The peak body representing Queensland’s 77 councils has welcomed the move by the Queensland Government to investigate the impact of short-term rentals on the housing crisis.

A long-term Townsville community member who has opened her home to the LGBTIQ+ community for emergency housing has been named the winner of the 2022 Alison Woolla Award.

A newspaper covering one of the most remote patches in Queensland has been announced as the 2022 winner of one of the LGAQ Journalism Award.

Day one of the 2022 LGAQ Annual Conference kicked off with a panel discussion about the success of Regional University Centres (RUC) in Queensland.

Housing, roads and funding high on the agenda for councils and their communities at the 126th LGAQ Annual Conference.

The peak body representing Queensland councils has welcomed recommendations to protect the right of elected local government representatives to speak out in support of their local communities.

Exorbitant deposit requirements imposed on Queenslanders seeking to buy a home in in rural and remote Queensland are stifling economic growth by locking prospective buyers out of the market.

Taking place at the Cairns Convention Centre from 17-19 October, this year’s conference theme is ‘Community Liveability’, recognising that every Queensland community deserve to be a liveable one.

A lack of housing options for future residents is jeopardising major economic opportunities to help rural and remote communities like Etheridge and Murweh Shire grow.

The LGAQ welcomes Blackall-Tambo Mayor Andrew Martin to the LGAQ Policy Executive.

Central Highlands, Rockhampton, Banana, Noosa and Toowoomba Councils have all bought bowel cancer testing kits for their staff.

Queensland’s councils have put forward a series of immediate measures to tackle the statewide housing crisis, as they joined Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s emergency housing round table.

A desperate housing shortage is putting First Nations children at a disadvantage at school and setting back health care and life expectancy.

LGAQ Chief Executive Officer Alison Smith said councils have been working hard to help find and deliver solutions to the housing crisis.

Government protocols following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II