Queensland councils will now look to work with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to help protect their 40,000-strong workforce following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s decision to exclude local governmen

From Boulia to Brisbane and everywhere in between, local councils are the frontline level of government looking after Queensland communities.

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

At least 26 Queensland councils look set to welcome new mayors following the March 28 local government elections with several other contests still too close to call.

The peak body representing Queensland’s 77 councils says today’s local government elections will ensure community leadership is in place to see Queenslanders through the COVID-19 pandemic.

By the close of polling, north of half of all eligible voters in Queensland will have cast their ballot paper.

LGAQ has asked the ECQ to consider opening pre-polling on Sunday to ensure as many Queenslanders as possible can have their say early.

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 Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) yesterday discussed a regional response to the threat of COVID-19 on communities across Cape York and the Torres Strait.

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.

The peak body representing Queensland’s 77 councils has thrown its support behind Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe in his public commitment to go ahead with local government elections.

Queensland councils call on the Palaszczuk Government to guarantee it will pass its new integrity offences as drafted and not criminalise administrative errors and honest mistakes.

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.

Nominations have closed and the candidate lists are in with more than 1570 Queenslanders putting their hand up for this month’s local government elections.

Devastating bushfires over summer destroyed thousands of hectares of koala habitat in the southern states, increasing the importance of ensuring Queensland is doing everything it can to protect koalas