It sounds like the plot of a political thriller — a secret team sent to the outback to meddle in an election, a mysterious barrel of port, and a court battle that has influenced voting patterns for decades.
But the election scandals that occurred in the Kimberley region in the 1970s and '80s during state elections are recorded in dozens of documents, and the memories of Aboriginal elders who were the subject of the "dirty tricks" used in the election campaigns.
