Talk:Wayne Goss

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DISUNITY IS DEATH[edit]

I remember back in 1996 Paul Keating and Wayne Goss were each hoping the other would lose government, each hoping the other's demise would improve their electoral prospects. Instead Goss got ousted in February followed by Keating a month later by John Howard. It is quite clear that both Keating and Goss did not learn from the lesson from Howard himself: disunity is death. If Keating and Goss are still dedicated members of the ALP then they should be hoping that all the current state and territory ALP Governments are still in office by the time the party win office federally. After all I can't imagine it being other than a momentous occasion.--The Shadow Treasurer 04:59, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Er, I'm not so sure. Keating and Goss had disagreements, very public ones in fact, but I think it's a fairly long bow to draw to assume that they were waiting for each other to lose office. In Goss' case nobody expected him to lose office. Slac speak up! 06:00, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I remember in an article from the Australian in 1995 that the Goss Government were privately hoping that Keating will be defeated so that they could demonised, as the writer put it, a Howard Government. After the Goss Government handed in its resignation, Paul Keating said publicly that with the change of government in Queensland that it is important for voters in the state to have a balance but voting for the ALP federally.--The Shadow Treasurer 03:53, 25 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Corrections[edit]

I had to make corrections in this article. The first of which says that Goss won a second term with a reduced majority over the National-Liberal coalition. No, Goss won the same 19 seat majority that he won in 1989 and the two non-Labor parties which had split in 1983 won't be back together in coalition until after the 1992 election. This is reflected by the fact that there were many three cornered contests at the 1992 election compared to just one in 1995. The other correction I made was about Mundingburra being won by Tony Mooney. Again no. It was won by Ken Davies who became a minister in the Goss Government. Tony Mooney only became the ALP candidate at the by-election after Davies was dumped. Davies then ran as an independent and his preferences helped the Liberals' Frank Tanti to win. (Unless I heard it wrong, Frank Tanti himself would later leave the Liberal Party.) --The Shadow Treasurer 01:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for those corrections. Apparently he (Tanti) sells used cars now. Wasn't there a redistribution between 1989 and 1992, though? Slac speak up! 05:59, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I'm afraid I don't know anything about any redistribution between 1989 and 1992.--The Shadow Treasurer 21:34, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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