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.

Keith De Lacy speaks about the difficulties of being in Opposition. He provides general commentary on the ideological and policy underpinnings of the Labor Party and National Party.