Across the country, local roads suffer a significant under-investment which is having an increasing impact on both the efficiency of freight movements and the quality of road safety.

The Great Barrier Reef is a sleeper issue in this Federal election campaign.

The two major parties are going at each other hammer and tongs about the virtues or pitfalls of encouraging such a big increase in electric vehicles.

There will be a lot of words spoken and a myriad of issues debated during this election campaign but one policy challenge that may struggle to gain attention is indigenous housing.

From the Special General Meeting of LGAQ members on Tuesday regarding the Palaszczuk Government’s planned electoral changes, the following numbers on the motions put say everything.

In a win for Queensland councils, the LGAQ has been successful in its advocacy on the Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 (the Bill).

The world is converging rapidly into a data-driven, analytics led, hyper knowledge existence.

Mayors and councillors from across Queensland today overwhelmingly rejected the Palaszczuk Government’s plans to force changes to the way people elect their local councils.

Mayors and councillors from across Queensland gathered in Brisbane this week for a special meeting of the membership of the LGAQ.

A big investment in natural disaster response, more road funding, money for transport infrastructure in the cities and the bush.

The Nature Conservation (Special Wildlife Reserves) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 (the Bill) was passed with amendments on 27 March 2019.

The Palaszczuk Government’s decision to walk back proposed major changes to the way people vote.

The Torres Cape Indigenous Council Alliance (TCICA) Inc held its first meeting for 2019 in Cairns on Thursday 28 and Friday 29 March

I would like to acknowledge and congratulate Brisbane Lord Mayor and good friend Graham Quirk on a stellar career in local government.

As chief executive officer of the LGAQ for nearly 27 years and a keen student of local government, I’ve learned to expect that Labor governments will try to redesign the system.