Search results
Russell James Hinze (19 June 1919 – 29 June 1991) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. [1] . He presided over an era of controversy that included the setting up of the Racing Development Fund, ministerial re-zonings and the licensing of Jupiters Casino.
Russell James Hinze (1919-1991), dairy farmer, businessman, and politician, was born on 19 June 1919 at Oxenford, Queensland, second of three children of German-born August Carl Friedrick Hinze, farmer, and his Queensland-born wife Georgina Ann, née Dodds.
- 19
Russ Hinze was a dairy-farmer who, after becoming chairman of the South Coast Cooperative Dairy Association, was elected to the Albert Shire Council in the early 1950s. He served as shire chairman for nine years between 1958 and 1967.
Jul 1, 2019 · “Minister for Everything” Russ Hinze was also identified as corrupt, but died before facing court. At the very top, Bjelke-Petersen was charged with perjuring himself before the inquiry, but...
RUSS Hinze was an icon of Queensland politics for decades as he came from humble beginnings on the Gold Coast to become ‘Minister of everything’. But his downfall and exit 30 years ago was sudden.
An Alan Moir cartoon from 1982 shows the Police Minister Russ Hinze unable to find illegal brothels in Brisbane.
Apr 4, 2013 · When his eyes closed for the final time in the Allamanda Private Hospital at the Gold Coast on 29 June 1991 after an 18-month battle with cancer, the curtain came down on one of the most controversial figures in Queensland racing and politics – Russ Hinze.
