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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee and Eden Gillespie

Queensland police won’t be given special powers to stop 26 sacked officers from being reinstated

Queensland Police commissioner Katarina Carroll
Queensland police commissioner Katarina Carroll says she has sought advice to stop sacked workers ‘from returning where I can’. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The Queensland police minister, Mark Ryan, says he has not considered allowing the police commissioner to have “no confidence” powers to prevent the re-employment of up to 26 sacked police officers whose dismissals could now be invalidated.

Guardian Australia revealed on Tuesday that more than 300 police who were disciplined could have their punishments revoked, after the state’s court of appeal found the force’s practice for instigating disciplinary proceedings was “not valid”.

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