Our analysis of the 2021-2022 Federal Budget and what it means for Queensland councils and communities.

To continue tackling the issues of financial sustainability for local government, the LGAQ has released a fact sheet for members to help respond to the challenges.

Councils across Queensland are keeping on keeping on amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and continue to deliver essential services.

LGAQ, representing Queensland’s 77 councils, is calling on the State and Federal governments to urgently begin rolling out economic stimulus to local government.

There needs to be an urgent injection of funding that is scalable and sustainable and responds to the local needs and circumstances of our communities.

The focus now must equally turn to the economy and providing stimulus to both protect and create jobs and to help mitigate the impacts of this evolving pandemic.

Protecting the community and the economy from the impacts of the coronavirus is front of mind for leaders at all levels of government including local government.

The LGAQ and the State Government this week joined in condemning the Commonwealth’s refusal to extend its $1 million in bushfire grants to all fire-affected Queensland councils.

This week’s drought funding announcement from the Federal Government came as heartening news to communities across Queensland.

The Federal Government’s move to provide drought funding for non-farm businesses and extra funding for councils in drought-affected regions is a huge win for Queensland communities.

A fortune for an acronym. FAGs, HFE and VFI. Because they are so important to councils here is a crack at explaining it all.

How the parties respond to the LGAQ;s seven-point plan will draw a picture about the extent to which whoever wins government on 18 May will unlock local community potential

Queensland councils have put federal election candidates on notice that a fairer injection of cash from Canberra is needed.

No level of government in Australia is more constantly reminded than local government of its duty to reflect the aspirations of its community.

Darragh O'Keeffe from Government News reports on the Government’s budget commitment to provide $3.2 million to improve and simplify the administration of grants to local government.