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    <title>Local Government Managers Australia upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:37:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (25 Sep 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;This Village aims to support local government practitioners and professionals who are part of councils' ELT or heads of departments (i.e. second line leadership).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;It is a place for Senior Officers to get together, share information with colleagues, whether that be about successes or learnings, get updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6736315</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Governance Village Exchange (7 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Governance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="162" height="162"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Governance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the governance areas of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesday 7&amp;nbsp;October 9:00am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281927</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281927</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Village Exchange (7 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA%20Women%20in%20LG%20Exchange%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="164" height="170"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Women in Local Government&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to&amp;nbsp;connect women across the local government sector in Queensland, provide them with access to valuable insights, effective&amp;nbsp;real-world strategies, and plenty of opportunities to network, collaborate and share ideas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Join us in hearing from LGMA's Cassie Van Beek&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;on&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;'Resilience and Adaptability When Life Happens'&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;. This session is going to talk through strategies of how to bounce back when life's punches keep on rolling.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 7 October 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#BB3768"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" color="#FF914D" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14646140/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Network on LinkedIn!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278405</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Facilities Management Village Exchange (7 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Facilities%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF"&gt;Facilities Management Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government &lt;font&gt;officers who play a role in facilities management, both for community use and council purposes for Queensland councils&lt;/font&gt;. &lt;span&gt;Facilities management in councils is varied and often across Departments. This village provides a forum for officers working in Building and Property Services roles as well as those working in community use facilities roles including halls/venues and cemeteries to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 7 October&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00AEEF"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14416409/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Facilities Management LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281911</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA People &amp; Culture Village Exchange (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/people-culture-hr" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_People%20and%20Culture.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="144" height="144" align="left"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People and Culture (HR, OD) Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 400;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the people and culture, human resources and organisational development areas of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;8 October at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168);"&gt;Agenda:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:events@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;events@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14408265/"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our People and Culture LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278437</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278437</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Procurement Village Exchange (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Procurement.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="156" height="156" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Procurement Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the Procurement area for Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursday 8 October 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ED145B"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406250/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Procurement LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292594</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Executive Assistants Village Exchange (8 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Executive%20Assistants.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="180" height="180" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Executive Assistants Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working as Executive/Personal Assistants to CEO's, Directors, Managers and Elected Members of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14407258/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Executive Assistants LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281890</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Young Officers Network (13 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Young%20Officers%20Network.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="200" height="200" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;Young Officers Network&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This network has been created to provide young officers in local government a space to connect with peers navigating the local government career path.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The goal of this network is to foster relationships, collaborate with other councils and share resources.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This exchange is run by LGMA's young officers and is designed for officers under 35 to attend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:admin@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;admin@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We've scheduled four exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14333224/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Network on LinkedIn!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278272</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278272</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange (13 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Arts%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="144" height="144" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working within the&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Services&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 13 October 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14412444/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6287951</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environment%20and%20Sustainability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in environment and sustainability related roles including&amp;nbsp;but not limited to: Environmental Sustainability &amp;amp; Resilience, Conservation, Natural Environment, Biodiversity, Land for Wildlife, Circular Economy and Sustainable Resource Planning, Climate Change/Net Zero Emissions and Regenerative Tourism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village provides a forum for officers to get together, share information, receive updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve service to our communities&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14524303/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Join our Environment and Sustainability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281795</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Customer Service Village Exchange (14 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Customer%20Service.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="141" height="141" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;C&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;ustomer Service Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the Customer Service areas of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411261/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Customer Service LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281766</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environmental%20Health.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="182" height="182" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;environmental health roles in Queensland councils in areas such as Food Licensing and Safety, Air and Water Quality Standards and Public Health. I&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;t is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom link will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14409260/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Environmental Health Officers LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281830</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281830</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange (15 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Lifestyle%20and%20Liveability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in roles to enhance lifestyle and liveability within their communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Encompassing Sport and Recreation, Parks, Gardens, Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Streetscapes, Trails and Pathways, as well as Venues and Events, this Village provides a forum for officers to get together, share information, receive updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve service to our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
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      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday 15 October 2:00pm
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  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A" style="color: rgb(19, 191, 189);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516997/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Join our Lifestyle and Liveability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292583</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292583</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (30 Oct 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;This Village aims to support local government practitioners and professionals who are part of councils' ELT or heads of departments (i.e. second line leadership).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;It is a place for Senior Officers to get together, share information with colleagues, whether that be about successes or learnings, get updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6736316</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6736316</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Learning &amp; Development Village Exchange (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Learning%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="126" height="126" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Development Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: 400;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the learning and development area of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;4 November at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:training@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;training@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A" style="color: rgb(19, 191, 189);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410257/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Learning and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6278414</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Planning, Design and Development Village Exchange (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Planning_Design%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Planning, Design and Development Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in planning, design and development related roles.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;With local governments experiencing exciting growth in the residential and commercial sectors, with numerous development and planning projects, this Village provides a forum for officers to get together, share information, receive updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve service to our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
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      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 4 November 11.30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#998675"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516999/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Join our Planning, Design and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292589</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292589</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Regulatory Services Village Exchange (4 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Regulatory%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="150" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Regulatory Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px; font-size: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange supports local government officers working in the Regulatory Services areas of Queensland councils covering Animal Management, Land Protection &lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;(including pest management, biosecurity and rural lands)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;, Local Laws and Ranger Services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Calibri, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em; font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 4 November&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420262/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Regulatory Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292608</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Rates Village Exchange (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Finance%20and%20Rates.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="166" align="left"&gt;Rates Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the Rates area of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thursday 5 November&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font&gt;10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#F7941D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410255/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Finance and Rates LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292599</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Community Services Village Exchange (5 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Community%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="134" height="134"&gt;Community Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in &lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font&gt;community related roles including&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;community services / community development and community engagement practitioners as well as disaster management.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Thursday 5 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(133, 95, 168); font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 95, 168);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411258/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Community Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6289481</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6289481</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Compliance Village Exchange (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Compliance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="160" height="160"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Compliance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;compliance related roles including but not limited to: Planning / Building / Plumbing / Stormwater / Development Compliance, Traffic and Parking Management, Land and Lease Management, Permits, Infringements, Enforcements and Investigations, Community Safety and Temporary Entertainment&amp;nbsp; Events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday 10 November 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00A99D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406249/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Compliance LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281722</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6281722</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Work Health and Safety Village Exchange (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_WHS.