The Queensland government has spent more than $155,000 on legal experts over the sacking of the Ipswich and Logan councils.
Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchcliffe says they were obtaining legal advice over the sacking of 15 people from the Ipswich City Council who were charged with a combined total of 86 criminal offences.
A further $10,000 was spent on advice relating to Logan City Council, where Logan mayor Luke Smith and seven councillors were charged over the dismissal of the council's chief executive officer Sharon Kelsey.