were you interested in?
I just wanted to hang out, in person.
To get pics? No.
I never spoke to her about pics.
When we went to the beach, she wore a swim cap to protect her hair,
and that night, I messaged her, "How's your hair?"
And then I get this photo from her.
And you replied,
"OMG! Please make it tomorrow! I don't care if I flunk maths!"
It meant that she liked me.
It meant I could see her again.
And so tell us why you sent this photo to your friend, Andrew.
Did Andrew ask you to send the photo to him?
No.
So he didn't know about the photo before you sent it to him.
No.
Did Amandip ask you to send on the photo?
No.
Did you tell Andy to delete the photo after you'd sent it to him?
Yes.
But only after you realised it was on the website 'Our Local Sluts'.
Yes.
Did Andy ever discuss with you this website
that this image was uploaded to?
No. I didn't know anything about it.
Did you tell Amandip you shared her image?
No.
Did you send anything back to Amandip?
Like what?
Like a picture of yourself.
No.
Didn't feel like returning the favour?
There's always a chance that a photo might get out.
That's what they told us in school.
So, you were worried Amandip would share a photo?
I guess.
Do you think Amandip had sent the image to anyone else?
She wouldn't do that.
How do you know she didn't send the photo to other people?
Because it was for me.
That's why I sent it to Andy.
Because I knew the photo was meant just for me.
I'm just a straight-A Indian girl. That's what everyone thinks.
Even my friends.
And what about boys?
Boys never bothered me at school.
Everyone thinks that I'm not even interested in boys.
Thought that...I guess.
So how did Nassim express an interest in you?
He asked me to help him with his maths.
And how is that expressing an interest in you?
Because he had no interest in getting better at maths.
And what happened then? We just studied together.
So can you tell me how it came about that you sent the photo?
We met up in secret at the beach and I taught him how to swim
and...'cause he didn't know how to swim.
But my family and I have been going to the beach for forever
and he didn't laugh at my swimming cap
and he thought I looked great in my stupid new bikini.
And he was excited but he didn't make me feel uncomfortable about it.
And it felt so good.
We kissed.
And being in the water with him, just the two of us...
..was just good.
And I wanted to tell him how it made me feel,
and I wanted to do it again.
So that night I took a photo in my bedroom, naked.
Well, lots of photos...
..but only sent him one of them.
Did Nassim ask you to send a nude picture of you?
I just sent it to him and he liked it and that made me feel good.
And then Nassim sent it on to Andy.
He said he did.
And he told you this because
you found out Andrew Luke had uploaded the photo to a website.
He said he sent it to his friend, Andy...
..but he could've just uploaded it himself.
But Nassim said once you found out about the website,
he told you he tried to get his friend, Andy, to take it down.
The photo was up for days before he told me anything.
Maybe he was trying to protect himself.
Amandip, are you wanting to change your statement?
I don't want to make any kind of statement.
Your Honour, there is no proof
that Nassim uploaded the photo to that website.
It would be like me accusing Amandip of sending her photos to other boys.
I guess no-one would be surprised, would they?
OK, I am aware there's been a lot of concern about this website,
and the abuse that continues to occur on it and others like it
is worth pursuing.
But I assume it's not within my purview, is it?
Correct. It's with the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
But it's still up? Yes, Your Honour.
Unfortunately, the website is hosted overseas.
And it hasn't been blocked?
It has, Your Honour, but these kind of sites just pop up again
under a different name or on a mirror site.
OK.
The youth court's sentencing regime is designed to enable
the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders.
The laws around child exploitation material
are made to protect children.
And I struggle to see what we are protecting today.
One image should not be enough to ruin three young lives.
So, I'm going to divert the case out of the courts
and into a family conference
so they can discuss their crimes
and the consequences of their actions.
Andrew Luke has not admitted to any offence
and there's no evidence supporting his involvement
other than one juvenile's word against another,
and that's becoming murkier by the second.
So I am unable to require him to appear at the conference.
And now, Amandip Dhaliwal and Nassim Bitar,
don't get involved in this sort of conduct again.
You've seen the consequences.
And now, in a sense, you can start afresh
and put this behind you.
(CRUNCHES) Computer, lights on.
Computer, lights off.
Computer...
..add 'furry butts' to the shopping list.
COMPUTERISED VOICE: OK, 'furry butts' added to shopping list.
