Terry Hogan speaks about the Beattie Government's reforms to prostitution laws. He notes that impetus for these changes came about partly through Community Cabinet meetings, and goes on to detail other significant issues that were the focus of these public forums.
Linda Apelt discusses some of the budgeting challenges within the social service portfolio and the process of priority setting and resource allocation.
Peter Wellington explains the importance of community cabinets. He argues that it required ministers to understand issues of importance to constituents. He describes the anger in the community that contributed to the election of One Nation candidates at the 1998 election.
Peter Wellington provides further details about the negotiations that followed the 1998 election. He states that Beattie was the only leader who responded in writing to his concerns.
Rod Welford discusses his move to Attorney General when the Beattie Government returned for a second term. He describes one community cabinet in Roma when six hundred farmers turned out in protest and Peter Beattie showed his support of vegetation laws but did back off on some of the harsher laws.
