Frivolous and vexatious complaints to the Office of the Independent Assessor wasting time, Queensland councillors claim

Queensland councillors say the complaints system is being used to target them as a recent parliamentary report highlights concerns it is "being used improperly for politically motivated purposes".

When it was set up in 2018, the Office of the Independent Assessor (OIA) expected to receive 160 complaints relating to councillor conduct a year, but on average handles 1,100 complaints annually.