Greg Moran recalls that the 1957 split in the ALP was a very big issue in the Moran family with the community split across Catholic parishes between the ALP and the DLP.
Ian Brusasco discusses the conflict in the ALP relating to the communists and industrial groups during the 1957 Split with the Democratic Labor Party (DLP). He relates this to his own father having been a political prisoner under Mussolini in Italy before coming to Australia in 1923.
Sallyanne Atkinson discusses the development of her political views. She states that her time in Edinburgh was integral to sparking her political interest which continued when she returned to Brisbane in 1970. She claims that she would have joined the ALP if not for the influence of the unions. She details the change in party conferences since the 1970s.