Cabinet papers
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.
- by Cameron Atfield
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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.
- by Cameron Atfield
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
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
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