A Queensland parliamentary committee has asked the Queensland government to order a royal commission into the state’s corruption watchdog after it found the commission exceeded its powers and showed bias in matters surrounding the Logan City Council. The bipartisan committee on Dec. 2 handed down a report that found the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) did not act “independently and impartially” in laying fraud charges against the former Logan mayor and councillors. The Logan councillors were charged with fraud in 2019 after the council terminated the CEO for passing information to the CCC about the former mayor. After the charges were laid, the mayor and seven councillors were removed from office with the council dissolved and an administrator appointed. Prosecutors withdrew the charges in April due to a lack of evidence after which the Local Government Association of Queensland lodged a complaint against the watchdog. Committee chair Jon Krause said …