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More funds for Qld sexual assault services

Shannon Fentiman says a full audit of DNA samples relating to major crime will be undertaken. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Support services for Queensland sexual assault victims will receive an extra million dollars to cope with an expected increase in demand prompted by an inquiry into the state's forensic lab.

A probe led by Walter Sofronoff QC is examining the lab's 2018 decision to stop testing crime scene samples that contained tiny amounts of DNA.

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