Total Control

After an Indigenous woman stands up to a gunman and her heroism goes viral, the government of the day offers her a Senate seat to capitalize on her popularity.

Faced with an urgent demand to site new US bases on native-title land, the government sends Alex to broker a deal with the Aboriginal communities.

Alex works around the clock trying to get the necessary amendments before the Senate and receives some surprising help from Laurie, the leader of the opposition.

Struck low by grief and the knowledge that the PM has betrayed her and the community, Alex attempts to drink the pain away in humiliating fashion.

Neither Alex nor the PM trusts the other now, but the PM still needs Alex’s vote in the Senate, and she plays on their former friendship to try to keep her in line.

Alex declares war on her party in the wake of Jess Clarke’s death, with Cartwright fighting her every step of the way. Can she find the evidence to destroy him?