According to the venerable Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Queensland councils cracked $1 billion on capital and recurrent spending on sport and recreation.

As many of you would be aware the major media companies on Monday launched their Your Right to Know campaign in all forms of the media.

It has been 123 years since the first LGAQ Annual Conference in Brisbane, the minutes of which I’ve read many a time. And no, despite my long service at the LGAQ, I wasn’t present at that first meetin

This week the focus is on the Palaszczuk Government’s announcement on implementing its grants review process and the LGAQ survey of elected members and CEOs on the personal and organisational impacts

If local government needed any more reminders of the importance of basing decisions on strong, reliable data there were plenty of them at last week’s Waste Forum in Brisbane.

As an example of political lobbying, the First Five Forever campaign ticked a lot of boxes.

A fortune for an acronym. FA Grants, HFE and VFI. Because they are so important to councils here is a crack at explaining it all.

The entireLGAQ Policy Executive met on Thursday Island in the Torres Shire senior staff attending the Northern Alliance of Councils at Bowen

What hasn’t been said about the iconic nature of the Australian bush and the great enduring connection so many of us have with that part of our nation?

I’m proud to say that at the LGAQ we innovate in spades. It’s in our DNA.

When you consider how each of the levels of government are tackling climate change, it is local government that is determined not to allow short-term politics to spoil decisions about long-term policy

We are just back from an epic three-day 3600 km trip that took in eight western councils.

Collectively, local government in this state has a great story to tell about how it manages budgets and debts.

Some good news. No nett cost for LGAQ membership again in 2019-20 for members of the LGM and LGW schemes.

The middle of June in Canberra is traditionally when the Australian Local Government Association’s National General Assembly rolls out and this year was no different.