Barbara Cross recalls that ALP branch people were not in factions in the early 1970s which were always the union left (Trades Hall aligned) and the right (AWU aligned). She states that reform was needed because the ALP couldn't win elections without getting the best candidates up.
Greg Moran discusses his election as Party Organiser at the June 1984 Townsville ALP Conference and the reaction of Peter Beattie and his factional members.