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After a night out, three Aboriginal girls fail to hail down a cab and are forced to walk home. Robyn Davis (Rarriwuy Hick) takes a shortcut and is sexually assaulted. Her father, Aaron (Wayne Blair) sees her distress, and after swearing him to secrecy, she tells him what happened. Even though he's a cop, he agrees, but his decision will have consequences down the track.

Nic Shields spends her lunch hour in a daily ritual at her local club: a little lunch, a couple of games of Keno and then play the pokies. But what started out as a bit of fun has slowly become a problem. Her bank balance is evaporating, and to hide the true extent of her gambling from her husband Eddie, she has re-directed her credit card statements to her cousin Grace's house. This places a strain on their relationship, but Nic assures Grace she will sort it out soon.

High achieving 35-year-old Aboriginal woman Mattie has just received a PhD in Cultural Anthropology. She races to share the news with her estranged white father Jack who she hasn't seen in 19 years. She wants to gloat. She wants to thank him for leaving her Aboriginal mother Patricia and herself when she was ten years old: a decision that had a huge impact on both their lives. She has succeeded without him. But when she makes the call, his older brother Richard (Steve Bisley) answers the phone. He tells her Jack died two days earlier.