When I was in grade 10 in Brisbane, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party held 11 seats in the Queensland Parliament. Wik and Mabo had happened and land rights were in the news. The Bringing Them Home report into the Stolen Generations had been handed down by the Human Rights Commission. Oasis, U2 and the Spice Girls were on the radio, we got a dial-up modem and Mum had a Nokia. Mortgage-holders had been white-knuckling through the darkness of recession, clipping coupons and watching for specials.