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The local community can have a pos-
itive impact on these initiatives but
there is also a possibility that the im-
pact can be negative. This makes the
local council integral to the success of
infrastructure building and therefore,
nation building.
The LGAQ advises, supports and rep-
resents local councils so that they can
improve their operations and strength-
en relationships with their communi-
ties. It does this by connecting them to
state and federal authorities and sup-
porting them in their drive to innovate
service delivery through smart servic-
es and sustainable solutions.
Role of LGAQ
As a peak body, the LGAQ leads the
local government sector in many re-
spects. This role becomes, even more,
important when the diversity of the 77
councils in Queensland is considered.
Greg Hoffman, General Manager –
Advocacy, of the LGAQ explains the
body’s role, “We work constantly in
identifying what is important to them
and in taking the lead for them in our
advocacy to the government on their
behalf.
“We help them in so many ways in
terms of services that we provide to
councils, we can bulk up and provide
scale on so many of the things that
they need to do. We provide bulk pro-
curement services, bulk insurance ser-
vices and a whole range of initiatives
to support them and that obviously is
dependent on a good working relation-
ship with them.”
Membership of the LGAQ is voluntary.
All Queensland councils have opted to
become members of the association.
The funds that the LGAQ needs to sus-
tain itself are provided by a variety of