A major study providing an assessment of the performance of the Queensland state Labour government since it was elected in 1989. Chapters were commissioned from the 20 contributors (mostly academics) to acquire a range of expert views independent of government. The project is structured into four main sections: Evaluating Reformist State Governments; The Political Regime; Administrative, Legislative and Regulatory Reform; Areas of Policy Reform. Includes original political cartoons by Lyndon Lyons, a bibliography and an index. The editors are researchers with the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management at Griffith University in Queensland.

Despite his high national profile, and his even higher voter approval rating, Wayne Goss remains one of the least understood politicians in the country. This book not only tells his story, but also gives an account of post-National Party Queensland and the new groups holding power in the 1990s.

Coverage: 22 November 1990.