Cabinet papers
1992: The year Queensland stopped tearing itself down overnight
The demolition of Brisbane’s Bellevue Hotel before a clear dawn in 1979 shocked Queenslanders. The destruction was the catalyst for change that took 13 years to arrive.
- by Tony Moore
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1992: Daylight saving put to bed but new dawn for conservative coalition
Queensland’s conservative parties formed a formal coalition in 1992, a precursor to the eventual single Liberal National Party conservative party.
- by Tony Moore
In 1991, Joan Sheldon blazed a trail for women in Qld politics
Newly released Cabinet minutes show a cautious Wayne Goss in his second year as premier, as a woman created history on the other side.
- by Tony Moore
Drink-driving laws led Goss to introduce ‘scourge’ of pokies
As clubs saw a downturn in patronage in 1990 following new blood-alcohol driving limits, former premier Wayne Goss gave pokies the green light – a decision he later lamented.
- by Felicity Caldwell
Queensland cabinet papers 1990: Wayne Goss’s meticulous reforms
Secret cabinet papers, released after 30 years, detail the first full year of the Goss Labor government, which drew a line under the Bjelke-Petersen era.
- by Felicity Caldwell
What secret cabinet papers reveal about 'most pivotal year' in state's history
The annual release of the state cabinet papers is a chance to see how the government of the day grappled with social, political and economic crises.
- by Lydia Lynch
How Roma Street Parkland was saved from becoming a casino
Secret cabinet minutes from 1989 can now be released, 30 years after Wayne Goss took power.
- by Lydia Lynch
Queensland attempted to tackle AIDS while sodomy remained a crime
The Ahern government tried to tackle HIV and climate change in 1988, while police were to be taught "violence in the home cannot be viewed as trivial in nature".
- by Felicity Caldwell
Fake island, complete with skyscraper and casino, was planned for South Bank
Previously confidential cabinet minutes show the Ahern government considered a controversial plan for the future of South Bank after Expo 88.
- by Felicity Caldwell
'A year of necessary change': Mike Ahern on his short but vital premiership
Former Queensland premier Mike Ahern has revealed how he took a request to expand the probe into police corruption into cabinet as a "lone ranger".
- by Felicity Caldwell
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