From solar to geothermal and the emerging solar-thermal, Queensland councils along the coast to the country are powering ahead with renewable energy.

We sat down with the Inspector General to discuss game changing disaster management technologies, the importance of collaboration and his key priorities in the April-May edition of Council Leader

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill visited Palm Island this week, becoming the first sitting prime minister of any country to visit the island.

Residents and the ‘mud army’ have mobilised in the clean-up across Queensland whilst other communities wait for flood waters to recede.

Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu is calling for parts of the Douglas Shire be rezoned under the new Queensland Crocodile Management Plan following increased crocodile sightings

Councils battered by Tropical Cyclone Debbie will band together to speed up the recovery process, LGAQ president Mark Jamieson has said.

This week Triple J unveiled the remote outback town of Mount Isa as the host for its 2017 One Night Stand Concert, to be held on 22 April.

LGAQ President Mark Jamieson met with Minister Michael Keenan in Canberra this week to refute the government’s claim that plant and equipment costs have never been eligible for reimbursements

The eight regional mayors who accompanied Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to India last week to demonstrate their support for Adani’s proposed Carmichael Coal mine-rail-port project are now waiting on

QLD Indigenous leaders hope they will gain more flexibility around Alcohol Management Plans (AMPs) after Local Government Minister Mark Furner met with Indigenous health and policy experts

The first ever Indigenous-focused State Cabinet meeting was held in Cairns this week as part of the Palaszczuk Government’s commitment to work with all Queenslanders.

The Queensland Government has launched a single, unified crocodile management plan.

Local government’s vulnerability to online scams and fraud burst into the spotlight again this week after several councils were targeted by various schemes involving false invoicing or bot attacks

Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu has been appointed to the Library Board of Queensland.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has praised the Western Downs for its economic strength and agricultural diversity on a visit this week to the 59th Bell Show.