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="187" height="187"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Work Health and Safety Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the Work Health and Safety areas of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday 10 November 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24" style=""&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420310/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Work, Health and Safety LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6723427</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Libraries Village Exchange (10 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Libraries.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Libraries Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in libraries for Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday 10 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF00FF"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410256/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Libraries LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292577</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Records Village Exchange (11 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Records%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="168" height="168" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Records Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This village exchange meeting is for local government officers working in the Records area of Queensland councils. It is a place to get together, share information, get updates on the latest legislation and policies, and ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2026:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 11 November &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14415395/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Records LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6292603</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (27 Nov 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;This Village aims to support local government practitioners and professionals who are part of councils' ELT or heads of departments (i.e. second line leadership).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;It is a place for Senior Officers to get together, share information with colleagues, whether that be about successes or learnings, get updates on the latest legislation and policies and, ultimately help each other improve our ways of working and serving our communities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6736317</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (29 Jan 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817645</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange (2 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environmental%20Health.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="182" height="182" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environmental health functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including food safety and licensing, public health, environmental health regulation, air and water quality, nuisance management and disease prevention.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Village provides a local government-specific forum to share information, discuss operational challenges and best practice, and receive updates on legislation, policy and emerging issues affecting environmental health services. It complements specialist professional development and networking provided by Environmental Health Australia (Queensland).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Relevant roles may include Environmental Health Officers, Senior and Principal Environmental Health Officers, Environmental Health Managers and Coordinators, Food Safety Officers and other officers undertaking environmental health and public health regulatory functions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14409260/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Environmental Health Officers LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814812</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Customer Service Village Exchange (2 Feb 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Customer Service Managers and Coordinators, Customer Experience Officers, Customer Service Officers, Contact Centre Managers and Officers, Service Centre Managers, Front Counter Officers, Complaints Officers and officers responsible for customer service systems and improvement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411261/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Customer Service LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814797</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814797</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Media, Communications and Marketing Village Exchange (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Media,%20Communications%20and%20Marketing.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Media, Communications and Marketing Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;media, communications, marketing, public relations, digital communications and related engagement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share ideas, resources and best practice, discuss emerging communication and marketing trends, and explore issues including media management, crisis communications, social media, digital content, internal communications, campaigns, branding, community information and engagement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Communications Managers and Officers, Media Managers and Advisors, Marketing Managers and Officers, Public Relations Officers, Digital Communications Officers, Social Media Officers, Content Creators, Corporate Communications Officers and officers responsible for community information and campaigns.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 3 February 9:00a&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;m&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 4 August 9:00a&lt;span&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;membership@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#438CCA" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40229010/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Media, Communications and Marketing LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816199</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816199</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Village Exchange (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA%20Women%20in%20LG%20Exchange%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="153" height="153" style="height: 153px;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Women in Local Government&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to connect women working across the Queensland local government sector and provide opportunities to build networks, share experiences, learn from one another and access practical insights and strategies relevant to their careers and working lives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides an inclusive forum for networking, collaboration, leadership development, career conversations, confidence building, mentoring and discussion of issues and opportunities relevant to women working in local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village is open to women working across all council roles and levels, including operational, technical, professional, supervisory, management and executive positions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 3 February 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday 5 May 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 4 August 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 6 October 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#BB3768" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" color="#FF914D" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14646140/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Network on LinkedIn!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816369</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Community Services Village Exchange (3 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Community%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="134" height="134"&gt;Community Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;community services, community development, community engagement and related social planning functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share approaches to community participation, inclusion, service delivery, partnerships, community capacity building and emerging community needs, as well as discuss challenges and opportunities relevant to working directly with local communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Community Services Managers and Coordinators, Community Development Officers, Community Engagement Officers, Community Development Workers, Social Planning Officers and officers responsible for community programs and initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 3 February 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 12 May 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday 5 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 7 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 95, 168);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411258/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Community Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814771</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Rates Village Exchange (4 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Finance%20and%20Rates.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="166" align="left"&gt;Rates Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;finance, accounting and revenue with a focus on rates functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues across the sector, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging issues and challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and regulatory requirements affecting council rates and revenue operations. It provides an opportunity for officers to learn from the experiences of other councils and share approaches to improving rates administration, revenue collection and customer service.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Chief Financial Officers, Finance Managers, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Financial Services Officers, Rates Managers and Coordinators, Revenue Managers and Officers, Property and Rating Officers, Rates and Revenue Team Leaders and other officers responsible for council rating, valuation, revenue collection and associated processes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village complements specialist sector networks and professional development available through organisations such as Local Government Finance Professionals (LGFP) and the Local Authority Revenue Managers Association of Queensland (LARMAQ).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thursday 4 February&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 11 May 10:00am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 10 August 10:00am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thursday 7 October 1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;1:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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      <title>LGMA Executive Assistants Village Exchange (4 Feb 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support &lt;strong&gt;Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and office professionals&lt;/strong&gt; who provide high-level administrative and organisational support to CEOs, Directors, Managers, Executives and Elected Members within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share practical strategies, systems and resources, discuss the challenges of supporting senior leaders and elected members, and exchange ideas about governance, communication, prioritisation, meeting management, technology and effective executive support.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Executive Support Officers, Business Support Officers, Office Managers, Executive Officers and senior administration officers supporting council leadership teams and elected members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>LGMA Compliance Village Exchange (9 Feb 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;compliance and enforcement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislative, policy and operational matters affecting council compliance activities. It provides an opportunity for officers to discuss common challenges and approaches to risk-based regulation, investigations, enforcement and community education.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Compliance Officers and Managers, Planning and Building Compliance Officers, Plumbing and Stormwater Compliance Officers, Development Compliance Officers, Traffic and Parking Officers, Land and Lease Compliance Officers, Permit and Licence Officers, Infringement and Enforcement Officers, Investigators and officers involved in community safety and temporary entertainment event compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406249/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Compliance LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814780</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Procurement Village Exchange (9 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Procurement.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="156" height="156" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Procurement Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;procurement, purchasing, contracts and strategic sourcing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and practical approaches, receive updates on legislation and council procurement requirements, and explore emerging issues affecting procurement and contract management. It recognises the different procurement environments and requirements across councils of different sizes and locations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Procurement Managers and Officers, Strategic Sourcing Officers, Contract Managers, Contract Officers, Purchasing Officers, Category Managers, Supply Chain Officers and officers with responsibility for procurement governance and compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ED145B"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406250/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Procurement LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816310</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange (10 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environment%20and%20Sustainability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environment, sustainability, climate, conservation and natural resource management functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss emerging environmental challenges and practical solutions, and receive updates on legislation, policy, funding, technology and best practice relevant to local government. Areas of interest include environmental sustainability and resilience, conservation, biodiversity, natural environment, land for wildlife, circular economy, sustainable resource planning, climate change, net zero emissions and regenerative tourism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sustainability Officers and Managers, Environmental Officers, Climate Change and Resilience Officers, Biodiversity Officers, Conservation Officers, Natural Resource Management Officers, Circular Economy Officers, Waste and Resource Recovery Officers and officers responsible for environmental planning and sustainability initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange (10 Feb 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;enhancing lifestyle, liveability, community spaces and facilities&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore ways councils can improve the quality, accessibility, management and use of community spaces, facilities and lifestyle services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Areas of interest may include Sport and Recreation, Parks and Gardens, Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Streetscapes, Trails and Pathways, Venues and Events, Facilities Management, Building and Property Services, Community Facilities and the management and operation of council and community-use facilities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sport and Recreation Managers and Officers, Parks and Gardens Managers and Officers, Open Space Officers, Facilities Managers and Coordinators, Property and Building Services Officers, Asset Managers, Venue Managers, Community Facilities Officers, Events Officers, Playground Officers, Streetscape Officers and officers responsible for the management, maintenance and use of community facilities and public spaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516997/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Join our Lifestyle and Liveability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (26 Feb 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817658</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2027 22:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Conference 2027 (3 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Professional%20Development/Propeller/LGMA_2027_WILG%20Conference_Email%20Footer.