FRIENDS & ENEMIES
The emergence of the New Right as a force to be reckoned with in Australian politics had its origins in one of the most bitter and protracted disputes in Australian labor history - the 1985 Queensland Power Dispute.
It all started in February of that year when Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Peterson sacked 1,002 electrical linesmen and rushed through Parliament some of the harshest anti-union legislation seen in Australia for over 50 years.
FRIENDS & ENEMIES is an account of the 9 month struggle observed through some of the major participants on both sides.