NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wayne Goss

Wayne Keith Goss (born 26 February 1951) was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996. He was born at Mundubbera, Queensland and educated at Inala High School and the University of Queensland (LLB). He worked as a solicitor and then with the Aboriginal Legal Service before setting up his own practice. Goss entered state politics as an Australian Labor Party (ALP) MLA in 1983 for the Division of Salisbury and later Logan. Elected leader of the opposition in 1988, he became premier the following year. List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... The Hon Theo Russell Cooper (born 4 February 1941) is a former Australian National Party politician. ... Hon Rob Borbidge Robert Edward Borbidge AO, (born 12 August 1954), Australian politician, was the 35th Premier of Queensland, and leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party. ... The division of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland, Australia. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mundubbera is a town in Queensland, Australia, approximately 200 kilometres inland of Bundaberg. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd... ALP redirects here. ... For the fish called lawyer, see Burbot. ... is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Mundubbera is a town in Queensland, Australia, approximately 200 kilometres inland of Bundaberg. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd... Inala is a diverse working-class suburb of Brisbane. ... The University of Queensland (UQ) is the longest-established university in the state of Queensland, Australia, a member of Australias Group of Eight, and the Sandstone Universities. ... ALP redirects here. ... A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ...

Goss was victorious in a landslide over Russell Cooper in the 1989 state election in Queensland and presided over the implementation of many of the reforms of the landmark Fitzgerald Inquiry into police corruption. His election win was seen as the beginning of a new era, with The Courier-Mail declaring "Goss the Boss". The Hon Theo Russell Cooper (born 4 February 1941) is a former Australian National Party politician. ... The Fitzgerald Inquiry into Queensland Police corruption was a judicial inquiry presided over by Tony Fitzgerald QC. The inquiry was established in response to a series of articles on high-level police corruption in The Courier-Mail by reporter Phil Dickie, followed by a Four Corners report, aired on 11... Police corruption is a specific form of police misconduct sometimes involving political corruption, and generally designed to gain a financial or political benefit for a police officer or officers in exchange for not pursuing, or selectively pursuing, an investigation or arrest. ... The Courier-Mail is a daily newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia. ...

Goss would go on to win a second term, with the same 19-seat majority he won in 1989 over the National Party and the Liberal Party (the two non-Labor parties went out of coalition in 1983, but resumed the coalition after the 1992 election). The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...

The Goss Government introduced social reforms such as decriminalising homosexuality.

The 1995 election, however, was dominated by the Goss Government's plan to clear sensitive bushland for an alternative to one of south-east Queensland's major roadways. A number of seats lost were in Brisbane's Bayside area, and known as 'The Koala seats' because of the passion stirred up by people's perception that the new road would destroy koala habitat. The Greens Party preferenced against Labor and the electorate reacted to Goss's perceived authoritarian style, dealing Labor a narrow one-seat majority. For the drawing program, see KoalaPad/Painter. ... The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. ...

Irregularities were alleged in the Townsville seat of Mundingburra, won narrowly by Labor's Ken Davies over the Coalition's Frank Tanti. Following a declaration by the Queensland Supreme court, sitting as a Court of Disputed Returns, a by-election was ordered which was lost by Labor with the seat going to the Coalition, bringing about a hung Parliament with the balance of power held by Gladstone based Independent Liz Cunningham. The electoral district of Mundingburra is a Queensland State Parliament electorate in the city of Townsville, Queensland. ... In Parliamentary systems, a hung parliament is one in which no one political party has an outright majority. ... For other uses, see Gladstone (disambiguation). ... Elizabeth Anne Cunningham is an Australian politician. ...

Cunningham announced that she was going to support the Rob Borbidge led Coalition on the floor of Parliament, leaving Goss with no alternative but to resign as Premier. Hon Rob Borbidge Robert Edward Borbidge AO, (born 12 August 1954), Australian politician, was the 35th Premier of Queensland, and leader of the Queensland branch of the National Party. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ...

Goss returned to the back benches of the Opposition under new Opposition Leader Peter Beattie and assumed something of an "elder statesman" role. However, a diagnosis of a brain tumour (subsequently removed without any problems) forced him to scale back his activities. Despite support from both sides of Parliament - evidenced when the House gave him a standing ovation on his return from surgery - Goss retired from politics. At the time, rumours circulated that then-Federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley had offered him a front-bench position if he ran and won in a Federal election, however no proof has been offered of this suggestion. Parliamentary opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ... Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952), Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half. ... A brain tumor is any mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either found in the brain (neurons, glial cells, epithelial cells, myelin producing cells, etc. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... For Kim Beazleys father, Kim Beazley senior, see Kim Edward Beazley. ...

Since his retirement from politics, Goss has served as an advisor to accountancy group Deloitte Touche-Tomahtsu as well as in various other public roles. Accountancy (profession) or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers to make resource allocation decisions within companies, organizations, and public agencies. ...

He still lives in Brisbane with his wife, Roisin, and their two children, Caitlin and Ryan. For other uses, see Brisbane (disambiguation). ...

Goss' Chief of Staff as Premier was former diplomat, Kevin Rudd, now leader of the federal parliamentary wing of the Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia. This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957), is the leader of the federal Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ...

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