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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Queensland police commissioner’s evidence to inquiry sparks new call for submissions

Queensland police commissioner Katarina Carroll leaving the inquiry
Queensland police commissioner Katarina Carroll had agreed there were ‘significant cultural issues’ within the force while giving evidence to the inquiry into police responses to domestic violence. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland’s commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic violence has unexpectedly reopened submissions to the public, citing the reaction to evidence given by the state’s police commissioner as a driver for the decision.

Queensland’s police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, was interrogated for more than eight hours at a public hearing in Brisbane last week after she initially declined an invitation to attend.

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