Robin Sullivan discusses the 2006 strike by child safety workers, work load analysis, and the department's response to the abuse of Indigenous children.
Robin Sullivan discusses her decision to take up an appointment as Children and Young People's Commissioner and her desire to combat some of the fundamental threats to children. She discusses her attempts to re-invigorate and strengthen the office and the conflicts that arose with the Minister for Families, Anna Bligh, before the commission was moved from her department to Premier's.
Leigh Tabrett discusses reforms to the accreditation process and funding for non-state schools in the early 2000s, as well as policy regarding child protection and the status of schools as non-profit organisations.
Yvonne Chapman discusses the tough decisions she made and the threats made to her during her time as minister. She recalls a confrontation with a member of the public at church.
Yvonne Chapman discusses the main issues she dealt with as Minister for Welfare Services, Youth and Ethnic Affairs and talks about the difficulties of the portfolio and compares these to the Transport portfolio.
Frank Peach explains the events leading to the CMC inquiry and the associated freedom of information issues that this raised for him and the department.
Ruth Matchett gives her opinion of matters relating to the Heiner Inquiry (former magistrate Noel Heiner) into child sexual abuse at the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre in 1989, that had been set up by the National Party Government under Russell Cooper, and subsequently closed down under the Goss Government with the shredding of material collected in 1990.
