Gold Coast Motorway

Jim Elder - 00:22:53

Interview: 
Jim Elder
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00:22:53
Jim Elder discusses the 1995 election and his shift from Health to Transport. He details the debate surrounding the Gold Coast Motorway.

Joan Sheldon - 00:56:05

Interview: 
Joan Sheldon
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00:56:05
Joan Sheldon discusses Queensland's status as a low tax state. She outlines her views on asset sales, with specific reference to electricity, water and airports.

Warren Pitt - 00:30:12

Interview: 
Warren Pitt
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00:30:12
Warren Pitt discusses his loss at the 1995 election. He highlights the importance of the establishment of the Cape York Wilderness Zone and the feeling that citizens were losing access to the area. He talks about the importance of regional Queensland to ensuring the continuation of the Goss Government.

Molly Robson - 01:30:28

Interview: 
Molly Robson
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01:30:28
Molly Robson recalls how the Koala Motorway went ahead, her objections to it and how it led to her losing her seat.

Tom Barton - 01:06:15

Interview: 
Tom Barton
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01:06:15
Tom Barton talks about the controversial Koala Road and its role in Labor's removal from office in 1996.

Lesley Clark - 00:38:31

Interview: 
Lesley Clark
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00:38:31
Lesley Clark contrasts the political styles of Wayne Goss and Peter Beattie. She describes Goss as the right person for the time.

David Hamill - 01:48:23

Interview: 
David Hamill
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01:48:23
David Hamill talks about the Gold Coast Motorway and the impacts of this proposal on the 1995 election. He maintains that this development was the right decision, although unpopular.

Brian Head - 00:21:08

Interview: 
Brian Head
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00:21:08
Brian Head discusses the decline in the Goss Government's popularity and loss of votes in 1995 in terms of its technocratic approach and its inability to respond to public opinion. He talks about his desire to change the aims and reputation of the Public Sector Management Commission.

Wayne Goss - 01:07:24

Interview: 
Wayne Goss
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01:07:24
Wayne Goss reflects on the sale of the Gladstone Power Station, attempts to sell Suncorp, and the protests surrounding the Gold Coast Motorway which resulted in the loss of Labor seats at the 1995 election.
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