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state political reporter Kate McKenna and staff

Two senior employees of Queensland's state-run forensic lab stood down immediately in wake of DNA testing scandal

Two senior staff members at Queensland's state-run forensic crime laboratory have been stood down amid a damning interim report that found the lab had issued "untrue" or "misleading" statements to courts. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the acting director-general of health Shaun Drummond stood down the senior staff members this morning pending the outcome of the commission of inquiry into DNA testing.

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