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="510" height="152"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2027 Women in Local Government Conference&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Women in Local Government Conference&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;was developed to empower women in the local government context. The conference aims to consider the application of leadership to engage women in the sector, developing techniques for the 'every-day' leader and creating a workplace culture that values the contribution of women in all aspects and levels of the organisation.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;By connecting women across the local government sector, we aim to provide those women with access to valuable insights, effective&amp;nbsp;real-world strategies&amp;nbsp;from skilled facilitators, and plenty of opportunities to network, collaborate and share ideas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;International Women's Day&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;IWD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) is a global&amp;nbsp;event celebrated&amp;nbsp;annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Join LGMA to celebrate Women in Local Government in Queensland.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Dates:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Wednesday 3 and Thursday 4 March 2027&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Venue:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Hotel Grand Chancellor Brisbane - 23 Leichardt Street, Spring Hill.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Times:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;08.00am - 08.30am - Coffee on Arrival and Registration&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;08.30am - 4.00pm - Conference Sessions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Networking Event:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Wed 4 March from 4.00-6.00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Registration:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Council Officer (Early Bird) $1,155 per person - closes 4 February&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Council Officer (Standard) $1,365 per person - from 5 February - if not sold out prior&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Includes: Tea breaks and Lunch on Wed and Thurs + the Networking Event on Wed.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Accommodation, travel/transport are not included in the registration fees.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Brochure: &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Conference%20and%20Events/WILG/2027/LGMA_2027_WILG%20Conference.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#B81F62" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Member benefits:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;LGMA Members who attend this event receive a discount off their membership fees for the next financial year.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Council Subscribers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Councils who subscribe to LGMA may be entitled to a complimentary registration when an Early Bird Registration has been purchased.&amp;nbsp; T&amp;amp;C's apply (excludes all CEO's) - call us to check eligibility.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Conference%20and%20Events/WILG/2027/Registration%20Form%20for%20the%20Complimentary%20Delegate%20of%20subscribing%20councils%20WILG.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Form here.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Dress Code:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Business Casual - As the room temperature may vary, we suggest wearing layered clothing to ensure you are comfortable throughout the day.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Accommodation:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.grandchancellorhotels.com/hotel-grand-chancellor-brisbane/book/accommodations" target="_blank"&gt;Hotel Grand Chancellor Brisbane&lt;/a&gt; - Book directly&amp;nbsp;&lt;font&gt;to receive 15% off the best available rate by using the code LGMAQ in the drop-down section from special code.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Accommodation Payment Policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Individual guests paying their own account will be required to pay on check in.&amp;nbsp; A credit card guarantee for each individual guest must be provided to the hotel when making a reservation. Alternatively, a nominated credit card can be used as a guarantee.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;For councils wishing to pre-pay for the accommodation before the guest's arrival, please contact the reservations team via phone, 07 3831 4055 or &lt;a href="mailto:reservations@hgcbrisbane.com.au"&gt;reservations@hgcbrisbane.com.au&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The reservations team will be able to send through a link for councils to make the payment in advance, rather than at the time of check in for the guest.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Check in is from 14.00 and check out if at 11.00.&amp;nbsp; Full buffet breakfast is available in Fresco's Restaurant.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Car Parking:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$20.00 per day for all delegates (up to 10 hours)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px;"&gt;Alternative Parking: &lt;a href="https://www.secureparking.com.au/en-au/car-park-rates/spring-hill/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.secureparking.com.au/en-au/car-park-rates/spring-hill/&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Transport:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://translink.com.au/"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;Thank you to our valued corporate partners:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#B81F62" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.kingandcompany.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Corporate%20Partners/King%20and%20Company%20Dark.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="112" height="61"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.brightersuper.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Corporate%20Partners/Brighter%20Super%20logo_tagline%20C.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="84" height="88"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.prestonlaw.com.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Corporate%20Partners/Preston%20High%20Res%20(1).jpg" width="134" height="43" border="0" alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#B81F62" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(184, 31, 98); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 14px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(184, 31, 98); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.mcarthur.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Corporate%20Partners/McArthur%20logo.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="151" height="53"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.mylot.ai" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Corporate%20Partners/myLot%20colour.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="173" height="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>LGMA Governance Village Exchange (9 Mar 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong style=""&gt;governance, corporate services and related statutory and administrative functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislation, regulatory requirements, policies and emerging issues affecting council governance and corporate operations. It also provides opportunities to hear from key oversight and regulatory agencies and other organisations relevant to local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Governance Managers and Coordinators, Governance Officers, Corporate Services Officers, Committee and Meeting Officers, Policy Officers, Integrity Officers, Election Officers, Right to Information and Privacy Officers, and officers responsible for statutory reporting and corporate governance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#333333"&gt;The Village can also provide opportunities to engage with organisations including the Department of Local Government, Queensland Ombudsman, Queensland Audit Office, Office of the Information Commissioner and other relevant government and oversight agencies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Regulatory Services Village Exchange (9 Mar 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;regulatory services functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and policy, and explore common operational challenges associated with regulatory service delivery and community safety.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Animal Management Officers, Rangers, Local Laws Officers, Compliance Officers, Land Protection Officers, Pest Management Officers, Biosecurity Officers, Rural Lands Officers and other officers responsible for local government regulatory services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420262/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Regulatory Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816363</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Learning &amp; Development Village Exchange (10 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Learning%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="138" height="138" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Development Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;learning, development, capability building and organisational development&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, resources, tools and emerging approaches to learning and development, discuss workforce capability challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and sector initiatives. The Village aims to support councils to develop their people, strengthen capability and provide quality employment and development opportunities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Learning and Development Managers and Officers, Organisational Development Officers, Capability Managers, Training Coordinators, Workforce Development Officers, Leadership Development Officers and officers responsible for training, professional development and workforce capability.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;10 March at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2 June at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;1 September at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;10 November at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:training@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;training@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#13BFBD" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410257/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Learning and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816138</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange (10 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Arts%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;arts, culture, heritage, creative industries and community cultural services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#404B4D"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share ideas and approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, showcase successful initiatives, and receive updates relevant to delivering cultural services in a local government environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;Relevant roles may include Arts and Cultural Services Managers and Coordinators, Cultural Development Officers, Arts Officers, Creative Industries Officers, Heritage Officers, Museum and Gallery staff, Public Art Officers, Cultural Facilities Managers and officers responsible for community cultural programs and events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14412444/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6812961</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Disaster Management Village Exchange (10 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Disaster%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Disaster Management Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;disaster management, emergency management, disaster resilience, recovery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and related functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share lessons learned and practical approaches, discuss preparedness and response arrangements, and receive updates on emerging issues, legislation, policy and funding relevant to local government disaster management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Disaster Management Officers and Coordinators, Emergency Management Officers, Disaster Resilience Officers, Recovery Officers, Local Disaster Management Group support staff and council officers with operational responsibilities during disaster events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;Wednesday 10 March 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday 2 June 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 31 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40239008/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Disaster Management LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816000</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816000</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Work Health and Safety Village Exchange (11 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_WHS.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="187" height="187"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Work Health and Safety Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;work health and safety, injury prevention, risk management and workplace wellbeing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and regulatory requirements, and explore emerging WHS issues affecting local government workplaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include WHS Managers and Officers, Safety Advisors, Health and Safety Advisors, Risk Managers, Injury Management Officers, Rehabilitation Coordinators and officers with responsibility for workplace health, safety and risk.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Thursday 11 March 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 2 September 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 11 November 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420310/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Work, Health and Safety LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816378</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Libraries Village Exchange (11 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Libraries.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Libraries Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in public &lt;strong&gt;library services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with library colleagues, share ideas and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore how libraries can continue to respond to the changing needs of their communities. Topics may include service delivery, digital resources, technology, programming, community engagement, staffing, partnerships, innovation and emerging library trends.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Library Managers and Coordinators, Branch Managers, Library Services Officers, Collection Development Officers, Digital Services Officers, Children's and Youth Services Officers, Community Engagement Officers and officers responsible for library strategy, programs and operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 11 March 11.30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 3 June 11.30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 2 September 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 11 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF00FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation/notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410256/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Libraries LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816154</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Records Village Exchange (11 Mar 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Records%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="168" height="168" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Records Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;records, information and document management&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information and practical approaches, discuss records and information management challenges, and receive updates on legislation, standards, policies, technology and emerging practices affecting the management of council records and information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Records Managers and Coordinators, Information Management Officers, Records Officers, Information Governance Officers, Document Management Officers, Archives Officers and officers responsible for information and document systems.