Abounding in natural beauty and opportunity, the region is a must-see destination for visitors, a cherished home to locals, and a magnet for tree- and sea-changers alike.

Thousands of kilometres of unsealed road networks are potentially causing significant damage to our beloved Great Barrier Reef and local governments have come together to contribute to its protection.

Cairns Regional Council (CRC) has implemented the largest wayfinding trail in an Australian regional city with 300 braille and tactile signs placed strategically throughout the city.

The City of Logan has embraced its cultural diversity and produced a video featuring seven different languages to encourage refugees and migrants to learn to swim.

The culture at the Kingston Butter Factory (KBF) today is quite different to when it was established in 1907.

Balonne Shire Council will receive a $10,000 bursary from Peak Services as winners of this year’s Butch Lenton Memorial Bush Council Innovation Award.

Exorbitant deposit requirements imposed on Queenslanders seeking to buy a home in in rural and remote Queensland are stifling economic growth by locking prospective buyers out of the market.

Taking place at the Cairns Convention Centre from 17-19 October, this year’s conference theme is ‘Community Liveability’, recognising that every Queensland community deserve to be a liveable one.

The LGAQ welcomes Blackall-Tambo Mayor Andrew Martin to the LGAQ Policy Executive.

A desperate housing shortage is putting First Nations children at a disadvantage at school and setting back health care and life expectancy.

Researchers from Macquarie University predict that Australia will accumulate one million tonnes of solar panel waste by 2047—the weight of 19 Sydney Harbour Bridges.

Work has officially begun at Cherbourg’s trailblazing new community call centre that was opened in April—the first call centre in a First Nations community in the country.

A unique program aimed at bridging the divide between Council and landholders around wild dog management is winning kudos in local government circles for Bulloo Shire.

The LGAQ is calling for swift post-prosecution reviews of other failed cases launched by the CCC against mayors and councillors.

LGAQ CEO Alison Smith today welcomed the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the CCC, including the recommendation 32 recommendations.