Ipswich ratepayers remain in limbo after the state government asked it for a second time to show cause why it shouldn’t be sacked and replaced with an administrator.

Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has made the order after being granted new powers to sack councils “in the public interest”.

Sitting councillor Paul Tully tells Ben the new matters the minister wants answered have been in the public domain for some time.

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