Penny and Ali promised to be together forever, despite opposition from their families, society and the law. They defined their own rules of a committed relationship. Seventeen years later Australia is preparing to vote on same-sex marriage, but their relationship is shifting. Penny wants to revive their love but when Ali suffers a stroke and her hidden affair is revealed, Penny is forced to discover what true love means to her.

In the future, the workforce will be centralized through one online system that people will log onto in order to bid for work.