‘You need to build trust when you don’t need it – for the time when you do’: an interview with Steve Bracks

Steve Bracks was on track to be immortalised in his role as Victoria’s premier only to choose to resign early in 2007 for (actual) family reasons. In this interview with Scott Hamilton and Stuart Kells, he shares his insights on finding common ground from the oppositional vantage.

Last year, we climbed the majestic steps of Old Treasury Building on Spring Street, at the top of Collins Street – known as the Paris End or the Money End of Melbourne – to interview former Premier the Hon Steve Bracks.