Joy Ardill outlines her role in the formation of Socialist Left (SL) from the mid-1970s along with Anne Warner, Sue Yarrow, Hamish Linacre, Billie Watts, Cath Rafferty and Kath Turner who formed the Left Steering Committee before the 1979 Rockhampton ALP Conference. She states that getting left unions into the SL was important but difficult.
Wallace Trohear explains how he became active in the union movement in Brisbane, Australia, through his nomination to the Brisbane local branch committee of the BWIU.
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.
Sue Yarrow outlines the perceptions of federal intervention in the Labor Party and recalls some individual reactions. She discusses the future of the Labor Party and the need for further reform.
Sue Yarrow discusses the role of unions in pushing for change in the Queensland Labor Party and names some of the people who were fundamental in supporting the intervention.
Sue Yarrow outlines the key events, after the Rockhampton conference, that led to the federal intervention in the Queensland Labor Party in March 1980.
Sue Yarrow recalls how the Old Guard did not share power as directed by the Executive and this led to the intervention. She describes the difficulties in becoming a delegate to the Labor Party conferences.