Reminder for Sam to give Zoe a million dollars
so she can run away to Mexico.
(LAUGHS)
Can I come too? Hmm, maybe.
(RETCHES)
(INDIAN MUSIC PLAYS)
This is their anniversary party.
I'm glad it didn't happen in the end. It would've been exhausting.
You know, I lost my virginity on this couch.
What? Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Do you remember when you used to still go with them to the beach house
in Port Elliot for weekends?
Yes! Yeah. (LAUGHS)
Oh, they were so clueless.
Or wilfully blind.
Why didn't you tell me?
I know it was hard.
You having to come after me.
They really panicked when I left, didn't they?
Do you have to go?
Any longer and I'd have to see family
and then there'd be questions about why I was here.
But if I am ever asked, what do you want me to say?
Just tell me you'll be OK, sis.
Freaked out over literally a drink of water. Well, that's what it looked like.
And I looked it up and apparently there's a thing called aquaphobia.
Stew says he doesn't have it
but I'm 100% convinced he's got it because...
Fuck off, Oliver.
Fuck you.
I was wondering if you were going to be man enough to turn up.
I told you everything would be OK.
You just...you didn't trust me.
If you'd trusted me, none of this would have happened.
What's for lunch?
Seriously.
You don't even like it.
OK.
OK, OK!
RAY: So, OA is a, what's A to M?
Right - remember, we don't know this is a parallel yet
but we do know this is halfway.
Then?
Nassim?
Half of AC, right?
I don't know.
Did you submit your work?
Nup.
Want to get a fail at the end of the year?
It's 20% of the grade.
That was 20%? Can I take mine back?
Can I hand it in tomorrow? Why tomorrow?
Why can't you do it now?
So, AM is half of AC.
If Nassim gets to hand his in tomorrow, can I take mine back too?
No, Josephine.
Yolanda and Jack get expelled,
meanwhile Nassim gets to hand in his homework late?
(STUDENTS EXCLAIM)
Dip. What are you doing here?
If I don't do this class, I can't do specialist mathematics next year.
I need this.
You've been moved to general mathematics with Mr Ting.
Did Miss Dunsford not tell you?
It's fine. I can go. No, Nassim, sit down.
This has got nothing to do with you. Then who has this to do with?
Believe me, this is the last thing that I want but you should...
..you should speak to your parents about it.
What have they got to do with it? Why can't I be here?
Nassim gets to hand in his homework late
but Dip can't even do this class.
Why's she being punished? She's not being punished!
Then what's stopping me from doing this class?
We've all heard the rumours. Maybe they're true.
What's true?
Maybe you ARE in love with Dip. (LAUGHTER)
Alright. That's enough! (YELLS) That's enough!
You've gone too far.
I'm just trying to help. Can't you see that?
I've done nothing wrong by any of you, or Nassim or Dip.
I'm a good man, I am a good teacher
and I'm getting nothing but disrespect.
You're all sitting there suspecting the worst.
You're waiting for me to fuck up. Is that what you want?
Here you are.
So are you gonna hide in here every lunchtime for the rest of school?
Friday night should be fun. We'll have a car and everything.
But you can tell me if you're not interested.
I'm a big boy. I can handle it.
Ben, can I think about it?
I just want you to know that, you know, I've seen it.
Seen what?
You on the website.
Why did you look? I don't know if you know this.
There's a new pic up on there.
It looks like it was taken at school.
Well, you're in school uniform.
I just want you to know that I think it's all really shit.
Yeah. It's shit.
Do you want to come outside?
Maybe later.
(THUD!)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
I want to scream! So do I!
# Zoe didn't mean to hurt you
# But I can't say I didn't want to... #
Let's go over to Andy's house.
And do what? Cut his balls off.
(LAUGHS)
I like this colour.
Yeah, it'd look good on you.
I can't believe I've held on to it. Why?
That's what I'm wearing in the screenshot.
I mean...you did look pretty hot in it.
Maybe I should wear it tonight. Maybe I want to wear it.
Let's get some advice.
Hold it up.
(GIGGLES) I'm sending to Ben. No!
Too late!
You're so confident. Hardly.
I'm like the most nervous person around boys.
But you were, you know...
..with Andy, right?
Yeah, but that was different.
It was through a screen.
