The body was found to have “failed in its duty” when charging seven Logan councillors and the city’s mayor with fraud,charges that were ultimately dropped.
Former Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli was charged by the Crime and Corruption Commission in 2018 with 13 offences.
Questions have been raised about the Office of the Independent Assessor’s investigative methods and complaint handling,amid a workload ten-times more than first anticipated in 2018 under Belcarra reforms.
Denise Sims,who was first elected in 2016,announced she would be resigning in an emotional video to social media.
Former Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland was charged in December 2019 by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
Former Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland was charged with two counts of misconduct in public office in 2019.
The Office of the Independent Assessor has denied any conflict of interest in a rare public comment about the case,amid growing calls for a review.
An inquiry has begun into the case of seven sacked Logan councillors,whose fraud charges were ultimately dropped after almost two years.
Queensland’s Local Government Minister has brushed off concerns about the agency’s actions,which forced a rural newspaper to fight handing over journalists’ notes and recordings.
Ex-councillor Adrian Raedel has expressed relief after the corruption watchdog dropped a charge against him,along with a developer and,in April,eight other councillors.
Logan mayor Luke Smith and seven councillors were charged with fraud in 2019 but all had their charges dropped this year.