Legislative Assembly Hansard 1987
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
5309T1510.Pdf
How different would unlikely choice. He was not a good public speaker short. The coalition was re-elected in 1969 only Queensland have been if Jack and, even as a youngish backbencher, he was a because voters did not want a dull and limited Pizzey, who had a university degree problem for the party whips. His first cabinet Labor Party led by a dull and limited Jack Houston, and the experience of life gained portfolio was Works. It was ideal, because bridges, about whom the most exciting thing to be said was by serving as a World War II roads, schools, police stations - all the great items of that he judged dog shows. Queenslanders had not artillery officer, had not died in state government spending - could be dispensed to warmed, either, to Bjelke-Petersen, a curious man August 1968? For with his electorates. And Bjelke-Petersen never forgot the with a convoluted speaking style, a difficult name death, Johannes Bjellce- backbenchers concerned owed him a favour. and the reputation of being - not to put too fine a Petersen became premier. In 1968, those favours were called in. point on it - a wowser and a Bible basher. Bjelke-Petersen seemed an Bjelke-Petersen's premiership was nearly very Late in October 1970, Bjelke-Petersen was in 1920 copper fields; threaten >> 1922 state-wide industrial government for three Disquiet over Labor viability of industry. Death of George Silas turmoil (to 1929). Depression years; policies including bids > Australian Workers Curtis, left, > Qld conservatives Country National to abolish upper house; Union gains 44-hour Rockhampton's martyr merge as Country and Party leader Arthur Labor returned with week in Qld; to separation Progressive National Moore is premier. -
The History of the Queensland Parliament, 1957–1989
15 . The implosion of Joh Bjelke- Petersen, 1983–1987 The 1983 election ended the ‘constitutional crisis’ by providing the Nationals with exactly half the seats in the Parliament (41) and the opportunity to supplement their ministry with Liberal ministerialists who would agree to join the new government. The Premier had a number of options to secure his majority. Many of the surviving former Liberal ministers were not generally regarded as ‘anti-coalitionists’ in the previous government. The six potential ministerialists who might have been persuaded to change allegiances were: Norm Lee, Bill Lickiss, Brian Austin, Don Lane, Colin Miller and even Bill Knox. According to the Courier-Mail (15 July 1983), when two Coalition backbenchers, Bill Kaus and Bob Moore, had quit the Liberals and joined the Nationals in July, two Liberal ministers, Norm Lee and Bill Lickiss, already had indicated they would consider jumping ship. It was almost as if a race to defect was on. The two other Liberals to survive the 1983 poll, Terry White and Angus Innes, would not have been acceptable to the Premier and his senior ministers. In total, six of the eight Liberals had been ministers (although Miller had served for just 13 days after White was sacked and before the resignations of all the Liberals were accepted). Knox had been a minister since 1965 and Lee and Lickiss had been ministers since early 1975. They had some pedigree. Austin and Lane (and White) each had one parliamentary term as minister. Two Liberals, however, took the issue into their own hands. The day after the election, Austin and Lane had discussed the prospects of defecting and swapping parties, with Austin saying ‘I’m sick of this…I reckon we ought to give ’em the arse. -
Political Chronicles 1985 (Qld)
Political Chronicle 305 QUEENSLAND Stafford By-Election A by-election in the state seat of Stafford was necessitated by the death on 21 June 1984 of the ALP incumbent, Dr Denis Murphy. It will be recalled that Dr Murphy first won the seat at the October 1983 general election, doing so by the narrow margin of 39 votes over the National party's candidate, Mr Pat Blake. On that occasion the then Liberal member of nine-years standing, Mr Terry Gygar, ran third, his performance mirroring the poor electoral showing statewide of the Liberals at that poll. Interestingly too, it was the leakage of 15 per cent of Mr Gygar's preferences which secured Dr Murphy's election, rather than Mr Blake's, in 1983. The very considerable significance of the Stafford contest was reflected in the vigor of each party's campaign, and in the sustained media focus on the candidates and issues in the several weeks preceding the 4 August polling date. Labor had the most to lose in Stafford. The party had, after all, only won Stafford ten months beforehand, and although its hold on the seat was only a tenuous one in terms of the October 1983 result, the ALP could expect to benefit from any anti-government swing in the metropolitan area. A failure by Labor to hold one of its own city seats in a by-election situation would be particularly damaging to the party's stocks in terms of maintaining political momentum in the lead-up to the 1986 state poll. In those terms it was not surprising that the ALP selected as its candidate Mrs Janine Walker, a prominent ABC broadcaster and well known Brisbane identity. -
