Scout -- Royals -- Homage to Barry Humphries -- Jack -- Nathan and Jordan -- Footy mysteries -- Mands '88 -- The ANZAC spirit -- The poofter bus -- To Shel, mostly about mum -- Julian, 11 am -- A night with the fellas -- Curry -- Nauru -- Leader -- Water girl ty tucky -- Missy -- Bunker.

"A woman on a passenger ship in 1958 gets involved with a young, wild Barry Humphries. A man looks back to the 1970s, and his time as a member of Australia's least competent scout troop. In 1988, a teenage boy recalls his sexual initiation, out on the tanbark. In 2015, two sisters text in Kmart about how to manage their irascible, isolated mum. Then, in the near future, a racist demagogue - a kind of Australian Trump - talks to the press the day after his electoral triumph. And as the cities heat up and lose their water, a lady from one of the 'better suburbs' makes every effort to get her family into a gated community. This is Australia, in all its glories and its foibles - and its insularity and fear. These stories are a reflection of where we are now, and where we may be headed."--Provided by publisher.