Scales of Justice Act 1 - The Job

[@brettrainbow6040]

I was one of the boys in the accident scenes and on the slab at city morgue can't believe it's 40yrs since we filmed it.

[@francis1971]

Wow! How long did you have to lie still for?

[@hangarharris]

Thank you. I have been looking for these for so many years. I remember watching it when I was about 13 and it had such a powerful impact upon my perception of the country in which I live and also on the standards by which to judge a well-written and well-presented TV drama.

[@Perfect2ATee]

Thanks so much for putting the series up. We studied Act 1 for my HSC. I still have the book and am so glad I can enjoy watching it again.

[@annamarielewis7078]

We study Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, “Cats Cradle,” “The Invisible Man”, etc for what would be our GSEs in California. So interesting. I’m trying to think back to an American show that I could compare, but it’s difficult, because we were in our, “the policeman is your friend” phase of television.

[@ray.shoesmith]

I was in year 8 when it came out. We watched it in English

[@garypuma3612]

@@annamarielewis7078 I just found this. It very much reminds me of "Hill Street Blues," which premiered in 1981. The documentary-style camera work, the gritty look, and the realization that all cops are not Mr. Friendly.

[@electronicalliancetv5764]

Been lookin for this for ages thanks for uploading this man your a star -this is rare and impossible to find on dvd

[@tonyelberg7814]

It's on eBay mate

[@davidrickard9869]

Yer but how much? -its free here

[@Murrangurk2]

I was shown this whole series once in the early 90's. It stayed with me, and even now I see it reflected in my world. And it was never mentioned again. I searched high and low for it, and today i found it again! I can only imagine there is very good reason it has been buried. It's far too real.

[@annamarielewis7078]

Hallelujah. That’s what I said.

[@Bernard21210]

This and Blue Murder are the best crime docu dramas ever made, I reckon.

[@grantbennett333]

New South Wales police ...the best police 💰 money can buy

[@andrewreynolds3133]

You can add Phoenix to that list.

[@MarkHenryC]

Thanks for posting. As far as I know this is the only way of viewing this excellent series (crazy that the ABC doesn't have it for sale)..

[@joebrettgale3306]

I was checking Caryards nearby, the night they filmed this at "Con & Nicks" Servo Arncliffe along with a moonlighting NSW Detective(who was one of many investigated by IA)Ironically filmed in & around the St.George Area infamous for its "shonky" Cops including several PolComs. We couldn't work out why "Federal"(White caps)Police were involved, not local General Duties Cops? Years later, I'd wear the same fictitious State Police uniforms in "Fat Pizza"(ABC Props Dept)My Casting Agent the Late Joy Hruby appears in an episode. Spot on,re: corruption!

[@tonyelberg7814]

Mate this is a great show, I was getting pinched a year after this show was made so all the cop cars and the way the cops acted brings back some memories 😂😂😂😂I was 14 when this was made, it is the most realistic and best Aussie cop show I've seen and the actors like bill hunter make it great.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

What a great show. I never saw this living in London UK. Over the last few years more Australian tv series have been broadcast. Great talent and some really good series and films. Thank you for sharing. Very much appreciate it.

[@starrmeadows5045]

Fired for telling the truth. No wonder people will not come forward to tell the truth of what they see & know.

[@anniemay4547]

The police have never done me any favours long ago when my house was torched 😥

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

Back in the days when the Australian Broadcasting Corporation could afford to make such outstanding drama . It didn't take long before Murdoch Inc' and his henchmen , the Liberal National Party , rode into town , slashing , burning and horse whipping a once world wide , highly regarded corporation , into a quivering , subjugated , emancipated outfit of political prisoners , to her new owners .

[@zhukie]

100% correct. RIP what the glorious ABC used to be :(

[@lachlanwelsh5880]

You mean emasculated I assume… not emancipated?

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

@@lachlanwelsh5880 Yeah . Always have trouble with those two verbs . Thanks .

[@ronmcgregor9324]

Why is this not on I view? Thanks for posting. When there was funds to produce excellent Australian drama.

[@apd8339]

good mini series.

[@robertbrindle9827]

Who was the old geezer (1:18) that portrayed the Chief Superintendent (Working out from Insp. Clark's Insignia) terminating Prob Constable Webber from the force??...

[@fknucklewit]

I liked the ending.

[@bretthernan7589]

What's not been mentioned in these comments so far is that the incidences from which these three episodes of Scales of Justice were taken were sourced from the contents of a the Wood Report, a royal commission into corruption in the NSW police and each comprised of actual events sworn under oath to have occurred within the various levels levels of policing that are portrayed! In other words, it's all based on fact, is true and really did happen. When this show aired nationally on ABC-TV the NSW police declared they were officially boycotting the ABC for the entire time period for which it ran, as they liked what it revealed about them so very much. To their shame, from that royal commission into corruption there wasn't one criminal conviction made, nor any type of realistic reform reported, apart from there being a new NSW police commissioner installed. That police commissioner was imported from the UK. It was commonly rumoured that this was because they couldn't find an officer with seniority in the NSW police force who wasn't at least in some way effected by allegations of corruption. (Under the new commissioner nothing changed anyway!) A well known criminal interviewed for the Wood report stated that in the underworld it's commonly asserted that the difference between NSW and Victorian police officers is that with the Victorian police you could still tell that they were cops. The former most decorated of all NSW police drug squad detectives, Roger Rogerson, was later incarcerated for his part in numerous international drug trafficking operations and to this day resides in a state prison on a life charge for the murder and (drug) robbery of a NSW methamphetamine dealer.