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;Thursday 11 March&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 3 June&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 1 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 10 November &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14415395/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Records LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816334</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (30 Apr 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817666</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Village Exchange (5 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA%20Women%20in%20LG%20Exchange%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="153" height="153" style="height: 153px;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Women in Local Government&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to connect women working across the Queensland local government sector and provide opportunities to build networks, share experiences, learn from one another and access practical insights and strategies relevant to their careers and working lives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides an inclusive forum for networking, collaboration, leadership development, career conversations, confidence building, mentoring and discussion of issues and opportunities relevant to women working in local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village is open to women working across all council roles and levels, including operational, technical, professional, supervisory, management and executive positions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday 5 May 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816370</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Customer Service Village Exchange (5 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Customer%20Service.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="141" height="141" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;C&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;ustomer Service Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;customer service and customer experience functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including officers responsible for managing customer service teams and service centres.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share best practice approaches to customer service, customer experience, complaints and feedback, service delivery and accessibility, and to explore technology and emerging tools that can improve the customer experience and support efficient service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Customer Service Managers and Coordinators, Customer Experience Officers, Customer Service Officers, Contact Centre Managers and Officers, Service Centre Managers, Front Counter Officers, Complaints Officers and officers responsible for customer service systems and improvement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411261/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Customer Service LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814799</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Grants Village Exchange (6 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Grants.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Grants Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;identifying, applying for, administering, acquitting and managing grants&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, funding opportunities, processes, templates and lessons learned, and to discuss the challenges associated with managing grants across different council departments and funding programs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Grants Officers and Managers, Funding Officers, Grant Writers, Project Officers, Community Development Officers, Economic Development Officers, Disaster Recovery Officers, Infrastructure and Project Managers, and officers responsible for community, environmental, arts and cultural, sport and recreation and operational grant programs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Executive Assistants Village Exchange (6 May 2027)</title>
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support &lt;strong&gt;Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and office professionals&lt;/strong&gt; who provide high-level administrative and organisational support to CEOs, Directors, Managers, Executives and Elected Members within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14407258/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Executive Assistants LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814821</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange (6 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Lifestyle%20and%20Liveability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;enhancing lifestyle, liveability, community spaces and facilities&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore ways councils can improve the quality, accessibility, management and use of community spaces, facilities and lifestyle services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Areas of interest may include Sport and Recreation, Parks and Gardens, Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Streetscapes, Trails and Pathways, Venues and Events, Facilities Management, Building and Property Services, Community Facilities and the management and operation of council and community-use facilities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sport and Recreation Managers and Officers, Parks and Gardens Managers and Officers, Open Space Officers, Facilities Managers and Coordinators, Property and Building Services Officers, Asset Managers, Venue Managers, Community Facilities Officers, Events Officers, Playground Officers, Streetscape Officers and officers responsible for the management, maintenance and use of community facilities and public spaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Thursday 6 May 2:00pm
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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesday 4 August 2:00pm
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516997/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Join our Lifestyle and Liveability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816170</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Rates Village Exchange (11 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Finance%20and%20Rates.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="166" align="left"&gt;Rates Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;finance, accounting and revenue with a focus on rates functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues across the sector, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging issues and challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and regulatory requirements affecting council rates and revenue operations. It provides an opportunity for officers to learn from the experiences of other councils and share approaches to improving rates administration, revenue collection and customer service.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Chief Financial Officers, Finance Managers, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Financial Services Officers, Rates Managers and Coordinators, Revenue Managers and Officers, Property and Rating Officers, Rates and Revenue Team Leaders and other officers responsible for council rating, valuation, revenue collection and associated processes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village complements specialist sector networks and professional development available through organisations such as Local Government Finance Professionals (LGFP) and the Local Authority Revenue Managers Association of Queensland (LARMAQ).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#F7941D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410255/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Finance and Rates LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816323</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange (11 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environment%20and%20Sustainability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environment, sustainability, climate, conservation and natural resource management functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss emerging environmental challenges and practical solutions, and receive updates on legislation, policy, funding, technology and best practice relevant to local government. Areas of interest include environmental sustainability and resilience, conservation, biodiversity, natural environment, land for wildlife, circular economy, sustainable resource planning, climate change, net zero emissions and regenerative tourism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sustainability Officers and Managers, Environmental Officers, Climate Change and Resilience Officers, Biodiversity Officers, Conservation Officers, Natural Resource Management Officers, Circular Economy Officers, Waste and Resource Recovery Officers and officers responsible for environmental planning and sustainability initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday 11 May 2:00pm
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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday 3 August 2:00pm
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14524303/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Join our Environment and Sustainability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814807</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange (12 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environmental%20Health.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="182" height="182" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environmental health functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including food safety and licensing, public health, environmental health regulation, air and water quality, nuisance management and disease prevention.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Village provides a local government-specific forum to share information, discuss operational challenges and best practice, and receive updates on legislation, policy and emerging issues affecting environmental health services. It complements specialist professional development and networking provided by Environmental Health Australia (Queensland).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Relevant roles may include Environmental Health Officers, Senior and Principal Environmental Health Officers, Environmental Health Managers and Coordinators, Food Safety Officers and other officers undertaking environmental health and public health regulatory functions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14409260/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Environmental Health Officers LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814814</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814814</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Community Services Village Exchange (12 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Community%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="134" height="134"&gt;Community Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;community services, community development, community engagement and related social planning functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share approaches to community participation, inclusion, service delivery, partnerships, community capacity building and emerging community needs, as well as discuss challenges and opportunities relevant to working directly with local communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Community Services Managers and Coordinators, Community Development Officers, Community Engagement Officers, Community Development Workers, Social Planning Officers and officers responsible for community programs and initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 12 May 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday 5 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 7 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 95, 168);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411258/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Community Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814776</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814776</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Compliance Village Exchange (13 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Compliance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="160" height="160"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Compliance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;compliance and enforcement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislative, policy and operational matters affecting council compliance activities. It provides an opportunity for officers to discuss common challenges and approaches to risk-based regulation, investigations, enforcement and community education.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Compliance Officers and Managers, Planning and Building Compliance Officers, Plumbing and Stormwater Compliance Officers, Development Compliance Officers, Traffic and Parking Officers, Land and Lease Compliance Officers, Permit and Licence Officers, Infringement and Enforcement Officers, Investigators and officers involved in community safety and temporary entertainment event compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Thursday 13 May 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406249/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Compliance LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814782</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Procurement Village Exchange (13 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Procurement.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="156" height="156" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Procurement Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;procurement, purchasing, contracts and strategic sourcing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and practical approaches, receive updates on legislation and council procurement requirements, and explore emerging issues affecting procurement and contract management. It recognises the different procurement environments and requirements across councils of different sizes and locations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Procurement Managers and Officers, Strategic Sourcing Officers, Contract Managers, Contract Officers, Purchasing Officers, Category Managers, Supply Chain Officers and officers with responsibility for procurement governance and compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursday 13 May&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursday 12 August&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesday 12 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ED145B"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406250/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Procurement LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816313</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (28 May 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817668</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Governance Village Exchange (1 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Governance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="162" height="162"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Governance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong style=""&gt;governance, corporate services and related statutory and administrative functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislation, regulatory requirements, policies and emerging issues affecting council governance and corporate operations. It also provides opportunities to hear from key oversight and regulatory agencies and other organisations relevant to local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Governance Managers and Coordinators, Governance Officers, Corporate Services Officers, Committee and Meeting Officers, Policy Officers, Integrity Officers, Election Officers, Right to Information and Privacy Officers, and officers responsible for statutory reporting and corporate governance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#333333"&gt;The Village can also provide opportunities to engage with organisations including the Department of Local Government, Queensland Ombudsman, Queensland Audit Office, Office of the Information Commissioner and other relevant government and oversight agencies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday 1 June 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;ga@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816031</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816031</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange (1 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Arts%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;arts, culture, heritage, creative industries and community cultural services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#404B4D"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share ideas and approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, showcase successful initiatives, and receive updates relevant to delivering cultural services in a local government environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;Relevant roles may include Arts and Cultural Services Managers and Coordinators, Cultural Development Officers, Arts Officers, Creative Industries Officers, Heritage Officers, Museum and Gallery staff, Public Art Officers, Cultural Facilities Managers and officers responsible for community cultural programs and events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Tuesday 1 June 2:00pm
