David Hamill outlines the old division between the AWU and the Trades Hall alignment and the affect the federal intervention had on both these factions. He talks about the gradual reform that the Labor Party was undergoing during this period.
David Hamill discusses his time in Opposition following his election. He explains some of the tensions involved in the Labor Party, due to factions and the federal intervention into the Queensland branch of the Labor Party.
Craig Sherrin discusses his public service career, including a three year appointment with the State Emergency Service, before becoming the Director of South Brisbane TAFE in 2000.
Erik Finger outlines his changing but still amicable relationship with Goss after the creation of the Office of the Cabinet, and the way different departments responded to the new directions and challenges of the Goss Government.
Brian Head discusses his work at the PSMC in the context of the public service's discontent with constant restructuring, and their disquiet with the failing Goss Government in late 1995. He comments that while the Goss Government was an excellent reformer, it was seen as less effective in day-to-day service delivery.
Anne Warner details how she received her ministry in Family Services, Aboriginal and Ethnic Affairs in the Goss Government. Largely, she suggests, it was given to her at the decision of Goss and Kevin Rudd. She describes how these large policy areas were aggregated under this administration. Anne Warner admits that this was a bit of a strain to have such a large department, and that the rationale for its size appeared primarily as a department for the neglected.
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.
Ann Scott briefly comments on the 1991 CJC report into the misuse of parliamentary travel funds and also discusses the long-lived popularity of the Goss Government (which she attributes to their reform agenda), and their eventual downfall (wrought by the alienation of the country electorates). She also notes the sometimes difficult relationship between the government and the public service that resulted from the large-scale reforms.
