Associations

The Australian Boarding School Association (ABSA) is a beacon for boarding schools around Australia. It has grown to become a guiding light for that part of academic life that has often gone forgotten by scholastic Australia.

The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) is the longest continuing peak body in Queensland. It is a not-for-profit association set up solely to serve the state’s 77 councils and their individual needs. The fact that it has been in existence for 120 years is a testament to the value that it provides its member councils.

Tourism, both domestic and international, is a continuously growing industry all over the world. In Australia, Deloitte has called it as one of the “super sectors” of the next decade. It is no wonder then that organisations like the Accommodation Association of Australia (AAoA) are extremely important in the industry. Evolving out of the former Hotel Motel & Accommodation Association, the organisation was originally established in Queensland in the 1960s by a group of moteliers. According to Richard Munro, the CEO of AAoA, the group simply wanted better outcomes for their industry.