I didn't have to worry about touching
or what the other person was going to do.
But touching. Oh, my God. Touching!
So you like the touching then? Of course I like it!
But how do you know what to do? You don't!
You just want to grab bits.
Yeah, but they want to grab bits too,
so how do you know which bits you want them to grab?
Don't look at me for answers.
So you've, like, touched a penis then?
For a second.
Was it hard?
(LAUGHS) He had an erection.
But it was soft.
And warm.
Like skin.
So you're going to the party? I don't know!
(PHONE BEEPS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
Are there bits you want to grab?
Yes, there are many bits.
Then I think you should go to the party.
ROSIE: Mwah! (LAUGHS)
Let go! Take it off.
Ow. You're hurting me. Where's your dress?
I was just trying it on. I thought the fundraiser was important to you.
It is important to me! Do you want to look like a slut?
Do you think I want you to look like a slut?
Mum, don't! Get it off.
Look at you! Mum...
It's OK. It's not OK.
Rosie, come here.
Hey, it's alright. OK. Mum's just worried about tonight.
You don't look like... I don't want to go, Mum.
You can wear the dress. I don't care.
You'll look crazy but you're beautiful, Rose.
Let's just get ready and go, OK? Don't make me go.
Hey, it's alright.
I'll get you cleaned up
and then I'll set you up on the couch, OK?
I'll go to the fundraiser with Mum.
You can watch all the Buffy you want tonight. OK?
Come on.
(MUSIC PLAYS)
You're wearing that to the party?
Yeah, why not?
Don't worry, there's no dicks. What?
He means at the party.
There won't be any dicks at the party.
I'm saying you should feel safe. You should have fun.
You told him, Ben? Now everyone at the party will know.
Shit. I didn't mean to...
We don't have to go.
We can do something else, if you want.
What if we went over to Andy's house?
And did what?
And tell him all the things he's done wrong and why.
And he can answer to all of us for what he's done.
Right, Brian?
Yeah. Sure.
I don't know where he lives.
Do you know where he lives?
No, I don't. He's a dick.
I know someone who does.
Who are they?
We were going to a party with them.
You? A party?
Yes. I go to parties.
I just meant...
I remember you saying unless it's Josephine's house
or the library, anywhere else requires a two-hour debate
with your parents.
You really think my parents care what I do anymore?
Dip... What?
I tried to do the right thing by you but I never got it right.
Did I?
Well...
I don't know if this is the right thing, or the wrong thing...
..but I need you to tell me Andy's address.
I'll show you.
(CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYS)
Your husband is staring.
He wanted me to wear a different dress.
Ahh, foolish.
Every man in here is jealous of Nick. That dress is perfect.
Thank you.
Do you know, I like to think your husband is a little jealous of me.
Robert...
..take your hand off my back.
Don't ever touch me like that again.
Look who's the slut now.
(DOORBELL RINGS)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
(WHISPERING)
(DOG BARKS)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
(LAUGHS) Maybe not the chair.
Get off!
Throw it in the pool. Go on.
Fuck that. Throw it at me.
Throw it at me!
(LAUGHS)
What are we doing here?
Do you want to trash the house?
Maybe.
Soccer star Andy.
Oh, goal!
(GIGGLES)
Oh, excuse me. Thank you.
Nick. We don't have much time.
No. I'm going to take those moneyed boys out...
..and shake them upside down for their cash,
but I just wanted to say congratulations.
Well, I couldn't have done it without you.
I'm so proud of you. Thank you.
And you look so sexy out there tonight. Yeah.
Let's take a photo. For Rosie.
OK.
I saw the way Robert was looking at you.
What did you see?
Every man in that room was looking at you the same way. Three, two...
It makes me fucking crazy. Ow.
They all want to fuck you.
Shhh.
Ow, just...
..this is fucked.
ZOE: Come on, Nassim.
BEN: Come on, boy. Get in here.
AMANDIP: It's OK.
Come on in.
I've got you.
Completely naked, fooling around. Fuck off!
Completely naked asking for some French toast...
(LAUGHTER)
Shit.
(GASPS, COUGHS)
He was going to drown! (COUGHS)
(SPLUTTERS)
Why would you do that to Nassim?
Baba. (CRIES)
Baba.
(CAR APPROACHES) Shit. Someone's here.
Come on, Zoe. We gotta go!
