Newly released cabinet documents reveal the Goss government was making decisions to deal with some of the same pressures that Queensland is facing today.
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.
Queensland ministers were told departmental documents were wanted for court action before the papers were destroyed in what became known as'Shreddergate'.
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.