Dean Wells reflects on his relationship with the department during his time as Attorney-General. He notes the enthusiasm within the public service about the possibility for reform. He was the first Attorney-General to introduce legislation banning discrimination against breast feeding mothers.
Ann Scott speaks about attempts to raise numbers of Police Service officers and other public servants drawn from Indigenous or non-English speaking backgrounds.
Ann Scott speaks about the difficulties for women in the public service, including the glass ceiling, tokenism, sexism and work/life balance. She also speaks about changing recruitment policy, the rise of merit/qualifications based hiring, the introduction of equal opportunity measures, and the importance of women's networking.
Ann Scott discusses Native Title, Indigenous policies, and the vastly improved relations between the government and Indigenous people under the Goss Government.
