Set the controls for the end of the world. L-R: Pine Gap creators Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard, with producer Lisa Scott. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti.
Living in Canberra for much of her life, Felicity Packard has seen up close what secrets can do to a person. ‘Over the years I’ve known many people who’ve joined DFAT or the Australian Signals Directorate or ASIO,’ she says, talking a mile a minute on the phone to Screenhub. ‘I’ve seen how those people change because they just can’t talk about what they do anymore. I’ve lost friends because of it, and I’m very interested in what that kind of professional secrecy can do to your intimacy, your social world and your psyche.’
