Local councils have expressed deep concern about the Palaszczuk Government's reported plans to introduce compulsory preferential voting.

Local councils have expressed deep concern about the Palaszczuk Government's reported plans to introduce compulsory preferential voting into local government elections in Queensland.

We are deadly serious about implementing the highest standards around the use of data and building trust with the broader community.

This week was all about Big Data & our analytics team, LG Sherlock. We are deadly serious about implementing the highest standards around the use of data and building trust with the broader community.

Toowoomba Regional Council is backing a campaign that aims to increase the Financial Assistance Grants available for local government throughout Australia.

Do you have feedback on the Regulation in general, specific elements of the Regulation, and any deficiencies? Let us know by Wednesday 27th February 2019.

This week's Assembly of Queensland’s Regional Organisations of Councils (ROCs) reaffirms the pressing need for Federal Financial Assistance Grants

Provide your input for the LGAQ submission on the Draft Waste Management and Resource Recovery Strategy, needed by Wednesday 27 March, 2019.

Queensland councils have called for a renewed focus on how to protect towns and regional economies from the impact of the current devastating drought.

This week it was the plight of those shires to the city’s west; Flinders, Richmond, McKinlay, Winton and Cloncurry, that took over the TV screens.

Local councils have welcomed new laws governing the future of waste management in Queensland but will remain vigilant.

Queensland’s peak body for local councils has praised the quick response by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the emerging crisis caused by last week’s unprecedented deluge in north Queensland.

The State’s Regional Organisation of Councils met this week to discuss advocacy priorities ahead of an imminent federal election.

It is clear that communities in north Queensland will need an enormous amount of assistance to recover...

Meeting nature's epic challenges includes doing the impossible in the most hazardous conditions and working unbelievable hours.