Schapelle Page #4

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lawyer on the Gold Coast,

in my opinion there is no way

to get Schapelle out of there

unless we convince the public.

Thank you.

Right now

about 50% think she's guilty,

so we shift that and then we get

the public to work

on the government.

All of Hoolihan's is at your disposal,

what's that, like seven, eight lawyers?

Yeah, to take care of

the Australian side.

Now, there are probably over 100

Australian drug dealers currently

serving in prisons

around the world.

We don't like drug dealers,

we don't even know their names.

We just assume that they are

guilty and we let them rot.

So on top of creating a defence,

we have to make everyone believe

that Schapelle is unique,

that she is innocent.

We make her someone

Australia loves

so no way would anyone ever

put her

The first thing is we start

controlling the flow

of information.

We build up a trusted

group of journos.

You've got 60 Minutes, that's good.

I'm thinking Alan Jones.

He's a direct line to the PM

and Derryn Hinch in Melbourne.

We use them to drip feed

the information we want the

papers to pick up on because we're

all about whatever it takes to get

her out of there -

whatever it takes.

Why would anyone be crazy enough to

decide to fly 4.5 kilos of cannabis

out of two airports? When you walk

through any international terminal,

even if you are carrying scissor,

small scissors, they can see it.

How can they not see

4.5 kilos of cannabis?

Now, the space bags were

made in the USA, yeah?

Then sent to a Melbourne

warehouse, not available

for purchase anywhere

in Indonesia.

That's one for the other side.

Next.

Why don't airline passengers know

the weight of their

individual bags,

Derryn? A girl could lose

her life because of this.

DNA. Sh*t, is that the dope?

Sampled by one of our people.

Schapelle signed a consent giving

permission for DNA to be tested.

Let's do it.

The AFP can't facilitate

it and the Indonesian police

just aren't willing to help us.

Course not. Up to 50% of

Australians think she's innocent.

It would be 100%

if they knew the facts.

Alan, your listeners should ask

themselves why would anyone bring

marijuana to Indonesia?

This is a perfect country

for growing dope in.

Why would anybody import it?

Well the cops in Queensland

did say from the photographs

it looks like hydroponic from SA.

Value about 20 to 30 grand in

Australia, up to 80 grand here.

South Iceland would be more

helpful.

SA is still too close to

Queensland.

There's no CCTV footage because of

so-called technical problems, isn't

that a bit of a coincidence,

Phillip?

I don't call him Mad Ron.

I call him our white knight.

I thought I was going to

have to sell our house to

pay for Schapelle's legal fees.

The court heard from

an expert witness today,

an Australian criminologist, whose

expert opinion is that Schapelle

Corby has none - none - of the

characteristics of a drug smuggler.

So then the only thing

that we've got

going for us is that

the bags were unlocked? Yep.

And that's not enough.

I'm not

supposed to be in court today.

I'm supposed to be seeing

a doctor.

I'm supposed to be seeing

a doctor.

Why are you seeing a doctor?

Schapelle, Schapelle,

how are you feeling?

Schapelle... Is it true...

Schapelle.

Schapelle.

Schapelle Corby's family have

denied rumours that she's pregnant

but confirmed she is suffering

from anxiety and depression.

No sh*t. She's going mental.

She's an innocent young girl

facing the death sentence.

Without the support of

the Australian public

I'm worried she'll go insane.

The crucial thing here is not...

We can't just sit here, mate.

I'm not doing another drop to

Queensland until we sort this out.

It's best to protect the rights of

an Australian citizen and make sure

all the correct facts

are presented

to a court.

Maybe, Schapelle, you could write me

a little note for my granddaughter.

She's in grade 6.

Yeah.

Oh, that's lovely.

Ta, love.

Take a photo of youse. Dave.

Smile.

So let me get this straight.

You are the provine us

the Corby suitcase or the board bag?

Not won't. We are unable to.

Unable to because you're

under pressure not to?

I don't know,

from the AFP, Foreign Affairs?

Qantas doesn't

require the X-raying

of luggage destined for the hold

on domestic flights.

But if it's international

you X-ray?

Oh, for the US and UK

yes, 100% are X-rayed.

For Indonesia?

I believe it's about

one bag in 100.

I'm sorry. I'm late.

What I'm saying is that

Qantas didn't X-ray the bags,

so anything could have happened

to them after she checked in.

Very alarming news there, Robin

Tampoe, and yet another reason to

bring this poor girl home

to her family and friends.

If you arrive somewhere and

you find drugs in your bag, then

how can you prove

they aren't yours?

The Australian Government

needs to help Schapelle.

Look, it's very important to have

a sense of realistic expectations

of what the government can do.

Good. Good, good, good.

And there's more.

We set up

this hotline out of Bulan.

Asking anyone who knows

anything about Schapelle

that can help her case to call in.

Every lawyer on the phone.

We've had hundreds of calls.

They got a call from a guy willing

to take Schapelle's place in jail.

He said he'll do whatever

sentence she gets. Even death.

Oh, my God. And then it happens.

We received this letter

from a guy who claims he knows

who put the drugs in her bag. No.

Oh. A prisoner out of Victoria

who claims he overheard the

conversation in prison.

A prisoner?

Well, prisoners are people.

Can we get the prisoner from

Australia to here to testify?

We thought this was going to

be a big no, so I had all my

staff working on this for the last

five days and they found out that

Indonesia and Australia apparently

have this treaty assisting

each other in criminal matters.

So we're pushing as hard as we can

to have this prisoner, John Ford,

brought here.

It's an obscure agreement, never

been used. Big tit legal team.

They're asking us to

shift someone who's

currently imprisoned in Victoria

to act as a witness in Indonesia?

Anything that can be done

should be done, unquote.

This is Victorian Department of

Corrections. Victorian Police.

Immigration. Indonesian police.

Indonesian immigration.

Will he have immunity

in Indonesia?

Mick, she's on the cover

of every magazine in the

country apart from Horse & Hound.

It's pandering to public opinion.

We feel nothing but compassion

for the poor girl and will do

all we can to bring her home.

You do policing, I'll do politics.

I wrote you something.

It's a poem.

You don't have to do that.

This is really nice.

You have a good heart, Ron.

Enough.

Court tomorrow.

What's my headline this week?

Wasn't it,

"Help me Australia"?

Help me Australia.

Perfect.

So thank you to everyone

for all of your support.

Thanks to the legal team.

We'll get her home.

Wouldn't it be just lovely

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