Sunshine Coast Council is turning to remote sensors and the ‘Internet of Things’ to get more in touch with what its communities need from it, and to run more efficiently.

With the announcement on Thursday of the reinstated hard border closure with NSW, the LGAQ has issued a public statement urging the State to reimburse border councils for the costs they have borne in helping the Government enact its COVID-19 related border protections.

Queensland is on the crest of a wave of positive change, and it could not be more timely. What began 25 years ago as a community of practitioners bringing enterprise to their change work has grown.

There is currently an increased focus on the laws and reporting requirements for sexual harassment in Australia. There appears to be confusion on the operation of those laws.

LGAQ Chief Digital Officer Tracy Whitelaw explains that choosing the right tools for employee engagement can help you reach your objectives. 

The Yarrabah Seahawks Rugby League Football Club can now train well into the night—with better access for Aboriginal Elders as spectators—thanks to a recent upgrade of Jilara Oval in Yarrabah.

The names of Cook Shire’s attractions are high on the bucket lists of itchy-footed travellers around the world: Trevethan and Isabella Falls and their celebrated swimming holes, Lizard Island ...

Our journeys as staff at LGAQ take us far and wide across Queensland, and I recently took up the opportunity to get up to date with Mayor Nev Ferrier and his executive team at Banana Shire Council.

The LGAQ was pleased to support the inaugural ‘Reconciliation Takes Action’ breakfast held by Reconciliation Queensland on May 27 at Queensland Parliament to mark National Reconciliation Week.

Hi folks, your Association met with Environment Minister Meaghan Scanlon and her senior departmental and ministerial staff this week.

The Red Bench Project was launched in 2019 by the Red Rose Foundation, encouraging the installation of red benches as permanent reminders that domestic violence occurs
within our communities—but that we have the power to ‘change the ending’.

From its Cosmos Centre to the award-winning Graham Andrews Parklands, there are a lot of drawcards to the Murweh Shire. But, it was a recent marketing masterstroke that caught the LGAQ's attention.

Historic agreement struck to amplify the voice of rural and remote Queensland communities

Shannon Gibbs, Director of Finance & Corporate Services at Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council was awarded the Public Service Medal for her outstanding public service to local government in Qld.

The LGAQ’s complaint regarding the Crime and Corruption Commission’s handling of the now failed fraud case against the former Logan councillors has been made public.