Bob Gleeson discusses unrest amongst ALP members at State Council meetings including how the Trades Hall Group supported Lionel Bowen not Queenslander Bill Hayden for the federal parliamentary leadership.
John Mickel reflects on the difficulties of being a Labor supporter while working in the State education system during the Bjelke-Petersen era. He describes his transfer to a school in Inala and the lack of resources provided by the State government to schools in Labor electorates. He discusses his work for the Teachers' Union and states he joined the ALP in 1978.
Paul Reynolds outlines the events leading up to the 1980 federal intervention and comments generally on the state of the Queensland ALP branch prior to intervention, in particular the factions in the party.
