These discussions are the best opportunity we have of ensuring our advocacy agenda - driven by resolutions at annual conference and the LGAQ’s 10 Point Policy Plan - is understood and appreciated at t

When you collect 83 percent of all government revenue, it is important that your priorities are dominated by those matters that are important to all Australians.

When you collect 83 percent of all government revenue, it is important that your priorities are dominated by those matters that are important to all Australians.

The events of this week demonstrate what happens when our federal parliamentarians become too absorbed in their own day-to-day political ambitions.

Here at the LGAQ we have 24 staff - accounting for 20% of our combined total workforce - that have worked in one or more councils. That's hundreds of years of combined council service. In short – we

There is still much to be done to ensure the country’s First Peoples have all the advantages that other Australians enjoy as a matter of course.

Welcome back everyone from the books, beach, fishing line, or the tractor and the Channel 9 cricket commentary team. To paraphrase the famous Sir Les Patterson: 2018 – we’re up it.

Poor old Queensland Local Government has endured some hardships but against it all there have been some magnificent achievements by councils and decent goals kicked by the LGAQ - it wasn’t all bad new

As the year draws to a close I am in the mood to reflect on some of our brightest and boldest achievements for our membership.

On Monday, LGAQ President Mayor Mark Jamieson and I met Premier-elect Annastacia Palaszczuk at 1 William St, making your Association the first organisation to deal with the likely incoming Government

Five words sum up the LGAQ’s 2017 state election efforts - we did our very best. The 2017 Election LGAQ Scorecard shows that to be true.

This week marks my last week on the road for 2017 having visited the Blackall-Tambo, Barcaldine and Longreach shires dotted along the Matilda Highway. Great country, even better people.

The Supreme Court handed down a ruling against the validity of the Fraser Coast Regional Council’s past three years’ rating which parts of the media did their level best to turn into a statewide crisi

It’s a good time to gently remind our members of what a tight ship the LGAQ runs despite the occasional rubbish attacks in social media from some of the fruit loops who like to attack local government

Amidst the flurry of letters and meetings that the almost 90 policy motions passed at the LGAQ annual conference has generated, I am reminded that it will soon be a year since I returned to work for t