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday 1 September 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14412444/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814764</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814764</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Learning &amp; Development Village Exchange (2 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Learning%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="138" height="138" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Development Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;learning, development, capability building and organisational development&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, resources, tools and emerging approaches to learning and development, discuss workforce capability challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and sector initiatives. The Village aims to support councils to develop their people, strengthen capability and provide quality employment and development opportunities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Learning and Development Managers and Officers, Organisational Development Officers, Capability Managers, Training Coordinators, Workforce Development Officers, Leadership Development Officers and officers responsible for training, professional development and workforce capability.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;10 November at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:training@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;training@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#13BFBD" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410257/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Learning and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816143</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816143</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Disaster Management Village Exchange (2 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Disaster%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Disaster Management Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;disaster management, emergency management, disaster resilience, recovery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and related functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share lessons learned and practical approaches, discuss preparedness and response arrangements, and receive updates on emerging issues, legislation, policy and funding relevant to local government disaster management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Disaster Management Officers and Coordinators, Emergency Management Officers, Disaster Resilience Officers, Recovery Officers, Local Disaster Management Group support staff and council officers with operational responsibilities during disaster events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Wednesday 2 June 11:30am
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 31 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40239008/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Disaster Management LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816211</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816211</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Regulatory Services Village Exchange (2 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Regulatory%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="150" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Regulatory Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;regulatory services functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and policy, and explore common operational challenges associated with regulatory service delivery and community safety.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Animal Management Officers, Rangers, Local Laws Officers, Compliance Officers, Land Protection Officers, Pest Management Officers, Biosecurity Officers, Rural Lands Officers and other officers responsible for local government regulatory services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em; font-size: 18px;"&gt;
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      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 2 June&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday 31 August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 10 November&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420262/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Regulatory Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816365</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Work Health and Safety Village Exchange (3 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_WHS.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="187" height="187"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Work Health and Safety Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;work health and safety, injury prevention, risk management and workplace wellbeing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and regulatory requirements, and explore emerging WHS issues affecting local government workplaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include WHS Managers and Officers, Safety Advisors, Health and Safety Advisors, Risk Managers, Injury Management Officers, Rehabilitation Coordinators and officers with responsibility for workplace health, safety and risk.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 3 June 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 2 September 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 11 November 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420310/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Work, Health and Safety LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816384</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Libraries Village Exchange (3 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Libraries.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Libraries Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in public &lt;strong&gt;library services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with library colleagues, share ideas and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore how libraries can continue to respond to the changing needs of their communities. Topics may include service delivery, digital resources, technology, programming, community engagement, staffing, partnerships, innovation and emerging library trends.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Library Managers and Coordinators, Branch Managers, Library Services Officers, Collection Development Officers, Digital Services Officers, Children's and Youth Services Officers, Community Engagement Officers and officers responsible for library strategy, programs and operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 3 June 11.30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 2 September 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 11 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF00FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation/notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410256/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Libraries LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816157</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Records Village Exchange (3 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Records%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="168" height="168" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Records Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;records, information and document management&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information and practical approaches, discuss records and information management challenges, and receive updates on legislation, standards, policies, technology and emerging practices affecting the management of council records and information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Records Managers and Coordinators, Information Management Officers, Records Officers, Information Governance Officers, Document Management Officers, Archives Officers and officers responsible for information and document systems.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
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      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 3 June&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 1 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 10 November &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14415395/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Records LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816341</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (25 Jun 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817672</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (30 Jul 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817674</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange (3 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environmental%20Health.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="182" height="182" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environmental health functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including food safety and licensing, public health, environmental health regulation, air and water quality, nuisance management and disease prevention.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Village provides a local government-specific forum to share information, discuss operational challenges and best practice, and receive updates on legislation, policy and emerging issues affecting environmental health services. It complements specialist professional development and networking provided by Environmental Health Australia (Queensland).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Relevant roles may include Environmental Health Officers, Senior and Principal Environmental Health Officers, Environmental Health Managers and Coordinators, Food Safety Officers and other officers undertaking environmental health and public health regulatory functions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday 3 August 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14409260/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Environmental Health Officers LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814817</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814817</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange (3 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environment%20and%20Sustainability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environment, sustainability, climate, conservation and natural resource management functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss emerging environmental challenges and practical solutions, and receive updates on legislation, policy, funding, technology and best practice relevant to local government. Areas of interest include environmental sustainability and resilience, conservation, biodiversity, natural environment, land for wildlife, circular economy, sustainable resource planning, climate change, net zero emissions and regenerative tourism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sustainability Officers and Managers, Environmental Officers, Climate Change and Resilience Officers, Biodiversity Officers, Conservation Officers, Natural Resource Management Officers, Circular Economy Officers, Waste and Resource Recovery Officers and officers responsible for environmental planning and sustainability initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday 3 August 2:00pm
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14524303/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Join our Environment and Sustainability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814808</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814808</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Media, Communications and Marketing Village Exchange (4 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Media,%20Communications%20and%20Marketing.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;Media, Communications and Marketing Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;media, communications, marketing, public relations, digital communications and related engagement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share ideas, resources and best practice, discuss emerging communication and marketing trends, and explore issues including media management, crisis communications, social media, digital content, internal communications, campaigns, branding, community information and engagement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Communications Managers and Officers, Media Managers and Advisors, Marketing Managers and Officers, Public Relations Officers, Digital Communications Officers, Social Media Officers, Content Creators, Corporate Communications Officers and officers responsible for community information and campaigns.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 4 August 9:00a&lt;span&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#438CCA"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;membership@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#438CCA"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40229010/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Media, Communications and Marketing LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816206</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Village Exchange (4 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA%20Women%20in%20LG%20Exchange%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="153" height="153" style="height: 153px;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Women in Local Government&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to connect women working across the Queensland local government sector and provide opportunities to build networks, share experiences, learn from one another and access practical insights and strategies relevant to their careers and working lives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides an inclusive forum for networking, collaboration, leadership development, career conversations, confidence building, mentoring and discussion of issues and opportunities relevant to women working in local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village is open to women working across all council roles and levels, including operational, technical, professional, supervisory, management and executive positions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesday 4 August 11:30am
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 6 October 11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#BB3768" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" color="#FF914D" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14646140/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Network on LinkedIn!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816374</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange (4 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Lifestyle%20and%20Liveability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;enhancing lifestyle, liveability, community spaces and facilities&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore ways councils can improve the quality, accessibility, management and use of community spaces, facilities and lifestyle services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Areas of interest may include Sport and Recreation, Parks and Gardens, Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Streetscapes, Trails and Pathways, Venues and Events, Facilities Management, Building and Property Services, Community Facilities and the management and operation of council and community-use facilities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sport and Recreation Managers and Officers, Parks and Gardens Managers and Officers, Open Space Officers, Facilities Managers and Coordinators, Property and Building Services Officers, Asset Managers, Venue Managers, Community Facilities Officers, Events Officers, Playground Officers, Streetscape Officers and officers responsible for the management, maintenance and use of community facilities and public spaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Wednesday 4 August 2:00pm
