Not Content With Just Featuring The Best Boobs In The Business, McLeod’s Daughters Tackles The Topical Issue Of Industrial Relations

Among the list of story topics we expected writers of McLeod’s Daughters to approach in future episodes*, we can most assuredly confirm that industrial relations did not feature in any way, shape or form.

Isn’t this a pleasant surprise then!

The industrial relations battle has reached soapie scripts, with conflict over workplace deals featuring in McLeod’s Daughters.

The latest episode of the Channel 9 soap has Phil the mayor sacking young Patrick at the garage so he can rehire him on a “workplace agreement”.

Phil says it involves a new title of assistant manager, more flexibility, more responsibility.

“Less money,” snaps Patrick in the episode shown Wednesday night. “Much less money.”

Patrick is not impressed by the promise of more pay through bonuses for hard work and rejects the workplace agreement.

“Well it’s not actually your choice,” says Phil. “It’s either my way . . .”

“I’ll take the highway,” says Patrick. “I quit.”

Thankfully the episode wasn’t totally weighed down by boring stuff like politics.

A synopsis of the plot for episode 183 of McLeod’s Daughters makes clear the confrontation and the related industrial relations issues were not at the centre of the dramatic action.

Tayler, who quit in protest with Patrick, later sneaks back to work for Phil because she needs her car fixed.

Patrick is furious, “but forgives her when he finds a baby joey and realises just how much Tayler needs her car”.

Man finds baby joey and has life-changing realisation is the oldest story in the book, but we’ll forgive the writers for indulging in cliche.

*So far, our list consists of -

· Abi Tucker’s character releases an album!
· Wet t-shirt competition!
· Aaron Jeffrey’s character gets kicked in the cock repeatedly by a surly filly (EQUINE OR FEMALE CHARACTER)!
· A mad scientist is discovered living in a secret laboratory somewhere “out bush” – he has vials and vials of Jack McLeod’s frozen man-milk and has dedicated the last twenty years of his life to impregnating women across the country with Jack’s highly potent sperm! Thus ensuring the series can run forever! HALLELUJAH.