Griffith University

Wallace Trohear - 00:59:18

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Wallace Trohear
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00:59:18

Wallace Trohear talks about the high levels of suicide in the building and construction industry.

Terry Hogan - 01:16:07

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Terry Hogan
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01:16:07

Terry Hogan outlines education reforms that coincided with the early phase of the Smart State strategy. He recalls that some education initiatives of this period were proposed earlier during the Goss years. He adds that Smart State helped build stronger relationships between the government and universities.

Howard Guille - 00:59:55

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Howard Guille
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00:59:55

Howard Guille discusses the effect of diverse working conditions between the different tertiary institutions.

Bob Anderson - 00:54:19

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Bob Anderson
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00:54:19

Bob Anderson discusses some of the highlights from his career, such as meeting well known personalities including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev and Gerry Adams. He talks a little about both sides of his own heritage, the Aboriginal Australian and the Irish.

Janice Mayes - 00:06:41

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Janice Mayes
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00:06:41

Janice Mayes describes the influence of certain union officials on her career and the various union positions she has held throughout her time in the Griffith University Student Union and the Federated Clerks Union.

Janice Mayes - 00:04:40

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Janice Mayes
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00:04:40

Janice Mayes discusses her activism in her student union and with the Labor Party around 1989. She talks of the influential people throughout her union career.

Janice Mayes - 00:02:09

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Janice Mayes
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00:02:09

Janice Mayes talks about joining the student union at university. She recalls the limited union presence in her early jobs and how she became involved in the former Federated Clerks Union, now the Australian Services Union.

Peter Coaldrake - 00:13:58

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Peter Coaldrake
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00:13:58
Peter Coaldrake describes being offered a tenure track position at Griffith University where he rose to be dean and cites hiring Pat Weller as his best decision.

Peter Coaldrake - 00:06:38

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Peter Coaldrake
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00:06:38
Peter Coaldrake outlines being awarded a scholarship to study at Griffith University and becoming the first Griffith University student to be awarded a PhD.

Geoff Smith - 00:12:03

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Geoff Smith
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00:12:03
Geoff Smith discusses the challenges to an elected government following a long period in opposition. He speaks on the role of ministerial staff, reforms of the Goss Government and the role of the Griffith mafia. He elucidates on the restructuring of Queensland government departments and argues that following the review period, power remained with the Office of Cabinet and Treasury.
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