STARTS 30 MAY!!! Six webinars covering a range of climate change topics with participants engaging with a new topic and climate change expert each fortnight. Check it out.

The draft Queensland Resource Recovery Industries 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan has been released for public consultation. Please provide comment to the LGAQ submission by Monday, 10th June 2019.

Queensland Integrity Commissioner Dr Nikola Stepanov takes us through best practice regarding conflicts of interest and material personal interests.

You may have heard this week the lament of some in Labor, the Greens and other progressive political circles that the federal election result means there will be no serious action on climate change

The new framework aims to improve national uniformity, minimise the risk that medicines and poisons could be diverted for unlawful purposes and simplify licensing requirements. Council operations which may be impacted under the change include use of S7 poisons for vertebrate pest control, mosquito management and council vaccination programs. It includes no new or increased fees. Feedback required by 31 May.

With the federal election campaign all but done and dusted, local government in Queensland has a much better idea about where the major parties stand on our policy proposals.

The 2019 Asia Pacific Cities Summit (2019APCS) and Mayors’ Forum returns to Brisbane from 7-10 July.

Parties' grades improve as election draws near.

A matter of days out from the federal election it is pleasing to see issues that really matter to local communities are finding their way into the campaign narrative.

Focusing on overcoming barriers older Queenslanders face in relation to the age-friendly domains of communication and information, and social participation, grants between $25,000 and $100,000 are available. Closes 10 June 2019.

The Labor Party has pledged to spend $1.5 billion on providing housing in remote indigenous communities if it wins the 18 May election.

Next year will mark 100 years since the LGAQ became the industrial voice of local government in Queensland, a fact of which we are mightily proud.

The Queensland Government’s decision to dismiss Logan City Council is deeply regrettable.

The Department of Transport and Main Roads has released the Draft Queensland Transport Strategy for consultation.

With new plumbing and draining laws commencing on 1 July 2019, the Department of Housing and Public Works will be holding information sessions.

As a result of LGAQ advocacy, Biosecurity Qld has now engaged Wild Matters to deliver a project to support Qld local governments.

LGAQ's Crystal Baker and Kristy Gooding on the review of Queensland's Environmental Offsets Framework and LGAQ's submission to the discussion paper.