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516997/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Join our Lifestyle and Liveability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816182</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Executive Assistants Village Exchange (5 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Executive%20Assistants.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="180" height="180" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Executive Assistants Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support &lt;strong&gt;Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and office professionals&lt;/strong&gt; who provide high-level administrative and organisational support to CEOs, Directors, Managers, Executives and Elected Members within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share practical strategies, systems and resources, discuss the challenges of supporting senior leaders and elected members, and exchange ideas about governance, communication, prioritisation, meeting management, technology and effective executive support.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Executive Support Officers, Business Support Officers, Office Managers, Executive Officers and senior administration officers supporting council leadership teams and elected members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14407258/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Executive Assistants LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814822</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814822</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Community Services Village Exchange (5 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Community%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="134" height="134"&gt;Community Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;community services, community development, community engagement and related social planning functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share approaches to community participation, inclusion, service delivery, partnerships, community capacity building and emerging community needs, as well as discuss challenges and opportunities relevant to working directly with local communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Community Services Managers and Coordinators, Community Development Officers, Community Engagement Officers, Community Development Workers, Social Planning Officers and officers responsible for community programs and initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday 5 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 7 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 95, 168);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411258/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Community Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814778</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814778</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Rates Village Exchange (10 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Finance%20and%20Rates.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="166" align="left"&gt;Rates Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;finance, accounting and revenue with a focus on rates functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues across the sector, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging issues and challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and regulatory requirements affecting council rates and revenue operations. It provides an opportunity for officers to learn from the experiences of other councils and share approaches to improving rates administration, revenue collection and customer service.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Chief Financial Officers, Finance Managers, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Financial Services Officers, Rates Managers and Coordinators, Revenue Managers and Officers, Property and Rating Officers, Rates and Revenue Team Leaders and other officers responsible for council rating, valuation, revenue collection and associated processes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village complements specialist sector networks and professional development available through organisations such as Local Government Finance Professionals (LGFP) and the Local Authority Revenue Managers Association of Queensland (LARMAQ).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tuesday 10 August 10:00am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thursday 7 October 1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;1:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#F7941D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410255/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Finance and Rates LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816325</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Customer Service Village Exchange (10 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Customer%20Service.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="141" height="141" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;C&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;ustomer Service Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;customer service and customer experience functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including officers responsible for managing customer service teams and service centres.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share best practice approaches to customer service, customer experience, complaints and feedback, service delivery and accessibility, and to explore technology and emerging tools that can improve the customer experience and support efficient service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Customer Service Managers and Coordinators, Customer Experience Officers, Customer Service Officers, Contact Centre Managers and Officers, Service Centre Managers, Front Counter Officers, Complaints Officers and officers responsible for customer service systems and improvement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Tuesday 10 August&amp;nbsp;2:00pm
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        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Wednesday 13 October&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411261/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Customer Service LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814801</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Compliance Village Exchange (12 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Compliance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="160" height="160"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Compliance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;compliance and enforcement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislative, policy and operational matters affecting council compliance activities. It provides an opportunity for officers to discuss common challenges and approaches to risk-based regulation, investigations, enforcement and community education.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Compliance Officers and Managers, Planning and Building Compliance Officers, Plumbing and Stormwater Compliance Officers, Development Compliance Officers, Traffic and Parking Officers, Land and Lease Compliance Officers, Permit and Licence Officers, Infringement and Enforcement Officers, Investigators and officers involved in community safety and temporary entertainment event compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Thursday 12 August 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406249/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Compliance LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Procurement Village Exchange (12 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Procurement.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="156" height="156" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Procurement Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;procurement, purchasing, contracts and strategic sourcing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and practical approaches, receive updates on legislation and council procurement requirements, and explore emerging issues affecting procurement and contract management. It recognises the different procurement environments and requirements across councils of different sizes and locations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Procurement Managers and Officers, Strategic Sourcing Officers, Contract Managers, Contract Officers, Purchasing Officers, Category Managers, Supply Chain Officers and officers with responsibility for procurement governance and compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Thursday 12 August&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesday 12 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ED145B"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406250/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Procurement LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816316</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (27 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817675</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Governance Village Exchange (31 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Governance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="162" height="162"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Governance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong style=""&gt;governance, corporate services and related statutory and administrative functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislation, regulatory requirements, policies and emerging issues affecting council governance and corporate operations. It also provides opportunities to hear from key oversight and regulatory agencies and other organisations relevant to local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Governance Managers and Coordinators, Governance Officers, Corporate Services Officers, Committee and Meeting Officers, Policy Officers, Integrity Officers, Election Officers, Right to Information and Privacy Officers, and officers responsible for statutory reporting and corporate governance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#333333"&gt;The Village can also provide opportunities to engage with organisations including the Department of Local Government, Queensland Ombudsman, Queensland Audit Office, Office of the Information Commissioner and other relevant government and oversight agencies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday 31 August 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;ga@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816035</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Regulatory Services Village Exchange (31 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Regulatory%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="150" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Regulatory Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;regulatory services functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and policy, and explore common operational challenges associated with regulatory service delivery and community safety.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Animal Management Officers, Rangers, Local Laws Officers, Compliance Officers, Land Protection Officers, Pest Management Officers, Biosecurity Officers, Rural Lands Officers and other officers responsible for local government regulatory services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday 31 August&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 10 November&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420262/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Regulatory Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816366</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816366</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Disaster Management Village Exchange (31 Aug 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Disaster%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Disaster Management Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;disaster management, emergency management, disaster resilience, recovery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and related functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share lessons learned and practical approaches, discuss preparedness and response arrangements, and receive updates on emerging issues, legislation, policy and funding relevant to local government disaster management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Disaster Management Officers and Coordinators, Emergency Management Officers, Disaster Resilience Officers, Recovery Officers, Local Disaster Management Group support staff and council officers with operational responsibilities during disaster events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 31 August 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40239008/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Disaster Management LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816216</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Learning &amp; Development Village Exchange (1 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Learning%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="138" height="138" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Development Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;learning, development, capability building and organisational development&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, resources, tools and emerging approaches to learning and development, discuss workforce capability challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and sector initiatives. The Village aims to support councils to develop their people, strengthen capability and provide quality employment and development opportunities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Learning and Development Managers and Officers, Organisational Development Officers, Capability Managers, Training Coordinators, Workforce Development Officers, Leadership Development Officers and officers responsible for training, professional development and workforce capability.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;1 September at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;10 November at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:training@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;training@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#13BFBD" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410257/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Learning and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816144</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816144</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange (1 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Arts%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;arts, culture, heritage, creative industries and community cultural services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#404B4D"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share ideas and approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, showcase successful initiatives, and receive updates relevant to delivering cultural services in a local government environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;Relevant roles may include Arts and Cultural Services Managers and Coordinators, Cultural Development Officers, Arts Officers, Creative Industries Officers, Heritage Officers, Museum and Gallery staff, Public Art Officers, Cultural Facilities Managers and officers responsible for community cultural programs and events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday 1 September 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14412444/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814765</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814765</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Records Village Exchange (1 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Records%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="168" height="168" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Records Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;records, information and document management&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information and practical approaches, discuss records and information management challenges, and receive updates on legislation, standards, policies, technology and emerging practices affecting the management of council records and information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Records Managers and Coordinators, Information Management Officers, Records Officers, Information Governance Officers, Document Management Officers, Archives Officers and officers responsible for information and document systems.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 1 September&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 10 November &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14415395/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Records LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816346</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816346</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Work Health and Safety Village Exchange (2 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_WHS.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="187" height="187"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Work Health and Safety Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;work health and safety, injury prevention, risk management and workplace wellbeing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and regulatory requirements, and explore emerging WHS issues affecting local government workplaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include WHS Managers and Officers, Safety Advisors, Health and Safety Advisors, Risk Managers, Injury Management Officers, Rehabilitation Coordinators and officers with responsibility for workplace health, safety and risk.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 2 September 10:00am
