''The Local Rag'' is a 1986

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about a suburban

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.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p102 It was made as a

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for a TV series which did not proceed."Seeking Drama in the Lives of Local Hacks", ''The Age'' 2 December 1985
accessed 13 July 2013

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* Australian television films 1986 films Films directed by Keith Wilkes 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub