David Williams outlines the performance-based contracts that public service heads were signed to under the Beattie government, describing the expectations that he and other senior executives faced. He speaks about how his department supported the government's agenda.
Bob Anderson talks about the decline in union membership numbers, his move from the Building Workers Industrial Union to the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union, and the different tactics this now defunct union had in comparison to his first union.
Janice Mayes discusses the membership coverage of workers in the public and private sectors and the difficulties prompted by rapidly changing technologies.
Ross Rolfe discusses his work after 1996 in the private sector, especially in the gas and petroleum sectors and his decision to return to the public sector in 1998 as Director General firstly of Environment and then of State Development and CoG. He enjoyed his role in the economic development strategy with the Beattie Government, including delivering resources infrastructure, promoting investment in minerals and agricultural industries. He discusses his role in reforming the timber industry, phasing out native forest logging and investing in plantation based industry.
