Deep Down Under

by

Diane Laing
A short film comedy, targeted at the 30 plus age group, focusing on the role of government.
What would happen if people found themselves without politicians, would they notice?

Synopsis: The world is in turmoil both in the Middle East and Asian and the dogs of war are seemingly gathering. There is an element of panic amongst the people of the world, with the most likely outcome being a horrific Armageddon waged throughout the planet. In this environment people are preparing themselves for the inevitable, which with there overwhelming resources includes the governments. In Australia the Government is preparing for the worst by putting in place plans to keep in tact the governments of Australia (both federal and State) (and of course various friends?) via already constructed bunkers in which the parliaments and government infrastructure can be maintained during the ensuring cataclysm, safe in the knowledge that when the effects of the radiation have been dissipated then the government can return to create order from the Chaos.
The Governments would be maintained within secure bunkers underneath the separate parliaments, communicating only amongst themselves, avoiding contact with the outside, which would mean having to help others. The Government and opposition parties agreed to form a state of emergency government deep under the parliaments until the next election in ten years, when the impacts of nuclear war had subsided. During this ten year period, parliament would sit and pass legislation on what they thought would be needed when they emerged and the insuring speeches, protocols and monuments etc that would mark their triumphant return, or will it?

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