The LGAQ does training in all manner of specialist areas but this week went somewhere quite unexpected!

It gives me great pleasure as your acting CEO this week to introduce to you our new Head of Advocate Alison Smith.

LGAQ has congratulated Member for Broadwater David Crisafulli on his appointment as Liberal National Party (LNP) leader and Toowoomba South MP David Janetzki as Deputy Leader.

The LGAQ congratulates Deputy Premier Steven Miles on his appointment as the Minister for State Development, Local Government, Infrastructure and Planning, in addition to his Deputy Premier role.

LGAQ President and Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson thanked the Government for honouring its commitment to the Association and its member councils.

CEO Greg Hallam has called on the Palaszczuk Government to urgently meet its commitment to Queensland councils to repeal its legislative changes.

Queensland's largest council has put better disaster communications in the hands of its local fire crews.

To say it has been a crazy week is an understatement. We have had the State Election on Halloween, a Melbourne Cup run under very different COVID-19 circumstances, and the USA Election.

Social media for government can be a game changer. We’ve seen how people are glued to Twitter each day for the commentary around Victorian Premier Dan Andrews daily media conference.

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) welcomes Allen Cunneen, OAM to the role of First Nations Segment Advisor.

2020 has taught us to pivot, shift and understand where we can change for the better.

Voters in key marginal seats have shown they want the next State Government to work in partnership with local government to sustain local jobs and protect the environment.

Political impartiality is one of the LGAQ’s key advocacy tenets. It has been for decades.
We do not play politics.

Well folks, that is a wrap on another successful Local Government Association of Queensland Annual Conference.

Labor and the LNP are tied in first place in the Local Government Association of Queensland’s (LGAQ) final report card of the State Election campaign.