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Racism, rapes and the increasing pressure on Queensland’s police commissioner

Police accountability is now a front page issue, due to an inquiry in which dozens of cases have been raised with Katarina Carroll

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Calls for broader investigation of Queensland Police Service after inquiry hears evidence of sexism and racism

A human rights activist calls for further probes of Queensland police culture and "a huge vacuum clean out" of the service.

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Queensland police inquiry hears allegations of recruits being taught racism, officers being raped

State’s police commissioner reveals she too suffered sexual assault and harassment early in her career

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‘Fear of speaking out’: Queensland police officer’s sexual assaults went unreported for years, inquiry told

Counsel assisting the inquiry Ruth O’Gorman KC suggests system is ‘stacked against female victims’

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Queensland police commissioner grilled over handling of complaints against senior officers, inquiry hears

Former Queensland police deputy commissioner Paul Taylor was subject to a second, "quite serious" complaint at the time he made a sexist comment at a conference this year, Katarina Carroll tells an inquiry.

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Queensland police promoted officer who called colleague a ‘towelhead’ and had history of bullying

Inquiry hears briefing to Katarina Carroll suggested an apology be required from deputy commissioner

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‘Shocked and saddened’: Queensland attorney general concerned by police failure to investigate alleged gang rape

Shannon Fentiman says she will meet with Karen Iles after raising the matter with the police minister

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‘Unspeakable trauma’: police in Queensland and NSW failed to investigate alleged gang rape of 14-year-old girl, records show

Exclusive: A senior officer told Karen Iles they believed her statement, including names, photos, maps and diary excerpts, had been destroyed

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DNA retesting paused in Queensland after police fears process could exhaust evidence, inquiry hears

The inquiry heard Queensland police had concerns a blanket approach to concentrating the samples could make a profile unusable.

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Qld lab failures miss crucial evidence

Frustration among Queensland police at the state-run forensics lab has been aired at an inquiry into delays and ineffective DNA testing by the facility.

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Queensland Police Service to make historic apology to LGBTIQ+ community

Police have been asked not to march in uniform at Brisbane Pride Festival for the second year in a row. But organisers are working with officers who say an apology is coming.

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Five revelations from the 'shocking' report into Queensland forensic lab DNA bungle

Public hearings haven't begun yet – but already the inquiry's interim findings, released yesterday, are sending shock waves across government and the justice system.

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Queensland police will have to use ‘open and closed hand tactics’ after spit hood ban, union says

Controversial spit hoods will no longer be used in Queensland watchhouses, commissioner says

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Queensland bans 'inhumane' spit hoods

The use of controversial spit hoods has been banned in watchhouses across Queensland.

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Queensland police will no longer use spit hoods in watch houses, Commissioner Katarina Carroll says

The Queensland Police Service says safety hoods were used on 138 occasions between 2015 and 2022 but the practice has been discontinued.

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Cracks emerge in ‘blue wall’ as Queensland’s first female police commissioner faces torrid test

Katarina Carroll’s testimony to domestic violence inquiry has provoked a visceral reaction within the force

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Young people taking legal action against Queensland government after being held in watch houses

Children in Queensland are regularly being held in police watch houses, where serious adult offenders are kept after being arrested. Now, three young people who were held in watch houses are taking on the Queensland government in a legal case.

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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll, union president Ian Leavers called to front domestic violence inquiry

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll and police union president Ian Leavers are called to give further evidence at an inquiry into the state's police culture and response to domestic violence cases.

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Queensland to push on with criminalising coercive control despite questions over police culture

State government committed to introducing legislation by end of 2023 but police need ‘extensive training’, attorney general says

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Murder case of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs, allegedly denied care for diabetes, delayed again

A Queensland court hears that four of the 14 people charged over Elizabeth Struhs's death did not receive briefs of evidence due to a miscommunication between police and the prison where they are on remand.

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Queensland police domestic violence inquiry extended after flood of submissions

More than 130 extra submissions received since QPS chief Katarina Carroll took stand

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Qld govt backs DV inquiry report extension

A Commission of Inquiry into Queensland police responses to domestic violence has asked to hand in its report more than a month later than expected.

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Queensland Police domestic violence inquiry extends after 130 new submissions

The extension was requested following a "significant response" to evidence provided by Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll last month.

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Qld police DV inquiry mulls more hearings

An inquiry into Queensland police responses to domestic violence could reopen to public hearings focusing on the culture in the force.

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Queensland police commissioner’s evidence to inquiry sparks new call for submissions

Commission examining responses to domestic violence says Katarina Carroll’s appearance led to ‘further communications’ from officers

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