Tribute
to former Queensland premier Wayne Goss, gone at 63
Qldaah
Monday, 10 November 2014
13:39:22
Category : Qld Politics
R I P
Former Queensland
premier Wayne Goss has died aged 63
Wayne Goss swept Labour into power in 1989 after 32 years of
domination by the National Party under Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen.
Robert Schwarten former Labour Minister spoke with AAP.
Mr Schwarten said Mr Goss was responsible for sweeping social
reforms.
Among his reforms were ending the gerrymander, decriminalising
homosexuality and introducing a raft of protection measures to safeguard Queensland's natural
environment.
'Within a year it was no longer illegal to be a homosexual, he
introduced laws to decriminalise prostitution, he brought in the first gun laws
in Queensland,'
he told AAP.
'It was just an enormous list. But the thing he's least
remembered for is that he got Queensland
into the 20th century in terms of financial accountability.'
Source: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2014/11/10/former-queensland-premier-goss-dead.html
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