Brian Head describes his reluctant decision to leave the Cabinet Office to head up the Public Sector Management Commission in 1994 and the work of the commission, including strategic human relations and industrial relations.
Anne Warner recalls the SEQEB dispute. She notes the number of people that were involved with the political activity surrounding this issue. She was arrested three times during the SEQEB dispute. This included one incident at Cleveland which she describes as unlawful arrest. This was a bitter process because they lost and the trade union movement lost. She believed it created a watershed that contributed to the restructure in the Labor Party and the election of Wayne Goss.
Anne Warner states that for her early career, the right to march issue posed challenges to organising political meetings to discuss party issues. She says Joe Harris was instrumental in getting the unions involved with a left wing grouping that was pro-reform. Although there was much reform within the party, they did not feel they had a realistic chance of winning the seat of Kurilpa.
Peter Beattie discusses his decision to resign as Labor State Secretary and run for preselection in the 1989 state election, placing this in the context of a push to expand the party beyond the unions to include groups such as women and white collar workers.
Rob Borbidge considers his relationship with the public service and the public service union and contrasts his own approach with that of the Goss Government. He discusses the introduction of tenure for the term of government and the importance of this measure in improving relations with the public service.
Wayne Goss explains his decision to remove himself from direct contact with the unions, and to formalise the Labor Party's relationship with union bodies through the Queensland Labor Advisory Council.
