1997WATERFRONT DISPUTE

"The ordinary men and women of Australia know that the waterfront has been rorted for years."

Tensions with unions came to a head in 1997 when balaclava-clad security men and guard dogs stormed the nation's wharves to quell Australia's biggest ever industrial dispute, as Patrick stevedores sacked its 2000 workers and replaced them with non-union labour.

Picture: Tony McDonough