You guys go. (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
Please go.
Come on, dude.
Let's get you inside.
Yeah.
Rosie, come here.
Please, just walk over here.
Are you OK? Yeah.
Are you going to call the police?
(DOORBELL RINGS)
Are you OK?
I'm a bit light-headed.
NICK: You, my friend, will be getting a five-star review. Great.
Dad!
You sort this out.
I don't think I've ever given anything except for five stars.
Nick!
Five stars. Hello, mate.
What are you doing in this neck of the woods so late?
It's past your bedtime, huh?
Why'd you leave the fundraiser without saying goodbye?
What was that all about, huh?
Hey, you coming in? They won't let me in.
Come on, they'll let you in. You're with the big boys now.
Come in.
Come on, don't be soft. Thanks, mate.
Thanks again.
What does it mean - 'Love Your Local Sluts'?
Slut is a word people use to make someone feel ashamed.
It's a word used to control women and their sexuality.
Then why did you say it to me?
(CAR DOOR CLOSES) I was afraid.
But why are they writing it about themselves?
They're trying to use it in a different way.
Why? For many reasons.
But I'm never going to use that word again.
OK? Yeah. Good.
(SEXY MUSIC PLAYS)
(CHEERING)
(GROANS)
Time to get up.
It's difficult to get at all the roots.
You can pull it out but if you leave even a small amount...
..it grows back and spreads again and takes over.
But it's still beautiful, isn't it?
Better than looking at that ugly fence.
Maybe a pomegranate.
When will Mum be back?
Soon.
Baba...why didn't you go with her?
I needed to be with you.
Well...
..when she gets back, we should do something nice for her.
Mm.
(HUBBUB)
Whooooo!
(LAUGHS)
(STUDENTS CHEER)
(SCREAMS AND LAUGHS)
Whoo!
You can do this!
Ah! Cover up. (LAUGHS)
Alright! Here we go.
(HONKS HORN) Bye!
See ya.
Dip... I'm doing this class.
I don't care what my parents say.
Alright, who else would like to add?
I mean, it's, like, a lot of pressure around, like,
guys doing romance stuff.
I mean, it's always, like, the same,
"Grow up, be a man, don't be a pussy."
My dad always said you can feel sad, I mean, it's fine to do that,
but you shouldn't inconvenience others with your emotions.
It's interesting what you said, that you, um...
..you would go to your mum about those things.
Miss Dunsford's home room is usually at the science block,
but this morning you're in the tutorial room.
Cool.
Hi. Come in.
Just drop your bag and join in with the girls.
Do you have pen and paper?
I'm surprised you finally let Eliza do this.
The tide is changing.
The court of public opinion has spoken in our favour.
OK, can I get everybody...
Our favour?
..in one big group in the middle?
Yes, Ray.
So, the first part of this is something that I would like to ask the boys.
So, girls, just hold onto your thoughts.
Boys, what do you do in your every day to avoid sexual violence?
Girls, what do you do in your every day to avoid sexual violence?
Travel in groups. Look deliberately unapproachable.
Go to the bathroom with someone else.
Making guys feel better or smarter about themselves.
Have triple zero on speed dial. Never put your drink down in public.
Always coming up with an escape plan.
You also have to be really apologetic.
You can't just be like, "No, I don't just want to give you my number".
You have to be "Sorry, I'm seeing someone".
You have to cushion it and sugar-coat it,
so you're not at the receiving end of their reaction.
Dip wants to do my maths class.
And Nassim wants to move down to general mathematics.
I'm sorry I didn't speak to you about this earlier,
but I am speaking to you now, about this.
Can you speak to her parents?
It's important to Dip.
Of course.
I'll give it a go.
Thank you.
That was pretty damn cool, Assistant Principal Dunsford.
Thank you, Mr Allum.
So, what are you up to later?
I still have that bottle of wine.
That wine is all yours. Do with it as you please.
OK, just let's forget the wine. I at least owe you a drink.
No, you don't. Ah.
I think I've made a big enough fool of myself
that I owe you a lifetime of drinks.
But tonight is a start.
I can't tonight, Ray, sorry. I'm having dinner with Ada.
Um, it's a thing, every Wednesday.
Principal Potluck, we call it.
I love a good potluck!
No...Ray.
Of course.
(LAUGHS)
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