Hansard 7 September 1995
Legislative Assembly 19 7 September 1995 THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 1995 MINISTERIAL STATEMENT Appointment of Ministry Hon. W. K. GOSS (Logan—Premier Mr SPEAKER (Hon. J. Fouras, Ashgrove) and Minister for Economic and Trade read prayers and took the chair at 10 a.m. Development) (10.03 a.m.): I desire to inform the House that on 31 July 1995, Her Excellency the Governor— COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER OATH (a) Accepted the resignations of— Mr SPEAKER: I have to inform the Edmund Denis Casey, House that Her Excellency the Governor has Dean MacMillan Wells, been pleased to issue a Commission under Anne Marie Warner, the public seal of the State empowering me to Geoffrey Norman Smith, administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance Molly Jess Robson, to such members as might hereafter present Frederick Warren Pitt, themselves to be sworn. I now ask the Clerk to as members of the Executive Council of read the Commission to the House. Queensland and as Ministers of the The Clerk read the Commission. Crown; (b) Accepted the resignations of— Thomas James Burns, GOVERNOR'S OPENING SPEECH Robert James Gibbs, Mr SPEAKER: I have to report that Her Edmund Denis Casey, Excellency the Governor on Wednesday, 6 Terence Michael Mackenroth, September 1995, delivered a Speech to James Peter Elder, Parliament of which, for greater accuracy, I Dean MacMillan Wells, have obtained a copy. I presume honourable Anne Marie Warner, members will take the Speech as read? Geoffrey Norman Smith, Kenneth William Hayward, Honourable members: Hear, hear! Matthew Joseph Foley, Molly -
1989 Cabinet Minutes: Background Report
1989 Cabinet Minutes: Background report Dr Jonathan Richards 1 November 2019 1989 was a momentous year, for both Queensland and the world. Revolutionary protests swept Eastern Europe, leading many to believe that the ‘Iron Curtain’ and the ‘Cold War’ had finished. The last Soviet forces were withdrawn from Afghanistan. Margaret Thatcher’s government introduced a Poll tax in Scotland. Chinese protestors were crushed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in June, and conflict in the Middle East erupted again, in Lebanon and Syria. Two million people joined hands across the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Berlin Wall checkpoints were opened in November, leading to German reunification in 1990. In Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spilt oil in Prince William Sound. The first internet service providers began operations, the first dial-up internet connection was made and the first GPS satellite was placed in orbit. Bob Hawke was Prime Minister. John Howard replaced Andrew Peacock as the Federal leader of the Liberal Party, and Bond University opened on the Gold Coast. A stock market crash in October 1987 continued to affect Australian businesses, and the Bond Corporation was declared bankrupt in 1989 with the largest debt in Australian history. Hearings for the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCADC), which began in 1987, continued. The Wet Tropics rainforests of North Queensland were finally inscribed on the World Heritage list on 9 December 1988 after more than a decade of opposition by the Queensland Government. The possible establishment of five casinos, including one as part of Roma Street’s $150m redevelopment, were mooted in September (‘Mr Ahern’s Casino Gamble’, Courier Mail, 5/9/1989). -
1986 Cabinet Minutes, Queensland State Archives
