Tablelands resident Lyn O’Connor and Councillor Rob Pyne – a former state MP – are representing themselves in a defamation action brought against them by Greg Hallam, the former CEO of the Local ...

Premier David Crisafulli has pointed the finger at Queensland’s peak local government body for selecting a Cape York mayor facing domestic violence charges to participate in a key announcement earlier ...

The Local Government Association of Queensland has voted in favour of a motion, led by Logan Mayor Jon Raven, urging the state government to amend legislation to let councils authorise late-night ...

Australia's peak caravanning body is calling on state and local governments looking to restrict on-street trailer parking to act with "fairness", insisting that any changes to legislation "must be ...

A marathon defamation battle over a cartoon depicting a LGAQ boss as Jabba the Hutt and associated posts has ended with a court ordering the payment of more than half a million dollars in damages to ...

LGAQ CEO Alison Smith, and president-elect and Gladstone mayor Matt Burnett, talk about the 2024 LGAQ conference. Video by Alison Paterson. 'Nice guy': PM reveals extra details about Trump-Rudd clash ...

Townsville holds the majority vote for the LGAQ region, and its councillors decided to vote for one of their own. Townsville controls the majority of votes for LGAQ’s District 9 which includes ...

Deputy Mayor Terry James and Cr Brett Moller will represent Council at this year's LGAQ Annual Conference. Council has six votes per motion at the LGAQ annual conference and can send two delegates to ...

A major lobby group has called for protections similar to parliamentary privilege to be introduced for Queensland’s Local Government councillors after a southwest officiall was threatened with legal ...

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