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Wave of case issues expected in mass DNA retesting

DNA will be kept for longer to ensure serious crimes are investigated properly as authorities prepare to check masses of forensics for serious lab failings.

AAP · Apr 29, 2025

Not Miles apart: premier hopeful of election comeback

Queensland's premier has started his re-election campaign on the right track but in an interview, he has conceded his party remains a long way behind.

AAP · Oct 10, 2024

Queensland passes new forensic laws after thousands of DNA samples forced to be re-tested

Government declared last year that more than 100,000 samples may need to be re-tested

The Guardian - AU · Mar 19, 2024

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Thousands of Qld crimes need reviewing

An inquiry has recommended Queensland's embattled forensics lab be restructured and thousands of crimes reviewed due to "grave maladministration".

AAP · Dec 12, 2022

Queensland DNA lab inquiry hears staff were under 'significant pressure' regarding the speed of testing

An inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics lab is told a process used to collect blood samples at the time of Shandee Blackburn's death "may not be best practice", and that staff were under "significant pressure" around the speed of testing.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

Qld inquiry focuses on murder DNA failure

Public hearings into the Queensland government-run Forensic and Scientific Services lab have resumed, with the final report due within weeks.

AAP · Nov 24, 2022

Probe into DNA testing at troubled Queensland lab hears of 'divided allegiances' as $6m inquiry hearings wrap up

Two independent scientists called in from Victoria and New Zealand to inspect Queensland's forensic lab tell an inquiry into botched DNA testing that lab staff had "divided allegiances and a lack of trust".

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

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Shandee Blackburn's former boyfriend John Peros launches legal action over true crime podcast

The former boyfriend of murdered woman Shandee Blackburn launches legal action against her sister and others involved in a true crime podcast about the death.

ABC News · Oct 3, 2022

Queensland DNA testing inquiry public hearings begin, forensic scientist 'quite scared' about extent of lab failures

Dr Kirsty Wright describes Queensland's commission of inquiry into forensic DNA testing as the "most important event" the state's criminal justice system has ever seen.

ABC News · Sep 26, 2022

Queensland is reviewing thousands of DNA samples connected to serious crimes. Here’s why

Inquiry finds state’s forensic crime lab has routinely failed to test samples under a certain threshold since 2018

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2022

Qld forensic lab inquiry to probe police

A commission of inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics lab will also look at the practices of police in dozens of cases stretching back to 2018.

AAP · Jun 10, 2022

Qld police review 50 sexual assault cases

Police are revisting dozens of sexual assault cases in Queensland following the launch of an inquiry into the John Tonge forensics lab.

AAP · Jun 7, 2022

Queensland to hold inquiry into DNA testing at forensics lab amid accusations it failed victims

Minister acknowledges family of Shandee Blackburn, who was fatally stabbed in 2013 in a case that sparked calls for reform

The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2022

Inquiry announced into Qld's DNA lab

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a commission of inquiry into the state's troubled John Tonge forensics lab.

AAP · Jun 6, 2022

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AAP · Jun 2, 2022

Qld premier open to forensics examination

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has not ruled out an inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics laboratory following claims of DNA-testing problems.

The Guardian - AU · May 10, 2022

Review of forensic DNA testing ‘falls short’ for Queensland victims, critics say

Specific cases may be examined to inform scope of review, no re-analysis of DNA samples will be done

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Coroner reopens inquiry into murder of Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn

Vicki Blackburn burst into tears when she found out the coronial investigation into her daughter's death was being reopened.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022

Probe into Qld woman's 2013 death reopened

Queensland Coroner David O'Connell has re-opened an investigation into the stabbing death of Shandee Blackburn metres from her Mackay home eight years ago.

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