Jonathan Dawson

The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He's trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters, but the pressures of school, his rival Eddie Coogan and bully Tiger Kelly make life tough for him. Besides, there's fishing to be done.

A glossy thriller about a show-business tycoon with a shady background, and a young documentary filmmaker and his girlfriend who are making a film about him. They believe the tycoon has been making "snuff" films, and try to get a confession on film. He invites them to his luxury penthouse for a weekend of partying and filming, and indulges in mind games until the party ends in disaster.

The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament.