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.

2020 has taught us to pivot, shift and understand where we can change for the better.

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.

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.

Listen to Mayor Jamieson's speech from the opening of the 124th LGAQ Annual Conference

This wrap comes to you on the eve of the LGAQ’s 124th Annual Conference on the Gold Coast.

Townsville City Council is one of the first Queensland councils to take the TikTok plunge.

So, what has brought together Longreach
– ‘The Heart of Outback Queensland’ – and
Winton – ‘the Dinosaur Capital of Australia’?

What should be a public record and what shouldn't?

It’s difficult to believe it has already been six months since the local government elections were held and yet, so much has happened here in Queensland and throughout the world.

On Tuesday night the Federal Government showed us it was putting its faith is us by going big and hard in its delayed 2020-21 Budget.