Norma Jones recalls that ALP representation for Toowoomba was wiped out in the 1974 election when both Wood and Bousen lost office and the debate within the party about how to retrieve the situation.
Norma Jones remembers that the two ALP state MPs for Toowoomba region were Peter Wood and Ray Bowsen. She discusses the impact of the Whitlam government in polarising the Toowoomba community. She recalls a meeting featuring Barbara Wertheim where the National Party brought in bus loads of conservative country women reported by the Toowoomba Chronicle. She recalls the Right to Life being very active in Toowoomba.