There is growing pressure on Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe to dissolve Ipswich City Council after Mayor Andrew Antoniolli was charged with seven counts of fraud by the state's corruption watchdog.

Ipswich Mayor Andrew Antoniolli (L) and former mayor Paul Pisasale have both been charged by the CCC. ( ABC/AAP )

Cr Antoniolli is the second Ipswich mayor to be charged by the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC), with Paul Pisasale still to face court on charges of corruption, extortion, fraud, perjury and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The alleged offences are not believed to be related.

After Mr Pisasale resigned as mayor last year, Cr Antoniolli took over the job in August, declaring he had a 19-point plan to ensure transparency and good governance.

But since then the CCC has charged a list of other Ipswich council officials.

Last September, council chief executive Jim Lindsay and council contractor Wayne Innes were charged with corruption.

In October, former council chief executive Carl Wulff and his wife Sharon Oxenbridge were also charged with corruption.

Yesterday, bureaucrat Craig Maudsley was charged with a second count of misconduct after initially being charged last year.

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington said Mr Hinchliffe had clear powers under the Local Government Act, which states a council may be dissolved if "the minister reasonably believes that a local government is incapable of performing its responsibilities".

"On behalf of the people of Ipswich, I am calling for an administrator to be appointed immediately," Ms Frecklington said.

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It is understood Mr Hinchliffe will make a statement to Parliament this morning on the issue.

Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Hinchliffe said he was "shocked and dismayed" at the charges faced by Cr Antoniolli, adding he would have more to say today after taking legal advice.

Ipswich MP Jo-Ann Miller said the city's residents wanted the council sacked.

"There are many people within Ipswich who are saying to me that something needs to be done about alleged systemic corruption," Ms Miller said.

"It's not only at the political level but it's also been at the bureaucratic level.

"Previous governments have brought in administrators, for example Russ Hinze brought in to the Gold Coast City Council in the late '70s.

"The point is this — during the Fitzgerald inquiry we had coppers, police and corruption with criminals down in the Valley etcetera. In this particular circumstance, we have elected officials involved in criminal activity.

"That is worse in my opinion ... because people vote them in — they expect a high standard of behaviour, they expect a high standard of administration, and the people of Ipswich are just stunned.

"The people were quite willing to give the new mayor a fair go, and that has to be the case because charges have been laid and the judicial process must be underway, however the people are absolutely stunned."

Antoniolli should stand down: LGAQ

Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) chief executive Greg Hallam said under stringent new policies implemented by the LGAQ, Cr Antoniolli should stand aside while he faces court.

"Amongst nine other measures that go beyond the already tough recommendations of the CCC, if someone is charged — an elected member is charged with an indictable offence — they should ... be required to stand down on full pay until the court determines the matter," he said.

Mr Hallam also said Mr Hinchliffe should consider bringing in administrators.

"On my understanding of the law, he would almost certainly have a lawful power to do that."