Developing principles to guide councillors in their engagement with commercial and development interests

LGAQ staff ‘voted with their feet’ today, walking against domestic and family violence in a ‘Red Bench Relay’.

I was back on the road this week folks, first flying to Winton and then driving 700km to Charleville.

Logan City Council has unveiled a project that could dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of wastewater treatments plants across the world.

The LGAQ does training in all manner of specialist areas but this week went somewhere quite unexpected!

It gives me great pleasure as your acting CEO this week to introduce to you our new Head of Advocate Alison Smith.

To say it has been a crazy week is an understatement. We have had the State Election on Halloween, a Melbourne Cup run under very different COVID-19 circumstances, and the USA Election.

Social media for government can be a game changer. We’ve seen how people are glued to Twitter each day for the commentary around Victorian Premier Dan Andrews daily media conference.

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) welcomes Allen Cunneen, OAM to the role of First Nations Segment Advisor.

Voters in key marginal seats have shown they want the next State Government to work in partnership with local government to sustain local jobs and protect the environment.

Political impartiality is one of the LGAQ’s key advocacy tenets. It has been for decades.
We do not play politics.

Well folks, that is a wrap on another successful Local Government Association of Queensland Annual Conference.

Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Mark Jamieson has been re-elected to lead the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) as its President for another four years.

May Ballie and Myrtle Foote were jointly  announced today as the winners of the Alison Woolla Memorial Award 2020 at this year’s Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) Annual Conference.

Innovative use of virtual reality technology to overcome pandemic-related travel bans has won Burke Shire Council this year’s Butch Lenton Award - and a $10,000 bursary.