Robin Sullivan discusses staff attitudes to the implementation of the new child protection policies, and the difficulties of dealing with the media and freedom of information requests. She discusses her interaction with lobby groups and non-government agencies.
Lesley Clark discusses her role in various parliamentary committees. She discusses the unpopularity and electoral impacts of council amalgamations. She highlights the slow nature of political change.
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.
Jim Fouras discusses the successful and unsuccessful legislation introduced under Goss, the difficulty of balancing the electorate's needs with budgetary constraints, and his conflict with the Premier over the Speaker position.
