PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: The early years – what drove my passion to serve?
CHAPTER 2: Joining the ALP – the dream begins
CHAPTER 3: The campaign for pre-selection – climbing the political Mt Everest
CHAPTER 4: The backbencher – reaching for executive power
CHAPTER 5: The illusion of freedom of speech – over-reaching on ‘sacred’ ground
CHAPTER 6: Law & order – the cases of Vo and Lewthwaite
CHAPTER 7: Winning government – exercising executive power
CHAPTER 8: The Sydney Motorways – what it took to build them
CHAPTER 9: Road safety – saving lives
CHAPTER 10: Connecting communities – anecdotes along the way
CHAPTER 11: Running the railways – managing unbridled economic rationalism
CHAPTER 12: Delivering transport for a successful Sydney Olympics
CHAPTER 13: The premiership denied – what really happened?
CHAPTER 14: The dream ends – Iemma strikes again
CHAPTER 15: Privatising electricity – The destruction of a Labor Government
CHAPTER 16: The aftermath – transition, renewal and new beginnings
EPILOGUE
