1992:The year Queensland stopped tearing itself down overnight

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.

  • byTony Moore

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1992:Daylight saving put to bed but new dawn for conservative coalition

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.

  • byTony Moore
In 1991,Joan Sheldon blazed a trail for women in Qld politics

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.

  • byTony Moore
Drink-driving laws led Goss to introduce ‘scourge’ of pokies

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.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Queensland cabinet papers 1990:Wayne Goss’s meticulous 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.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
What secret cabinet papers reveal about'most pivotal year'in state's history

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.

  • byLydia Lynch
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How Roma Street Parkland was saved from becoming a casino

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.

  • byLydia Lynch
Queensland attempted to tackle AIDS while sodomy remained a crime

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".

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Fake island,complete with skyscraper and casino,was planned for South Bank

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.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
'A year of necessary change':Mike Ahern on his short but vital premiership

'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".

  • byFelicity Caldwell