The peak body representing Queensland councils has welcomed the announcement of the latest round of community infrastructure projects to be funded under the successful Works for Queensland program.

This month is designed to create a conversation, acknowledge the issue and understand how you can play your part in prevention.

State government quarterly meeting update, State Budget update and wins for both Mayor Jane McNamara, and LGAQ and its members.

At its first meeting of the quadrennium in June last year your LGAQ Policy Executive resolved to take a firm stance to push back against both the Crime and Corruption Commission.

Tuesday night’s Federal Budget contained many highlights for local government from the Northern Australia reinsurance pool to digital connectivity and disaster mitigation,

The LGAQ has welcomed a call from the Clerk of the Queensland Parliament for the role and responsibilities of the CCC to be clarified.

This week’s wrap comes to you from Rockhampton and at Beef Week.

To continue tackling the issues of financial sustainability for local government, the LGAQ has released a fact sheet for members to help respond to the challenges.

Does employee advocacy really work? This form of advocacy has been around for a while
now and while social media has made it easier and more accessible, there are some
challenges.

All eyes turned to Cairns this week for the two-day Indigenous Leaders Forum (ILF).

More than 60 Indigenous leaders from Queensland’s 17 First Nations councils have gathered in Cairns this week to discuss common issues affecting their communities.

Governments across the globe have long used different variations of incentives to attract business.

The term digital transformation has been used for several years now to explain how
organisations of varying sizes can use digital technology to create or improve business
processes.

Woorabinda Aboriginal Council is in the discovery stages of a new wattleseed agricultural project that is set to drive financial sustainability and increased social wellbeing in the community.

It is now imperative that Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk move to establish an independent inquiry into the dismissal of one of Queensland's largest councils.