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        &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 11 November 10:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420310/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Work, Health and Safety LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816385</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816385</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Libraries Village Exchange (2 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Libraries.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Libraries Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in public &lt;strong&gt;library services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with library colleagues, share ideas and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore how libraries can continue to respond to the changing needs of their communities. Topics may include service delivery, digital resources, technology, programming, community engagement, staffing, partnerships, innovation and emerging library trends.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Library Managers and Coordinators, Branch Managers, Library Services Officers, Collection Development Officers, Digital Services Officers, Children's and Youth Services Officers, Community Engagement Officers and officers responsible for library strategy, programs and operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange sessions for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 2 September 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 11 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF00FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation/notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410256/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Libraries LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816159</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816159</guid>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (24 Sep 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817677</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817677</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange (6 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environment%20and%20Sustainability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Environment and Sustainability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environment, sustainability, climate, conservation and natural resource management functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss emerging environmental challenges and practical solutions, and receive updates on legislation, policy, funding, technology and best practice relevant to local government. Areas of interest include environmental sustainability and resilience, conservation, biodiversity, natural environment, land for wildlife, circular economy, sustainable resource planning, climate change, net zero emissions and regenerative tourism.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sustainability Officers and Managers, Environmental Officers, Climate Change and Resilience Officers, Biodiversity Officers, Conservation Officers, Natural Resource Management Officers, Circular Economy Officers, Waste and Resource Recovery Officers and officers responsible for environmental planning and sustainability initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 6 October 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14524303/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#007236"&gt;Join our Environment and Sustainability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814810</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814810</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Women in Local Government Village Exchange (6 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#FF914D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA%20Women%20in%20LG%20Exchange%20.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="153" height="153" style="height: 153px;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;Women in Local Government&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to connect women working across the Queensland local government sector and provide opportunities to build networks, share experiences, learn from one another and access practical insights and strategies relevant to their careers and working lives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides an inclusive forum for networking, collaboration, leadership development, career conversations, confidence building, mentoring and discussion of issues and opportunities relevant to women working in local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village is open to women working across all council roles and levels, including operational, technical, professional, supervisory, management and executive positions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em; line-height: 22px;"&gt;
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      &lt;div align="left" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Wednesday 6 October 11:30am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#BB3768"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#BB3768" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" color="#FF914D" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14646140/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Network on LinkedIn!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816377</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Grants Village Exchange (7 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Grants.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Grants Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;identifying, applying for, administering, acquitting and managing grants&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, funding opportunities, processes, templates and lessons learned, and to discuss the challenges associated with managing grants across different council departments and funding programs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Grants Officers and Managers, Funding Officers, Grant Writers, Project Officers, Community Development Officers, Economic Development Officers, Disaster Recovery Officers, Infrastructure and Project Managers, and officers responsible for community, environmental, arts and cultural, sport and recreation and operational grant programs.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Thursday 7 October 9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;events@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138); text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40233008/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join our Grants LinkedIn Group&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816134</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Rates Village Exchange (7 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Finance%20and%20Rates.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="166" height="166" align="left"&gt;Rates Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;finance, accounting and revenue with a focus on rates functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues across the sector, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging issues and challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and regulatory requirements affecting council rates and revenue operations. It provides an opportunity for officers to learn from the experiences of other councils and share approaches to improving rates administration, revenue collection and customer service.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Chief Financial Officers, Finance Managers, Accountants, Financial Analysts, Financial Services Officers, Rates Managers and Coordinators, Revenue Managers and Officers, Property and Rating Officers, Rates and Revenue Team Leaders and other officers responsible for council rating, valuation, revenue collection and associated processes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village complements specialist sector networks and professional development available through organisations such as Local Government Finance Professionals (LGFP) and the Local Authority Revenue Managers Association of Queensland (LARMAQ).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Thursday 7 October 1&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;1:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F7941D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#F7941D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410255/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Finance and Rates LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816327</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816327</guid>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Community Services Village Exchange (7 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;strong style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Community%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="134" height="134"&gt;Community Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;community services, community development, community engagement and related social planning functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share approaches to community participation, inclusion, service delivery, partnerships, community capacity building and emerging community needs, as well as discuss challenges and opportunities relevant to working directly with local communities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Community Services Managers and Coordinators, Community Development Officers, Community Engagement Officers, Community Development Workers, Social Planning Officers and officers responsible for community programs and initiatives.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 7 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#339D8A"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style=""&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(133, 95, 168);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411258/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Community Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814779</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Compliance Village Exchange (12 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Compliance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="160" height="160"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Compliance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;compliance and enforcement functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislative, policy and operational matters affecting council compliance activities. It provides an opportunity for officers to discuss common challenges and approaches to risk-based regulation, investigations, enforcement and community education.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Compliance Officers and Managers, Planning and Building Compliance Officers, Plumbing and Stormwater Compliance Officers, Development Compliance Officers, Traffic and Parking Officers, Land and Lease Compliance Officers, Permit and Licence Officers, Infringement and Enforcement Officers, Investigators and officers involved in community safety and temporary entertainment event compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday 12 October 10:00am
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#00A99D"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406249/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Compliance LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814785</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814785</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Procurement Village Exchange (12 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Procurement.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="156" height="156" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Procurement Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;procurement, purchasing, contracts and strategic sourcing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and practical approaches, receive updates on legislation and council procurement requirements, and explore emerging issues affecting procurement and contract management. It recognises the different procurement environments and requirements across councils of different sizes and locations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Procurement Managers and Officers, Strategic Sourcing Officers, Contract Managers, Contract Officers, Purchasing Officers, Category Managers, Supply Chain Officers and officers with responsibility for procurement governance and compliance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify"&gt;
        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Tuesday 12 October 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED145B"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ED145B"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14406250/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Procurement LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816317</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange (13 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Environmental%20Health.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="182" height="182" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Environmental Health Officers Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;environmental health functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including food safety and licensing, public health, environmental health regulation, air and water quality, nuisance management and disease prevention.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The Village provides a local government-specific forum to share information, discuss operational challenges and best practice, and receive updates on legislation, policy and emerging issues affecting environmental health services. It complements specialist professional development and networking provided by Environmental Health Australia (Queensland).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Relevant roles may include Environmental Health Officers, Senior and Principal Environmental Health Officers, Environmental Health Managers and Coordinators, Food Safety Officers and other officers undertaking environmental health and public health regulatory functions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1ABBB4"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14409260/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Environmental Health Officers LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814818</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814818</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Customer Service Village Exchange (13 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Customer%20Service.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="141" height="141" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;C&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;ustomer Service Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;customer service and customer experience functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils, including officers responsible for managing customer service teams and service centres.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share best practice approaches to customer service, customer experience, complaints and feedback, service delivery and accessibility, and to explore technology and emerging tools that can improve the customer experience and support efficient service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Customer Service Managers and Coordinators, Customer Experience Officers, Customer Service Officers, Contact Centre Managers and Officers, Service Centre Managers, Front Counter Officers, Complaints Officers and officers responsible for customer service systems and improvement.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14411261/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Customer Service LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814803</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Executive Assistants Village Exchange (14 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Executive%20Assistants.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="180" height="180" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Executive Assistants Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support &lt;strong&gt;Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants and office professionals&lt;/strong&gt; who provide high-level administrative and organisational support to CEOs, Directors, Managers, Executives and Elected Members within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share practical strategies, systems and resources, discuss the challenges of supporting senior leaders and elected members, and exchange ideas about governance, communication, prioritisation, meeting management, technology and effective executive support.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Executive Support Officers, Business Support Officers, Office Managers, Executive Officers and senior administration officers supporting council leadership teams and elected members.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14407258/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Executive Assistants LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814823</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange (14 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#998675"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Lifestyle%20and%20Liveability.