Entries have been extended for Queensland’s richest reporting prize, the Bean Lockyer Ticehurst Award for Excellence in Regional Journalism.

The Federal Government has committed an annual $95 million to the Bridges Renewal Program, with a further $10 million to be made available for each of the next four years.

Queensland councils are calling on the Federal Government for urgently needed roads funding to provide vital supply chain support, with the flow-on effect of making the state’s roads safer for all.

The LGAQ was pleased to support the inaugural ‘Reconciliation Takes Action’ breakfast held by Reconciliation Queensland on May 27 at Queensland Parliament to mark National Reconciliation Week.