Elected leaders of the Far North have declined to back a trial of cashless welfare cards in Cairns despite mounting pressure ...

The Local Government Association of Queensland has labelled proposed legislation requiring councillors or mayors to step down if running for state parliament a "retrograde step". The Queensland ...

Members of the Local Government Association of Queensland called for the provision to be removed from the Liberal Nat­ional Party government’s empowering councils amendments, which were introduced in ...

The peak body for local government in Queensland has repeated its call for the Bureau of Meteorology to ensure councils are not charged to access critical weather information. The request comes as ...

While legal under current laws, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast councils are spearheading a push to restrict recreational vehicles from suburban roads after a spate of complaints about caravans clogging ...