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="160" height="160" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Lifestyle and Liveability Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;enhancing lifestyle, liveability, community spaces and facilities&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share information and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore ways councils can improve the quality, accessibility, management and use of community spaces, facilities and lifestyle services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Areas of interest may include Sport and Recreation, Parks and Gardens, Playgrounds, Open Spaces, Streetscapes, Trails and Pathways, Venues and Events, Facilities Management, Building and Property Services, Community Facilities and the management and operation of council and community-use facilities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Sport and Recreation Managers and Officers, Parks and Gardens Managers and Officers, Open Space Officers, Facilities Managers and Coordinators, Property and Building Services Officers, Asset Managers, Venue Managers, Community Facilities Officers, Events Officers, Playground Officers, Streetscape Officers and officers responsible for the management, maintenance and use of community facilities and public spaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14516997/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Join our Lifestyle and Liveability LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816186</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (29 Oct 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817678</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Governance Village Exchange (9 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Governance.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="162" height="162"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Governance Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong style=""&gt;governance, corporate services and related statutory and administrative functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss best practice and receive updates on legislation, regulatory requirements, policies and emerging issues affecting council governance and corporate operations. It also provides opportunities to hear from key oversight and regulatory agencies and other organisations relevant to local government.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Governance Managers and Coordinators, Governance Officers, Corporate Services Officers, Committee and Meeting Officers, Policy Officers, Integrity Officers, Election Officers, Right to Information and Privacy Officers, and officers responsible for statutory reporting and corporate governance.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#333333"&gt;The Village can also provide opportunities to engage with organisations including the Department of Local Government, Queensland Ombudsman, Queensland Audit Office, Office of the Information Commissioner and other relevant government and oversight agencies&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tuesday 9 November 10:00am
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;span&gt;Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;ga@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#003471"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816037</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816037</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Disaster Management Village Exchange (9 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Disaster%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" style="" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Disaster Management Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in &lt;strong&gt;disaster management, emergency management, disaster resilience, recovery&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and related functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share lessons learned and practical approaches, discuss preparedness and response arrangements, and receive updates on emerging issues, legislation, policy and funding relevant to local government disaster management.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Disaster Management Officers and Coordinators, Emergency Management Officers, Disaster Resilience Officers, Recovery Officers, Local Disaster Management Group support staff and council officers with operational responsibilities during disaster events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#9E0B0F"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#9E0B0F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/40239008/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Disaster Management LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816218</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816218</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange (9 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Arts%20Heritage%20and%20Cultural%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="153" height="153" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;arts, culture, heritage, creative industries and community cultural services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#404B4D"&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with colleagues, share ideas and approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, showcase successful initiatives, and receive updates relevant to delivering cultural services in a local government environment.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#404B4D"&gt;Relevant roles may include Arts and Cultural Services Managers and Coordinators, Cultural Development Officers, Arts Officers, Creative Industries Officers, Heritage Officers, Museum and Gallery staff, Public Art Officers, Cultural Facilities Managers and officers responsible for community cultural programs and events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;
      &lt;div align="justify" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;
        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Tuesday 9 November 2:00pm&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE: &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14412444/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Arts, Heritage and Cultural Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814767</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6814767</guid>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2027 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Learning &amp; Development Village Exchange (10 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;" color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Learning%20and%20Development.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="138" height="138" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning &amp;amp; Development Village Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;learning, development, capability building and organisational development&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, resources, tools and emerging approaches to learning and development, discuss workforce capability challenges, and receive updates on legislation, policy and sector initiatives. The Village aims to support councils to develop their people, strengthen capability and provide quality employment and development opportunities.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include Learning and Development Managers and Officers, Organisational Development Officers, Capability Managers, Training Coordinators, Workforce Development Officers, Leadership Development Officers and officers responsible for training, professional development and workforce capability.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;10 November at&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;9:00am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  &lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agenda:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to &lt;a href="mailto:training@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;training@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#855FA8" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#13BFBD" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(19, 191, 189); font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410257/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Learning and Development LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816145</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2027 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Regulatory Services Village Exchange (10 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Regulatory%20Services.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="150" height="150" align="left"&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Regulatory Services Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working across &lt;strong&gt;regulatory services functions&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and policy, and explore common operational challenges associated with regulatory service delivery and community safety.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant roles may include Animal Management Officers, Rangers, Local Laws Officers, Compliance Officers, Land Protection Officers, Pest Management Officers, Biosecurity Officers, Rural Lands Officers and other officers responsible for local government regulatory services.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wednesday 10 November&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;11:30am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
      &lt;/div&gt;
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  &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0076A3" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420262/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Regulatory Services LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816368</link>
      <guid>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816368</guid>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Records Village Exchange (10 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Records%20Management.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="168" height="168" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Records Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;records, information and document management&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information and practical approaches, discuss records and information management challenges, and receive updates on legislation, standards, policies, technology and emerging practices affecting the management of council records and information.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Records Managers and Coordinators, Information Management Officers, Records Officers, Information Governance Officers, Document Management Officers, Archives Officers and officers responsible for information and document systems.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 18px; margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
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        &lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font align="justify"&gt;Wednesday 10 November &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font&gt;2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14415395/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Records LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6816349</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Work Health and Safety Village Exchange (11 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#0076A3"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_WHS.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="left" width="187" height="187"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Work Health and Safety Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers responsible for &lt;strong&gt;work health and safety, injury prevention, risk management and workplace wellbeing&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;The Village provides a forum to share information, discuss practical approaches and best practice, receive updates on legislation and regulatory requirements, and explore emerging WHS issues affecting local government workplaces.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="" color="#333333"&gt;Relevant roles may include WHS Managers and Officers, Safety Advisors, Health and Safety Advisors, Risk Managers, Injury Management Officers, Rehabilitation Coordinators and officers with responsibility for workplace health, safety and risk.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;strong&gt;Exchange:&lt;/strong&gt; Thursday 11 November 10:00am
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#ED1C24"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;NOTE:&amp;nbsp;Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14420310/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join our Work, Health and Safety LinkedIn Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2027 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>LGMA Libraries Village Exchange (11 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/LGMA_Libraries.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="158" height="158" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Libraries Village Exchange&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;This Village aims to support local government officers working in public &lt;strong&gt;library services&lt;/strong&gt; within Queensland councils.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Village provides a forum to connect with library colleagues, share ideas and practical approaches, discuss emerging trends and challenges, and explore how libraries can continue to respond to the changing needs of their communities. Topics may include service delivery, digital resources, technology, programming, community engagement, staffing, partnerships, innovation and emerging library trends.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font color="#13BFBD" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Relevant roles may include Library Managers and Coordinators, Branch Managers, Library Services Officers, Collection Development Officers, Digital Services Officers, Children's and Youth Services Officers, Community Engagement Officers and officers responsible for library strategy, programs and operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remaining scheduled exchange session for 2027:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div style="margin-left: 2em;"&gt;
  &lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Exchange:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Thursday 11 November 2:00pm&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#FF00FF"&gt;Agenda:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;Please submit items for the agenda to&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:projects@lgmaqld.org.au" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font&gt;projects@lgmaqld.org.au&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#FF00FF" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation/notification. This event will not be recorded.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(51, 157, 138);" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14410256/" target="_blank"&gt;Join our Libraries LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2027 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Senior Exec Connect (26 Nov 2027)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Villages/Senior%20Exec%20White.PNG" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senior Exec Connect is held on the last Friday of every month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This Village aims to support senior local government practitioners who form part of council executive leadership teams, heads of departments and other senior leaders responsible for leading significant areas of council operations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Village provides a confidential and collaborative forum for senior officers to connect with peers, share experiences and lessons learned, discuss strategic and operational challenges, receive updates on legislative and policy developments, and explore approaches to leadership, organisational performance and service delivery.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Relevant participants may include Executive Leadership Team members, Directors, General Managers, Department Heads, senior managers and other second-line leaders with significant organisational responsibility.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; line-height: 18px;" align="justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We trust that you derive value from the interactions and information shared via this forum.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Time:&lt;/font&gt; 10.00am - 10.45am&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#8DC73F" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cost:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; Complimentary to Council Subscribers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#8DC73F"&gt;Use of AI notetakers:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The use of AI notetakers (e.g. Tactiq, Otter.ai, Fireflies etc.) is not permitted in any LGMA-hosted webinars or online events. Please refer to our policy&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/resources/Documents/Governance/LGMA%20Policy%20on%20the%20Use%20of%20AI%20Notetakers%20in%20Webinars%20and%20Online%20Events.pdf"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;here&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: Zoom details will be made available in your registration confirmation / notification. This event will not be recorded.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.lgmaqld.org.au/event-6817679</link>
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