Mike Horan outlines his strong belief in Queensland sport and the importance of sport in the community. He discusses the importance of funding elite sport and its contribution to the community.
Mike Horan discusses his parents including his mother's education at the University of Queensland and his father's career in the Queensland Police. He describes playing football for Parramatta and working on his own land in the Mary Valley near Gympie. He notes that difficult times in the 1970s forced him to return to playing football.
Mike Horan details his education at Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School and St Laurence's College where he was school captain in 1962 and his unsuccessful years studying veterinary science. He discusses moving to Taroom and then to Bundaberg to play rugby league and securing a contract to play for the Parramatta Rugby League Club.
Leigh Tabrett discusses the increased visibility of the arts in major Queensland events, and the 2006 changes to the way Arts Queensland funds organisations.
Jim Fouras discusses his preselection and campaigning for the 1977 election, commenting on the important role that sport played in raising his profile, and the positives and negative impacts of his migrant background. He discusses the increasing importance of his ethnicity as he grew older, and the disappointment of being disendorsed in 1986.
Judy Spence outlines the need to spend more money on sport and sport infrastructure in Queensland due to the decentralised nature of the state. She discusses her joint role as Sports and Police Minister during the sexual assault allegations against Gold Coast Titans rugby league players in 2007-08.
