Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing hears police demanded retesting, resulting in profile found to match offender Fears crucial evidence was being missed by the government-run forensic lab ...
Why did we have an inquiry? It all started when Queensland police requested further testing on some samples where the Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services lab (QHFSS) had reported ...
The government-run lab, a major focus of The Australian’s investigative podcast, Shandee’s Story, by award-winning journalist Hedley Thomas, has been ordered to change expert witness statements ...
An inquiry into Queensland's forensic DNA lab that has so far revealed details of document shredding, leadership failures and a toxic work environment is due to kick-off again today. The Commission of ...
A forensic scientist at a state-run lab formally raised concerns about the testing of DNA samples from major crimes twice but was dismissed by management, an inquiry has heard. Reporting scientist ...
The managing scientist at a Queensland DNA lab at the centre of an inquiry has been accused of deliberately misleading police. Managing scientist Cathie Allen faced a second gruelling day of ...
The management decision meant samples with lower levels of DNA, that would still help police solve murders and rapes, were ignored for almost five years. Managing scientist Cathie Allen and team ...
A second review into the state’s scandal-plagued DNA lab labelled an extraction method “fatally flawed”, likely resulting in critical evidence for criminal trials being missed. A second Commission of ...
Therese O’Connor, an employee relations worker for Queensland Health at the time a lab bungle over DNA testing emerged, offered a blistering assessment of the Forensic and Scientific Services’ working ...
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