This article is about the former Premier of Queensland. For the makeup artist and YouTube personality, see Wayne Goss (make-up artist).
The Honourable
Wayne Goss
34th Premier of Queensland Elections: 1989, 1992, 1995
In office 7 December 1989 – 19 February 1996
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor
Walter Campbell Leneen Forde
Deputy
Tom Burns
Preceded by
Russell Cooper
Succeeded by
Rob Borbidge
Minister for Economic and Trade Development
In office 7 December 1989 – 19 February 1996
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Doug Slack
Minister for the Arts
In office 7 December 1989 – 24 September 1992
Preceded by
Paul Clauson
Succeeded by
Dean Wells
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
In office 10 – 16 December 1991
Preceded by
Terry Mackenroth
Succeeded by
Vince Lester
Leader of the Opposition in Queensland
In office 2 March 1988 – 2 December 1989
Deputy
Tom Burns
Preceded by
Neville Warburton
Succeeded by
Russell Cooper
Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland
In office 2 March 1988 – 19 February 1996
Deputy
Tom Burns
Preceded by
Neville Warburton
Succeeded by
Peter Beattie
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Logan
In office 1 November 1986 – 13 June 1998
Preceded by
New seat
Succeeded by
John Mickel
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Salisbury
In office 22 October 1983 – 1 November 1986
Preceded by
Rosemary Kyburz
Succeeded by
Len Ardill
Personal details
Born
Wayne Keith Goss
(1951-02-26)26 February 1951 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia
Died
10 November 2014(2014-11-10) (aged 63) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Roisin Hirschfeld
(m. 1981)
Children
2
Parent(s)
Allan James Goss Norma Josephine Dalton Goss
Education
Inala State High School
Alma mater
University of Queensland (LLB, MBA)
Occupation
Lawyer
Politician
Wayne Keith Goss (26 February 1951 – 10 November 2014) was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor Premier of the state in over thirty two years. Prior to entering politics, Goss was a solicitor, and after leaving politics he served as Chairman of the Queensland Art Gallery and Chairman of Deloitte Australia.
Wayne Keith Goss (26 February 1951 – 10 November 2014) was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996, becoming the first Labor...
The Goss Ministry was a Ministry of the Government of Queensland, led by Labor Premier WayneGoss. It commenced on 7 December 1989, five days after the...
election. He served as a Health Minister from 1995 to 1996 under WayneGoss, and then replaced Goss as party leader following a change in government. As leader...
a diplomat and public servant for the Queensland state government of WayneGoss. Rudd was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 1998...
the Nationals, the Liberals were now led by Angus Innes and Labor by WayneGoss. Cooper had a dimmer view of the proposed Fitzgerald reforms than Ahern...
Russell Cooper before he lost office at the hands of the Labor Party's WayneGoss in the 1989 election. In the post-election party room ballot, Borbidge...
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Party, which had been in power since the 1989 election and led by Premier WayneGoss, was elected to a third term, defeating the National/Liberal Coalition...
opposition was led by Opposition Leader and leader of the Labor Party, WayneGoss, while the Liberal Party was led by Angus Innes. The National government...
Plains. The facility was opened officially by the Right Honourable Mr WayneGoss, Premier of Queensland, on 11 December 1992, and commenced operations...
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89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party led by WayneGoss was reelected for a second term with a strong majority government. The...
the Office of the Cabinet from 1995 to 1996 under Queensland Premier WayneGoss. He also served as Director-General of the Department of the Premier and...
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Courier-Mail. In 1993, as chief media adviser to Labor Party Premier WayneGoss, Atkins became embroiled in the Cape Melville affair, though a Criminal...
Joan Sheldon. It commenced on 19 February 1996 after the Goss Ministry, led by Premier WayneGoss of the Labor Party, resigned following the loss of the...
over the party leadership to WayneGoss in 1988. Warburton stayed on the opposition frontbench at the invitation of Goss, and when Labor won power for...
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acquaintance of Rich, Wood, Bagwell, and Gambill—twenty-year-old Dennis WayneGoss—committed suicide by gun. Rich's mother described her daughter during...
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justice system. Many of the inquiry's recommendations were implemented by WayneGoss, the first Labor Party Premier of Queensland in 32 years. The investigation...
visit a cattle station in advance of a visit by WayneGoss, David Barbagallo and Dennis Atkins, Goss' chief media adviser, accompanied Paul Barbagallo...
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