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.
Queensland’s conservative parties formed a formal coalition in 1992,a precursor to the eventual single Liberal National Party conservative party.
Newly released Cabinet minutes show a cautious Wayne Goss in his second year as premier,as a woman created history on the other side.
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.
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.
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.
Secret cabinet minutes from 1989 can now be released,30 years after Wayne Goss took power.
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".
Previously confidential cabinet minutes show the Ahern government considered a controversial plan for the future of South Bank after Expo 88.
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".