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During my term as Premier, I had very little involvement with it until the killings continued; and it became a hot political issue for my government. Let me commend the author for researching and writing about this case. It is timely, as it removes much of the journalistic speculation, and sets the record straight. However, I confess that as a Premier has to do, I piled on the pressure until it was solved. But let me return to the beginning, as before becoming State Premier, I had risen through the ranks of the Labour Party. I had been prominent in the liquor industry and had bought and sold a few rundown suburban pubs. I would go in hard to get rid of the sleazebags who give a pub a bad name; the drill was to give each pub a theme and then to renovate and decorate them so they could p
