A draft bill has been referred to a parliamentary committee to dissolve Ipswich City Council and to require a new election.
The laws would prevent Ipswich councillors from running as a candidate in any other local government election until 2020, and the act would expire on the 30th of June in the same year.
The bill comes after charges were laid against two Ipswich mayors; Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe saying, “There are 15 current and former councillors and officials facing almost 80 charges in Ipswich…”