John Battams discusses his childhood in Mackay, his parents and his early exposure to politics and unions. He summarises his time at university and his first job as a teacher.
Judy Spence outlines her early life growing up in Brisbane, attending Marshall Road Primary School in Holland Park West, then Yeronga High. After attending Mt Gravatt Teachers College she taught at Calen Secondary School (north Mackay) then at Woodridge High School for 3 years (while she completed a degree in Asian Studies from Griffith University), then 3 years at Beenleigh High School, had her first child, then taught for 4 years at Browns Plains High School before being elected to Queensland state parliament in 1989.