Selected Highlights 1986 Cabinet Minutes, Queensland State Archives Dr Tracey Arklay and Jennifer Menzies, Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith University 1986 Cabinet Minutes Selected Highlights Table of Contents Property development ............................................................................................................................ 3 Law and Order ......................................................................................................................................... 7 Environment ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Economic development ........................................................................................................................ 10 Health .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Education .............................................................................................................................................. 14 Government .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Commonwealth/State relations............................................................................................................ 16 Public sector ......................................................................................................................................... -
Sir Walter Campbell: Queensland Govenor and His Role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's Resignation, 1987 Geoff Ab Rlow
Bond University ePublications@bond Owen Dixon Society eJournal Faculty of Law 3-1-2007 Sir Walter Campbell: Queensland Govenor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's resignation, 1987 Geoff aB rlow Jim F. Corkery Bond University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/odsej Part of the Judges Commons Recommended Citation Geoff aB rlow and Jim F. Corkery. (2007) "Sir Walter Campbell: Queensland Govenor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's resignation, 1987" Owen Dixon Society eJournal,, . http://epublications.bond.edu.au/odsej/5 This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Owen Dixon Society eJournal by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Sir Walter Campbell Queensland Governor and his role in Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s resignation, 1987 By Geoff Barlow and JF Corkery This is the first of three articles on the life and work of Sir Walter Campbell, Queensland jurist and Governor. This first article traverses Walter Campbell’s youth, academic training and early professional life, before embarking on a detailed discussion of the 1987 resignation of Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen and Governor Campbell’s part in it. The legal career of achievement of Queensland Chief Justice and barrister Sir Walter Campbell (1921-2004) was overshadowed by his term as Queensland Governor. Campbell’s adroit handling of a famous 1987 political controversy was his most memorable if not his finest hour. -
The Fitzgerald Inquiry Report
LIST OF APPENDICES 1 . Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950-1989 2 . Order in Council of 26 May 1987 published in the Gazette of that date Order in Council of 24 June 1987 published in the Gazette of that date Order in Council of 25 August 1988 published in the Gazette of that date 3 . Staff of the Commission 4 . Staff of the Court Reporting Bureau who recorded the evidence 5 . Queensland State Government Protective Security Service staff who performed security duty at the Commission’s offices and at the public sittings 6 . Public advertisements 7 . Copy current application for indemnity from prosecution 8 . Copy grant of indemnity from prosecution 9 . Witnesses granted conditional indemnity from prosecution 10. Alphabetical list of witnesses who appeared before the Commission 11 . List of persons and organizations granted leave to appear before the Commission 12. List of exhibits 13 . List of submissions received by the Commission 14. List of persons who submitted academic or research papers 15 . Rulings and remarks made by Commission 16. Chronology of major events of the Commission of Inquiry 17. Ministerial responsibility for the Police Department- 1968 to present 18 . List of Commissioners of Police-l 958 to present 19. List of media organizations which regularly had journalists present to report the public sittings of the Inquiry 20. Letter to the Premier dated 26 October, 1988 21 . List of police officers represented at the National Hotel Royal Commission 22. Alphabetical list of names of police officers, former police officers and others in paragraph 10 of the amended statement of claim in Terence Murray Lewis v. -
The History of the Queensland Parliament, 1957–1989
