DR DAVID CLUNE OAM is the NSW Parliament's Historian and an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. He is co-author of "Decision and Deliberation: the Parliament of New South Wales, 1856-2003" and co-editor of "The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005". RODNEY SMITH is an Associate Professor in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and author of several books on Australian politics, including "Against the Machines: Minor Parties and Independents in New South Wales 1910-2006".