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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

‘Dangerous and undermines our systems’: Tanya Plibersek condemns serious police failures in Queensland DV deaths

Federal Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek speaks to the media in Sydney, Friday, June 27, 2025. (AAP Image/Steven Markham) NO ARCHIVING
Social services minister Tanya Plibersek said the reporting pointed to a ‘broader cultural problem’ in which women are ‘dismissed or blamed when seeking protection from violence’. Photograph: Steven Markham/AAP

The federal social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, says Guardian Australia’s “devastating” revelations of failures to protect women fleeing violence must prompt action from governments “at every level”.

Broken trust, a two-year Guardian investigation, uncovered evidence and allegations of serious police and support service failures in multiple domestic violence homicides in Queensland.

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