Synopsis
Wayne Petty, a middle aged sponge still living off his mother, together with his bruiser girlfriend Carol Paine, are the self-appointed leaders of their own radical political fringe group, Direct Democracy Action Group, or DDAG. Gleefully determined to unhinge any government they deem corrupt, the couple begin a covert campaign to bring down a key government minister.
When Australia’s richest business man Frank Hogg suffers a heart attack, Wayne Petty immediately sees an opportunity. Sending his long suffering mother, Joy, on a fact finding mission, he manages to bug Frank Hogg’s hospital room. What he discovers is true political gold: the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Bill Blankie, is to receive a $25,000 bribe, to be hand delivered by Frank Hogg’s devoted son, Matt Hogg.
Wayne Petty and Carol Paine propel themselves into action. In a hare brained scheme, hatched without much forethought, they abduct Matt Hogg, keeping him in a backroom of Joy’s old, dilapidated house. Once they have the young Hogg heir under lock and key, they call Bill Blankie and try to blackmail him. To their utter shock and disbelief, the Minister doesn’t take the leaders of the Direct Democracy Action Group seriously at all. He hangs up on them, thinking they are university pranksters.
Unbeknownst to Wayne Petty and Carol Paine, complications have ensued. When the Minister turns up at the pick up point, previously organised with Matt Hogg, ready to collect his $25,000, there is a mix up. An affable drifter, Mark Tripp, is mistaken for the business man’s son and ends up spending a week at the politician’s house. Meanwhile, no one knows that Matt Hogg has even been abducted.
Finally all is resolved when Joy Petty, after having been repeatedly told by her son that her hearing is playing up on her, discovers Matt Hogg locked up in the old disused back room of her house.
The leaders of DDAG, in a strange way, do get their wish. The government does not survive the scandal, and is soon kicked out at the next election. Despite this, the two leaders are given substantial prison sentences for their abduction of Matt Hogg.
Surprisingly, Joy wins a huge reward from the Hogg family for locating Matt Hogg, and throws off years of financial hardship.
When Australia’s richest business man Frank Hogg suffers a heart attack, Wayne Petty immediately sees an opportunity. Sending his long suffering mother, Joy, on a fact finding mission, he manages to bug Frank Hogg’s hospital room. What he discovers is true political gold: the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Bill Blankie, is to receive a $25,000 bribe, to be hand delivered by Frank Hogg’s devoted son, Matt Hogg.
Wayne Petty and Carol Paine propel themselves into action. In a hare brained scheme, hatched without much forethought, they abduct Matt Hogg, keeping him in a backroom of Joy’s old, dilapidated house. Once they have the young Hogg heir under lock and key, they call Bill Blankie and try to blackmail him. To their utter shock and disbelief, the Minister doesn’t take the leaders of the Direct Democracy Action Group seriously at all. He hangs up on them, thinking they are university pranksters.
Unbeknownst to Wayne Petty and Carol Paine, complications have ensued. When the Minister turns up at the pick up point, previously organised with Matt Hogg, ready to collect his $25,000, there is a mix up. An affable drifter, Mark Tripp, is mistaken for the business man’s son and ends up spending a week at the politician’s house. Meanwhile, no one knows that Matt Hogg has even been abducted.
Finally all is resolved when Joy Petty, after having been repeatedly told by her son that her hearing is playing up on her, discovers Matt Hogg locked up in the old disused back room of her house.
The leaders of DDAG, in a strange way, do get their wish. The government does not survive the scandal, and is soon kicked out at the next election. Despite this, the two leaders are given substantial prison sentences for their abduction of Matt Hogg.
Surprisingly, Joy wins a huge reward from the Hogg family for locating Matt Hogg, and throws off years of financial hardship.
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