Queensland Police Union willing to challenge officer misconduct rulings after ‘unmitigated debacle’

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers says the union ‘does not resile from always protecting the hard-fought rights, entitlements and benefits of all members’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The Queensland police service is facing further potential challenges to bungled internal discipline cases, despite the state government changing the law to validate the “unlawful” process used to sanction hundreds of officers.

The QPS was this year forced to rescind punishments, including several sackings and demotions, after a court ruled the process used for internal discipline was invalid.