[@lesleyrennie8661]

Great movie .

[@victoria-mariesanchez8386]

I didnt know what to expect but this was absolutely freakin hilarious.

[@robertboyle2573]

Was that Anne Widdecombe trying to throw herself out of the window?

[@Kimdino1]

Wishful thinking. If it really was then would anyone have tried to stop her?

[@raphaelandrews3617]

no but she could have been a look alike. She pissed in the police car, I cried laughing and the guy trying the bride the cop with $50 who stupid. He should have tried $200..

[@johnniethepom2905]

Anne Widdecombe is probably one of the most decent and honest politicians in our life times .

[@philipgould4438]

Same as it ever was.

[@denisvermeirre1024]

That's Bill Hunter. What a coincidence! Is there an Australian production that hasn't had Bill Hunter in it?

[@ryancurrie8657]

Any chance of subtitles?

[@andrewdaley5480]

Subtitles are available.

[@deadcentre6926]

Based on manly cops is it . Cops back then where so brutal hand cuffed paddy wagon rides over speed humps was atypical Saturday night

[@ray.shoesmith]

Set in South Australia

[@lh7325]

@@ray.shoesmith It’s set in Sydney, not SA.

[@pauliejay4161]

I remember studying this at high school in 1987.

[@cardinia1]

i agree winy a bloody ripper this one

[@dilly1863]

If this is a true portrayal of police conduct, very much like S, African brutality & corruption, I don't want to watch it. I lived thru it in S.A.

[@265hemi7]

We have ex south Africa police working here in Australia, the ones that worked the apartheid era. 😈

[@greyman6921]

Hahaha at 34:02 ‘do a U-TURN!’ 💥🚗 📝📝📝📝📝

[@mongomay1]

Barney Fife training video series; learn how not to get caught... Welcome to the well trained LEO's of 2021 with the decades of experience from their own leadership!

[@lynettekomidar2819]

so many familiar faces

[@Benancej]

Nice

[@bengello]

Just like it was when I joined in the early 80's...great days🙂🙂

[@MaxMustermann-pr2ez]

just real Live

[@tarhunta2111]

They were far more corrupt and brutal than what they portray here.

[@raphaelandrews3617]

This is gritty stuff and very accurate. I do not know about Aussie police, but what I know about their British versions they are just as bad/good and a lot more corrupt and racist.

[@jimclark6256]

Good ending, the fool should have dumped the coat in the river. What did he think would happen by turning in the coat. The old line will always close ranks. Welcome to the real world.

[@wendischofield352]

What a depressing and sad film.

[@anniemay4547]

Awful thing to happen to a young lad..

[@travissowell2347]

I like Spy-dar.

[@warriormvp]

Crikey!

[@annamarielewis7078]

I didn’t realize that police had guns in the seventies, and he is holding that red flashlight out at his side, leaving his chest wide open⁉️

[@zhukie]

Australian police have always been armed. In this series the issue sidearm is a S&W .38 revolver, now replaced by a Glock 22

[@AussieDisciple]

ahh..... the good ol' days.... 👍 b'fr 'politically correct policing' ... UGH ‼ 🤮 _now_ ... they arrest pastors for preaching abt 'marriage' from The Bible.... 👎

[@wendischofield352]

So you'd rather have corruption and racism?

[@ol2957]

Not good! Boo!

[@frandsenphilip1]

Speak English.

[@MrLyndarenaud]

Grow up!

[@irenepenno]

This is one of the grittiest , powerful and realistic Australian Police Drama ever made. Scales of Justice is well acted with a fantastic cast . It so much reminds me of the old school NSW Cops back in the 1970s -80s. Thank you for uploading this gem of a production on youtube. Any chance of uploading the two other episodes ?

[@irenepenno]

Thanks that's great news, I look forward to watching them. Well done

[@WhatDoesThisButtonDo]

+agt5150 That was very good, very realistic in just draws you in. I look forward to watching Eps. 2 & 3

[@zhukie]

+Winston Posters I remember it was chilling when first screened (I was about 16 at the time) And NSW was still years away from the Wood Royal Commission into Corruption so this was fucking spot-on. Many thanks for the upload agt5150!

[@MrLyndarenaud]

Does this only run for 2 more episodes and then it is over? Thank you so much for sharing. It's disconcerting to know so many police, all around the English speaking world, were so corrupt, including IA!

[@stevenwebb3634]

The NSW Police were the best police money could buy.