A Sting in the Tale


A Sting in the Tale is a 1989 Australian political satire film directed by Eugene Schlusser and starring Diane Craig and Gary Day.

Plot

Diane Lane is elected to Canberra as an MP. Her married lover, Barry Robbins, is Minister for Health and her best friend is journalist Louise Parker.
Barry wants to depose the current Prime Minister and tries to enlist the support of media baron Roger Monroe. However Diane is angry at Monroe for suppressing news of negligence in a mining disaster which killed her father and twenty others.
Diane leaks a document to embarrass the government about its plans for media ownership. The Prime Minister appoints her as Minister to the Arts in order to control her.
Diane then discovers Monroe has planted someone in her office to watch her. She tries to bring down Monroe and become Australia's first female Prime Minister.

Cast

The film was shot in Adelaide.