Call it the Great Road User Charging Debate and know that it started in earnest this week.

Smart street lights are a shining example of how local councils can achieve big benefits in efficient management of the community’s assets.

Brexit, Trump, local, state and federal election results over the past 18 months and the resurgence of One Nation make a compelling case.

Local government – all government, really – is not for the faint-hearted. It takes resilient people to stay the course.

Our new President, Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson, has literally made a flying start to his new role.

Under New President Mark Jamieson’s leadership, I look forward to what I think will be one of the most exciting and transformative periods in the LGAQ’s long and proud history.

Between the Auditor-General's report and the industrial relations public hearing, it has been a big news week for local government. I wish I could say it was a good one. 

Under the extreme changes the State Government proposes, councils face the prospect of further job losses and a decline in their capacity for further job creation.

The LGAQ’s membership is a broad church in the truest sense of the word. We get that Brisbane City and Boulia Shire ain't the same and we treat them respectfully and differently.

Finding someone to step into the enormous shoes of our General Manager, Advocacy Greg Hoffman PSM was always going to be a tall order.

LGAQ's Annual Conference is our window to the world and well-constructed, well-supported and well-argued motions are critical to our collective reputations.

Standing still on improving productivity is actually going backwards. Forwards and onwards is the only way to a better future.

The State Government’s antics over its industrial relations legislation are frustrating to say the least, but I can assure you, we will continue our fight.

Let’s hear it for the big picture digitally connected knitters. That’s what councils need to be to remain successful.

The LGAQ’s challenge to the lawfulness of Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace’s direction to the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission regarding the future of the single Local Government Aw