Quarterly column from LGAQ President and Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson.

The LGAQ has four simple roles to play for its members: advocate, assist, provide savings by leveraging economies of scope and scale, and innovate. Connect, innovate, achieve is our credo.

These communities were given little time to prepare before the Biosecurity Act directions kicked in and they were locked down.

The quarterly column from Minister For Local Government, Minister for Racing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs Stirling Hinchliffe.

It’s time the federal and Queensland governments treated drought like the disaster it can be.

Queensland councils will create and support more than 4,600 jobs through the Palaszczuk Government’s $200 million COVID-19 Works for Queensland program.

LGAQ welcomes renewed call to create a new offence to ensure the CCC is not used as a political football during council elections

Queensland councils have been working tirelessly to help lead their communities through the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect local jobs and to help provide relief to households and businesses.

The hotly anticipated announcement of the winners of the LGAQ Better Communities game will be delayed due to an overwhelming response to the competition.

Today was the first official meeting of your new 15 person LGAQ Policy Executive (PE) for the 2020-24 term.

On the cusp of 125th anniversary of service to the local government sector in Queensland, the Local Government Association of Queensland stands ready to deliver.

This week was another very good week for local government in Queensland as the LGAQ’s advocacy on behalf of its members continues to pay dividends for councils the length and breadth of the state.

The further $50 million in funding to help South East Queensland councils create jobs and address unemployment and disadvantage.

LGAQ CEO Greg Hallam said the LGAQ policy executive had in February voted to support Cairns Mayor Bob Manning’s bid to for a law change to allow his council to implement a visitor levy.

The LGAQ Board at their meeting on the 29th May endorsed a new organisational structure.