Anne Warner discusses the issues that she focused on when she was a backbencher in Opposition: social justice, civil liberties, women's issues and the SEQEB (South East Queensland Electricity Board) dispute. She goes on to note the social justice issues related to the Boggo Road Gaol. This included one incident of fire where she witnessed an inmate brutalised, which she then reported to parliament. Anne Warner also notes that at the time she was less involved in the abortion issue.