A mysterious fax from an unknown source sets the Sunday Mercury political reporter Georgi Singer on to an investigation that threatens to overturn the inner sanctums of the government.
The media is publicising the plight of two Aussie battlers who have lost their life savings in a bank heist, but Plod works his police contacts to expose the truth.
Nell takes over the editor's chair when Bill has to go to Western Australia to be grilled by the media tycoon who's bought a significant interest in Mercury Media.
Gibbo investigates paedophilia in high places; general reporter Kevin Kinsella manages to get an exclusive interview with the parents of a baby who has just survived a risky operation.
Cub reporter Nathan Cohen almost blows Tess's exclusive story; Gibbo begins a dangerous relationship with Clare Bannister; Georgi has a fit when one of her stories is blown by the government, and she accuses Gibbo of leaking it.
Tess finds the experience intoxicating when she takes over Rocco's gossip column for the week; everyone comes together for Gibbo when tragedy overtakes the foreign correspondent.
Gibbo is given a story that threatens the career of the Opposition Leader. A colourful racing identity friend of Sylvie Waterman's comes out of jail and wants her to write his biography.