Joy Ardill outlines the aims of the early Socialist Left (SL) in the ALP. She recalls meetings with Denis Murphy and Peter Beattie. She names a number of key reformers in the ALP.
Lindsay Jones discusses key ALP reformers including Senators George Georges and Jim Keeffe, Mike Reynolds, Pat Comben, Peter Beattie, Denis Murphy, Joy Ardill and Wilf Ardill. He discusses the attitude of the Old Guard unions to Clem Jones and Ian Brusasco.
Barbara Cross and Manfred Cross discuss the next tipping point on the road to ALP intervention involving the charges against George Georges, Joe Harris and Peter Beattie.
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.
Greg Moran remembers meeting Neal Kane who became a mentor at the Anzac Club on Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, and his belief that Kane spoke with George Georges and Ian McLean to arrange a deal for Moran to win his State Organiser position with the ALP.
