LGAQ welcomes several funding announcements in last nights Budget but is disappointed several key asks that are critical to ensuring community liveability and safety were not addressed.

It is at the times of greatest adversity that the strength of Queensland's local government family shines through – and there can be no greater demonstration of that than what we have seen here...

The peak body representing Queensland councils is bitterly disappointed the Federal Government has rejected a united call for a National Housing Summit to explore solutions to the housing crisis.

Queensland’s worsening housing crisis has led to eleven of the state’s peak bodies uniting in a call for urgent action from the Federal Government. 

The Queensland Government’s commitment to share the ongoing costs if the Commonwealth invests to upgrade the network, is a vital first step in ensuring the safety of local communities.

New laws introduced to ensure the future sustainability of the state’s stock route network.

In the thick of the bushfires of 2019’s Black Summer, Beechmont resident Jessica Brown had fires reach her back gate, with 11 homes on her street Timbarra Drive razed.

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.

Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding has been recognised for her courageous, visionary, ethical and collaborative political leadership by being named the 2021 McKinnon Emerging Political Leader of the Year. 

Griffith University has commended Logan City Council on its 2021/2022 koala breeding season campaign.

Rural residents in the Goondiwindi region are no longer making the long drive to town for their medications – instead, they’re looking skyward.

An evacuation centre for City of Logan residents displaced by rising floodwaters is now open at the Logan Metro Sports & Events Centre in Crestmead thanks to Council and hard-working volunteers.

Queensland councils are urging the Federal Government to immediately commit to a trial of domestic mobile roaming during emergencies.

The LGAQ is calling on the Federal Government to commit to a $100 million per annum housing package - for at least five years - in its upcoming budget.

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.