Building a Better Community

Queensland Community Alliance brings together 37 member organisations representing 1.7 million Queenslanders. We organise our members and communities to act for the common good. We are churches, mosques, other faith groups, trade unions, community organisations and ethnic associations.

Community organising is democracy in action: winning victories that change lives, transform communities, develop leadership and strengthen civil society.

This Alliance is based around the personal relationships we build across organisations in our local area. We identify and train people to become leaders in community organising, and decide our priorities for action together, through a process of listening to stories of pressures that our members face and witness.  

The core elements of our Alliance are:

  • Non-partisan. Holding politicians of all parties to their responsibility to serve the community.
  • Adhering to the rule never to do for others what they can do for themselves.
  • We will work in partnership to together solve the problems we face.
  • A commitment to listening to the voice of the excluded and partnership with the most vulnerable in our community.
  • Self-funding— funded out of the dues of member organisations (contributing according to their size and capacity), and not accepting government funding.
  • Working only on issues that make our Alliance stronger. We do not work on issues which bring core values of our members into tension. Instead, we seek to address the tension that exists between our shared values, and what we witness in the world. 

Our Alliance draws on the community organising tradition of the United States.  Our sister organisations are the Sydney AllianceHunter Community AllianceTe Ohu Whakawhanaunga (New Zealand) and Citizens UK.

Together we have won achievements such as:

  • $2B secured for the Queensland Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund, powering clean energy jobs across Queensland.
  • Launched Ways to Wellness, a world-leading Social Prescribing network tackling isolation in Mt Gravatt, in partnership with local health and community providers.
  • $5.4M secured to expand Social Prescribing to 10 communities with health and community sector partners.
  • Won a historic $125.6M, 4-year funding boost for Neighbourhood Community Centres, alongside the broader community sector.
  • Cut missed antenatal appointments in Logan by 67% by securing 5 Community Maternity Hubs with local health partners.
  • Launched a workplace rights education program for vulnerable migrant workers, with community champions in Brisbane, Cairns and Toowoomba.
  • Secured $5M to establish Bindi Bindi Place, delivering shared care for highly vulnerable children, in collaboration with child protection and community partners.
  • As part of the Renew Australia for All alliance, helped secure $2.3B initially — now expanded by $5B — for the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, reducing cost-of-living through affordable small-scale batteries.

QCA Listening Actions 2026

The QCA Listening Actions brings together local leaders and members of faiths, community groups, charities, unions and other people of good will to share stories, build relationships, and identify the pressures shaping community life.


Mount Gravatt - Thu 12 Feb, 6pm for 6.30pm-8:30, Southside Uniting Church, Cnr Springwood and Hicks Streets, Mount Gravatt

Inala - Thu 12 Feb, 5.30pm, Inala Community Centre/ The HUB, 79 Poinsettia St, Inala

Rockhampton - Thu 19 Feb, 4.30- 6.15pm 81 High Street

Fairfield/Yeronga - Sat 21 Feb, TBC, Yeronga Community Centre

City - Thu 26 Feb, 7am-8:30am, Ground Floor 140 Ann St, Brisbane City

Redcliffe - Wed 11 Mar, 6:30pm - 8pm 1 Richens St, Redcliffe

Indooroopilly - Wed 18 Mar, Early evening, 74 Station Rd

Northside/Chermside - Sat 21 Mar, 3-5pm, Cnr Gympie Rd and Rhode Rd

Bardon - Tue 24 Mar, 3:30pm-5:00pm, 180 Jubilee Terrace

Petrie - Wed 25 Mar, 6pm-8pm 30 Narangba Rd, Kallangur

Townsville - Thu 26 Mar, Evening, Venue TBC

Wynnum -Sat 18 April , 3:00pm - 5:00pm 77 Charlotte St

New Farm - Sun 19 Apr, 11:30am-1:30pm Merthyr Road Uniting Church Hall

City - Wed 22 Apr, 12pm-1:30pm, LG 140 Ann St

West End - Wed 6 May, 5:30pm for 6-8pm 11 Sussex St, West End

Ipswich - Thu 7 May, 6:30-8:30pm

Venues & Dates to confirm:
Cairns, Caloundra, Deception Bay, Gold Coast, Hervey Bay, Logan, Nambour, Toowoomba, Seniors' Morning Tea listening Brisbane-wide

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