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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee, Joe Hinchliffe and Cait Kelly

Queensland police ‘failure of leadership’ has allowed sexism, racism and fear to take hold, inquiry finds

Katarina Carroll
Queensland police commissioner Katarina Carroll. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has backed Carroll staying in the job to push through reforms. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A “failure of leadership” has allowed a culture of sexism, racism, fear and silence to take hold unchecked within the Queensland police service (QPS), a scathing inquiry report has found.

On Monday the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, backed the beleaguered police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, to keep her job and oversee the implementation of 78 recommendations of the inquiry into QPS’s responses to domestic violence.

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