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

Horrific death of Kardell Lomas sparks urgent calls for new independent oversight of police

Kardell Lomas
First Nations woman Kardell Lomas sought help from police and other agencies in the months before she was killed Photograph: Supplied

Members of the federal government’s own expert advisory panel on sexual violence have called for “urgent” independent national oversight of police after new revelations about Queensland police failures before the killing of the First Nations woman Kardell Lomas.

Guardian Australia’s Broken trust investigation revealed that Lomas, a 31-year-old Kamilaroi and Mununjali woman, had sought help from police and other agencies in the months before she was killed.

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