Alison began her role as the LGAQ’s Chief Executive Officer on 1 November 2021, after spending a year as the LGAQ’s Head of Advocacy. Between 2007 and 2020, Alison worked with ASX-100 companies, heading their corporate affairs functions. Alison was Group Executive External Affairs at The Star Entertainment Group and previously held media and corporate affairs roles at Rio Tinto’s coal and uranium businesses in Australia, Africa, and Canada. Alison has worked in the public and private sectors in ICT, transport, energy, police and corrective services. She also spent 14 years as a journalist, working in newspapers, radio and television, before being a senior media advisor in the Queensland Government for two terms. Alison is a director on several boards including the Queensland Tourism Industry Council and was previously Chair of the Brisbane Festival.