Premium Content Subscriber only THE STATE’S council watchdog was probing five complaints into the conduct of Ipswich councillors, with another progressing to the next stage of investigation, up until the end of last year. That is according to the Office of the Independent Assessor’s latest publicly available data. The OIA says it cannot confirm which councillors the complaints relate to and whether they come from after last year’s council election. It could not confirm how many investigations are still open as of this month. Prior to the 2020 local government elections, the OIA said it could “revisit” investigations put on hold concerning former Ipswich councillors if they were re-elected.