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Wayne Goss: Like Whitlam, he will be remembered for profoundly changing a political landscape.

Goss government’s ‘fractious’ relationship with anti-corruption body revealed

Queensland’s second-term premier, Wayne Goss, didn’t know what was coming. And he wasn’t alone.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Cabinet papers 1994: In a November 1994 cabinet meeting, Queensland treasurer Keith De Lacy recommended the construction of the first section of what would eventually become the Gabba’s 360-degree bowl of seating and the installation of the stadium’s light towers.

Gabba, Gabba, deja vu: Cabinet papers show stadium schism back in 1994

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Around the Queensland cabinet table three decades ago, Brisbane stadiums were firmly on the agenda.

  • Cameron Atfield
Wayne Goss, premier from 1989 to 1996, helped reform Queensland after the Fitzgerald Inquiry. He died in 2014.

Qld in 1993: Big calls on roads and rail, a stadium upgrade and new laws

Newly released cabinet documents reveal the Goss government was making decisions to deal with some of the same pressures that Queensland is facing today.

  • Tony Moore
Daylight saving is finally put to bed in Queensland in 1992.

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.

  • Tony Moore
Former deputy premier Joan Sheldon.

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.

  • Tony Moore
Then-Queensland premier Wayne Goss, pictured in 1990.

Goss cabinet knew it destroyed documents wanted for court case

Queensland ministers were told departmental documents were wanted for court action before the papers were destroyed in what became known as 'Shreddergate'.

  • Tony Moore
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The Goss cabinet moved to introduce pokies into Queensland clubs in 1990.

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.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Labor premier Wayne Goss investigated daylight saving and instigated several Fitzgerald inquiry reforms.

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.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Queensland Opposition leader Wayne Goss.

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.

  • Lydia Lynch
Roma Street Parkland almost became a casino instead.

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.

  • Lydia Lynch

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