Almost 5,700 old tyres have been saved from landfill and recycled as part of a Fraser Coast Regional Council bitumen resealing program.

Tim Mulherin was a champion for regional Queensland and a good friend of local government.

Entries are now open for one of Australia’s richest reporting prizes, the $15,000 Bean Lockyer Ticehurst Award for Excellence in Regional Journalism.

Queenslanders will be urged to cast their vote based on local needs and to support the political party or candidate most willing to put the needs of their local communities first.

New laws to stop the Crime and Corruption Commission being used as a political football during election campaigns should be amended to protect journalists and then passed.

LGAQ has launched the new Alison Woolla Memorial Award for Local Leadership in Preventing Domestic and Family Violence.

Queensland councils will create and support more than 4,600 jobs through the Palaszczuk Government’s $200 million COVID-19 Works for Queensland program.

LGAQ welcomes renewed call to create a new offence to ensure the CCC is not used as a political football during council elections

The further $50 million in funding to help South East Queensland councils create jobs and address unemployment and disadvantage.

LGAQ CEO Greg Hallam said the LGAQ policy executive had in February voted to support Cairns Mayor Bob Manning’s bid to for a law change to allow his council to implement a visitor levy.

The LGAQ is calling on the State Government to ensure economic stimulus is shared equally across Queensland, so no community is left behind amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Local Government must be guaranteed a seat at the National Cabinet table, should the Prime Minister and State and Territory leaders decide to permanently replace COAG going forward.

Local government must retain a seat at the table should COAG be scrapped in favour of a permanent National Cabinet, to ensure communities are not left out of the conversation.

Funding to help create jobs and help the state weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

The LGAQ thanks Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Treasurer Cameron Dick and Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe for supporting the LGAQ’s Battleplan for Queensland Local Communities.