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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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Qld police DV probe reopens for a week

An inquiry into Queensland police responses to domestic violence has reopened for submissions after being contacted about "cultural issues" within the force.

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Senior Qld cop resigns over lewd comments

A senior police officer has resigned after his sexist comments were exposed during an inquiry into the culture of the Queensland Police Service.

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Queensland’s police commissioner declined an initial invitation to appear at domestic violence inquiry

Inquiry hears Katarina Carroll was asked if a summons was needed for her to appear

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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll questioned at inquiry over senior officers' misogynistic comments

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll tells an inquiry into domestic violence and police culture that she was shocked and appalled over two lewd incidents by senior staff this year.

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Queensland police commissioner to front extra hearing of domestic violence inquiry

Katarina Carroll will discuss the force’s capability and culture after critics questioned why she had not been called to appear

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‘Watershed moment’: horror and hope from inquiry into Queensland police

Shocking allegations from officers and other witnesses must drive serious change in force’s domestic violence response, advocates say

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Queensland officers investigated colleagues from same police station over ‘failure of duty’ allegations

Over five weeks of hearings, inquiry has heard allegations of police failures toward domestic violence victims

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Calls for 'significant reforms' around Queensland police's handling of domestic violence as explosive inquiry wraps up

An explosive inquiry into Queensland police's handling of domestic violence cases and culture marks its final day of public hearings, sparking a chorus of calls from experts and advocates for meaningful change.

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