A comedy from Jonathan Biggins from "The Wharf Review". A small country town gathers their Australia Day Committee to plan for the big day, but with six quirky community leaders who couldn't organise a chook-raffle, chaos is almost inevitable ..
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Brian Harrigan. 45-plus, Mayor of Coriole Shire and preselection candidate for the Liberal Party. Chair of the Australia Day Organising Committee, Small business owner, Rotarian.
Robert Wilson. 45-plus, Deputy Mayor of Coriole Shire and loyal Deputy Chair of the Committee.
Maree Bucknell(pronounced Mah-ree). 60-plus, President of the local Country Womens Association. Long-serving committee member.
Wally Stewart. 55-plus, local builder and small scale developer. Long-serving committee member.
Helen McInnes. 35-plus, local Greens Councillor, a relatively new arrival to the shire from the state capital. New to the committee.
Chester Lee. 25-plus, newly arrived Australian-born Vietnamese primary school teacher. Very new to the committee.