Governance and Politics
- Chris Bombolas – Class of 1978 – Labor MLA for Chatsworth and Former Channel 9 sports presenter and reporter
- Mal Colston – Class of 1955 – Australian Labor Party senator representing Queensland 1975-1999
- Manfred Cross – Federal member for Brisbane in the House of Representatives (1961–75, 1980–90)
- Jack Dempsey – Class of 1984 – Liberal National MLA for Bundaberg
- George Georges – Class of 1939 – Class of 1939 – Labor senator
- Bill Hayden – Class of 1949 – 21st Governor-General of Australia and Foreign Affairs Minister 1983-88
- Sir Leo Hielscher AC – Class of 1941 – past Head of Queensland Treasury, Head of QIC and QIDC
- John-Paul Langbroek – Sub-Senior Class of 1978 – Liberal National MLA for Surfers Paradise
- Bill O'Chee – Class of 1982 – National Party Senator
- Murray Watt – Class of 1989 – Labor MLA for Everton
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“He yaf me al the bridel in myn hand,
To han the governance of hous and land,
And of his tonge and his hand also;”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)