The Australian Women's Register

2 hours 28 mins An interview with the Hon Sandra Kanck MLC, commissioned for the National Library of Australia’s Eminent Australians Interviewing Program in conjunction with the State Library of South Australia’s J. D. Somerville Oral History Collection. Sandra Kanck talks about her childhood in Broken Hill, her family life, responses to her upbringing, parental absences, family’s involvement with the Methodist church, love of singing, importance of school, being the ‘black sheep’ of the family, political awareness, Pollyanna, teacher training, marriage, Aussie Kanck, pregnancy, Sydney move, feminism, move to Adelaide, involvement with the Democrats, Meg Lees, being a politician, social justice and environment priorities, the Housing Trust, Children in State Care legislation, committees, relationships with other politicians, overseas travel, world issues, drug law reform, community groups, and the future.