Second academic quits Queensland police First Nations advisory panel, saying force doesn’t want to change

Respected academic Marlene Longbottom has quit a QPS First Nations advisory group, saying the force is ‘not about changing things’. Photograph: University of Wollongong

A respected First Nations academic has quit a Queensland police service advisory panel on Indigenous issues, claiming senior officers appear unwilling to confront real problems in the ranks.

Marlene Longbottom, an associate professor, says she has “no interest in working with [police] ever again” after resigning in August as a member of the QPS First Nations advisory group.