Sorab Kaidobad

It’s the biggest television event of the decade – Australia Day 1988, featuring a full re-enactment of the first fleet sailing into Sydney Harbour, ceremonies with Prince Charles and Princess Diana, and one of the biggest protests ever seen in Australia.

With international stock markets in freefall, Helen is plunged into crisis when a gossip columnist threatens to expose her troubled past. Feeling hunted, she turns to embattled CEO Charlie Tate for help.

It’s one year on and Helen and Dale are now established as ‘The Golden Couple of News’. It’s Election Night 1987 – Hawke vs Howard. Competitor Geoff Walters is also…