Local Government Association Of Queensland Inc - General Enquiries
Local Government in Brisbane

We have been advising, supporting and representing local councils since 1896, allowing them to improve their operations and strengthen relationships with their communities. Connecting them to people and places that count. Supporting their drive to innovate and improve service delivery through scholarly services and sustainable solutions. LGAQ is 100 percent council owned, offering a range of support services and solutions to all council employees. While membership is voluntary, all Queensland councils are members. The Association is funded by subscriptions, revenue from business initiatives and government grants. Subscriptions account for one third of the Association's revenue. We are administered by a Policy Executive, a group of mayors and councilors who are elected by their peers to represent all regions of Queensland. Download or view the Association's Constitution, Annual Reports and Financial report. The Association's activities are driven by three corporate objectives: Grow the Scope and Depth of our Relationship with Members. We ensure these objectives are achieved by developing and latter our Strategic Plan on a four yearly basis.

There is much history locked away in the resources held in the LGAQ Library and our Librarian Lesley Dimmock has embarked on a project to make the information more accessible. LGAQ history in pictures an overdeveloping collection of preceding (and present) Presidents, particular Executive Committee members, artifacts and buildings that illustrate one hundred and eighteen years of the LGAQ. Research for this project has unearthed many colorful and eminent people who made prized contributions to the Association. Most people are mindful of the Association's longest serving President, Harold Garfield Paddy' Behan, who held the position for 21 of the 29 years he was a member of the Executive Committee. There is much that can be learned about the Association, and its work over the former 118 years the issues that have shaped and influenced the development of local government, and the Association and the people that have contributed so much to the local government sphere that can be revealed through the materials and resources held in the Association's Library.