More charges to come for Ipswich City Council

Ipswich City Council's crisis is set to deepen further after Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission revealed more charges will be laid from their long- running investigations into the council.

Councillors have 21 days to show cause to the state government why they should not be dismissed after the CCC this week charged their second mayor in less than 12 months.

CCC chairman Alan MacSporran, QC, says more charges could yet be laid.Credit: Darren England/AAP

CCC chairman Alan MacSporran said on Friday the investigation was winding up but more offences had been uncovered.

"I think you can expect more charges," he told reporters.

"I can tell the public that the investigation, which has gone on for some considerable time, is nearing its completion in so far as the investigation into corrupt conduct goes."

Mr MacSporran would not specify which, if any, councillors were being probed for corruption nor give an indication on the timing of fresh charges.

Andrew Antoniolli, who replaced Paul Pisasale as mayor in August, has stepped down after being charged with seven counts of fraud on Wednesday.

They are among 12 people facing a total of 66 charges stemming from the CCC's probe into the Labor-affiliated council.

Councillors have objected to the show-case notices and vowed to fight to stay in power rather than being placed into administration.

Mr MacSporran backed Local Government Minister Sterling Hinchcliffe's move to strengthen his legislative powers to dismiss councils when they lose the trust of communities.

"Frankly, the powers the minister currently has, which are to dissolve a council or take that sort of action only in circumstances where the council has failed to be able to function efficiently, leaves a gap in the governance process," he said.

"Where you have ... a significant number of senior employees and elected officials are charged or under investigation, it is very hard for the public, the ratepayers ... to have confidence in the system of local government.

"That is a very serious position to reach."

Meanwhile, rogue Labor MP Jo-Ann Miller has left the door ajar to leaving parliament and becoming Ipswich mayor after criticising her party for ignoring repeated warnings about corrupt practices at the council.

The city's Ratepayers and Residents Association, which claims to have around 100 paid members, believes Miller would have significant support.

"I cannot think of any politician from any level of government who's done more or is doing more for Ipswich than she has in the past year or two," spokesman Jim Dodrill told AAP.

"She's gone against the wishes of the ALP and she's done that at great risk to herself and her political future because she thought the people of Ipswich come first."

Mr Dodrill said the state government needed to dissolve the council due to it's "culture of corruption and misconduct".

Acting mayor Wayne Wendt believes the council should remain in place and downplayed some of the allegations against Mr Antoniolli as paperwork and record-keeping errors.

AAP