- Nurse Corinne Syddell: If they find out that I was Quentin's lover, there's really only two courses open to them.
- Eva Lloyd-George: How do you mean?
- Nurse Corinne Syddell: They'll either send me to Adelaide or I'll have a heart attack.
- Eva Lloyd-George: What happens in Adelaide?
- Nurse Corinne Syddell: I'll have a heart attack.
- Leo Carmichael: It is the policy of both governments that these people do not exist. If they're seen in this place...
- Cranky: I don't understand. These are human beings right here. In front of our very eyes. Clearly they exist!
- Philip Lachlan MP: I want some decent food and I want it now!
- Leo Carmichael: You'll get what you're given, Minister, when and if I decide to give it to you, because I don't give a damn about any of your appetites.
- Philip Lachlan MP: I beg your pardon?
- Leo Carmichael: Are you that stupid? This is Maralinga, remember? You know the drill. This is my town.
- Leo Carmichael: These people are evidence, Doctor. Living human evidence.
- Eva Lloyd-George: Evidence of what, Major?
- Leo Carmichael: Of lies.
- Leo Carmichael: If there is a spy, which, by the way, is just an assertion on your part, I promise you it's not Corinne.
- Eva Lloyd-George: I'll prove it to you.
- Leo Carmichael: No, you won't.
- Eva Lloyd-George: So you gave Corinne the letter?
- Leo Carmichael: Yeah. And she read it.
- Eva Lloyd-George: And?
- Leo Carmichael: And she denies every word. And I believe her.