The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) says it will make a submission to the Productivity Commission's inquiry into natural disaster funding. The Federal Government has asked the ...

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) says it has legal advice that the State Government's council amalgamation laws are unconstitutional. The LGAQ has launched a Supreme Court ...

ROCKHAMPTON mayor Brad Carter says he's pleased the LGAQ has refused to sign an agreement with the State Government and Queensland Resources Council. The Sustainable Resource Communities Policy, which ...

Head of the Local Government Association of Queensland Greg Hallam says his organisation will "draw a line and hold it". Head of the Local Government Association of Queensland Greg Hallam says his ...

Mr Hallam is suing former MP and current Cairns Regional Council councillor Rob Pyne and Tablelands resident Lyn Elizabeth O’Connor over a series of allegedly defamatory Facebook posts from 2017 which ...

THE LGAQ says it is disappointed in Premier Anna Bligh's announcement of a March 24 election which will delay local government elections. LGAQ President Paul Bell said Ms Bligh had gone back on ...

Former Cairns MP and now Division 2 councillor Rob Pyne and Lyn Elizabeth O’Connor appeared in the Cairns District Court on Wednesday, defending a defamation suit brought against them by Mr Hallam. Mr ...

LGAQ financial reports show Ipswich City Enterprises Investments has a 50 per cent interest in the call centre venture. But the same documents indicate that although the LGAQ holds only one-third, it ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. South-East Queensland councils will have to take developers "on trust" for the State Government's new tick-the-box planning scheme to ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The call came in response to a Greens proposal to give councils the power to increase the charges levied on ...

The LNP is now on par with Katter’s Australian party in its commitment to help Queensland councils in election priorities, the Local Government Association of Queensland has revealed. The ...

Greg Hallam, the head of Queensland's peak local government body, has been honoured for his 25 years of work across the state. Greg Hallam's received an Australia Day honour for his 25 years in ...