A former veteran Logan councillor says the Local Government Minister should have acted sooner in sacking the council and should look at systemic problems in the sector.
Logan City Council has been sacked,with four of its out-of-work councillors to be offered a new job.
The LGAQ says'natural justice'has been denied by the state government sacking Logan City Council.
Lawyer Terry O'Gorman has attacked the decision to lay fraud charges in relation to"what is essentially an employment dispute".
With most of its councillors suspended,the council waits for its fate to be decided by Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe.
All of them were bailed to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court,accused of causing a dishonest detriment by firing council executive.
Logan residents will be left with just four councillors,with the majority of the council automatically suspended after being charged with integrity offences.
All eight councillors are expected to be charged after a major corruption investigation.
Members of a council committee sought the opinion of the Chinese consulate in Sydney over a sponsorship deal with a media organised they feared was"anti-China".
Sarraf Strata boss Norman Sarraf sent a barrage of emails to Georges River Council during a spat over the naming rights of Kogarah Oval,the St George Illawarra Dragons home ground.
Nine councillors in rural Victoria face time in sin bin after municipal watchdog calls for entire South Gippsland shire council to be suspended for poor governance.