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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

First Nations woman turned away by Queensland police despite ‘clear’ domestic violence issues

Stock photograph of a Queensland Police Officer
The second week of public hearings in a commission of inquiry into cultural issues within the Queensland police has started in Cairns. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

A First Nations woman who was a victim of domestic violence was turned away from a Brisbane police station because she was perceived as “argumentative”, a commission of inquiry has heard.

Kerry Johnson, superintendent of Queensland police’s First Nations and multicultural affairs unit, told the inquiry he became aware of the incident after the woman’s mother contacted him.

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