16 . The end of an era, 1987–1989 For God’s sake let us sit on the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings: How some have been depos’d, some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have depos’d, Some poison’d by their wives, some sleeping kill’d All murder’d—for within the hollow crown That rounds the moral temples of a king Keeps Death his court; and there the antics sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp. — William Shakespeare, King Richard II (Act 3[2]:155) The revelations of the Fitzgerald Inquiry hung over the ‘besieged’ Ahern government from its initial day in office: 1 December 1987 (Reynolds 2003:348). The revelations and fallout from the inquiry would plague Ahern’s Premiership until he was replaced by Russell Cooper at the demise of the Nationals’ government in December 1989. These two years were some of the most dramatic in the state’s history. Day by day, sensational allegations and admissions were exposed as senior police and informers turned state’s evidence and, for full confessions and cooperation, received immunity from subsequent prosecution. Whistleblowers emerged from the woodwork; once one informant talked others followed. The networks of corruption and misconduct were quickly unravelling only to be pursued to the next level by eager and diligent investigators. There were mounting suggestions that the connections stretched to the very top of government. There was a surreal quality to Queensland politics. Mike Ahern inherited a poisoned chalice. Senior National ministers had long been anxious to displace Bjelke-Petersen from the premiership—by urging him either to retire or move over to the federal level. -
Hansard 21 March 1995
Legislative Assembly 11107 21 March 1995 TUESDAY, 21 MARCH 1995 7 March 1995— Explanation for the granting of an extension of time for the tabling of the Queensland Anti- Discrimination Commission and Human Rights Mr SPEAKER (Hon. J. Fouras, Ashgrove) and Equal Opportunity Commission Annual read prayers and took the chair at 10 a.m. Report 1993-94; and Queensland Industry Development Corporation—Government Schemes Division— ASSENT TO BILLS Venture Capital Fund—Financial Statements for Mr SPEAKER: Order! Honourable the period 1 July 1994 to 31 October 1994. members, I have to inform the House that I have received from Her Excellency the PETITIONS Governor a letter in respect of assent to certain Bills the contents of which will be The Clerk announced the receipt of the incorporated in the records of the Parliament. following petitions— GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BRISBANE Agricultural Mulch Disposal 7th March, 1995 From Mrs Bird (357 signatories) praying that immediate action be taken to introduce Dear Mr Speaker, control measures for the disposal of I hereby acquaint the Legislative Assembly that agricultural mulch (black plastic). the following Bills, having been passed by the Legislative Assembly and having been presented for the Royal Assent, were assented Parking Stickers for Disabled to in the name of Her Majesty on the dates indicated: From Mr Davidson (6 signatories) praying that action be taken to waive the $10 "A Bill for an Act to protect Queensland's marine fee to be paid by pensioners for the new and coastal environment by minimising -
Legislative Assembly Hansard 1989
Queensland Parliamentary Debates [Hansard] Legislative Assembly WEDNESDAY, 9 AUGUST 1989 Electronic reproduction of original hardcopy 124 9 August 1989 Papers WEDNESDAY, 9 AUGUST 1989 Mr SPEAKER (Hon. K. R. Lingard, Fassifem) read prayers and took the chair at 2.30 p.m. PETITIONS The Clerk announced the receipt of the following petitions— Proposed Port Livistona Resort and Marina Complex on South Stradbroke Island From Mr Ahern (4 757 signatories) praying that the Parliament of Queensland will request Cabinet to withdraw endorsement of the proposed Port Livistona resort and marina complex on South Stradbroke Island and proclaim the area an environmental park. Capital Punishment From Mrs Gamin (455 signatories) praying that the Parliament of Queensland will not allow capital punishment but legislate so that those convicted of bmtal and vicious murders are never released. Aerial Ambulance Service in Wide Bay/Burnett Region From Mr Campbell (104 signatories) praying that the Parliament of Queensland will ensure the continuation and support of the 24-hour aerial ambulance service in the Wide Bay/Burnett region. Infrastructure Agreement between QEC and Fitzroy Shire Council From Mr Vaughan (350 signatories) praying that the Parliament of Queensland will take action to urgently arrange for a revised infrastmcture agreement between QEC and the Fitzroy Shire Council. Petitions received. PAPERS The following papers were laid on the table, and ordered to be printed— Reports— Raine Island Corporation for the year ended 30 June 1988 Registrar of Co-operative and other Societies for the year ended 30 June 1988 Registrar of Commercial Acts on the Administration of the Credit Societies Act 1986 for the year ended 30 June 1988.