FRIENDS & ENEMIES
DOCUMENTARY 1987
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.
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My Director’s notes
Unlike many films about union history, Friends & Enemies is not a retrospective account, it was make as a fly on the wall documentary – told as it unfolded from day to day, week to week, month to month.
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