The inquiry into Queensland's state-run forensics lab has heard police DNA collection procedures could have affected the viability of samples in Shandee Blackburn's 2013 murder investigation. A ...

John Doherty, who ran Forensic and Scientific Services within Queensland Health between 2019 and 2021, said he had attempted to fix the workplace culture of the DNA analysis lab. Mr Doherty also said ...

Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing hears police demanded retesting, resulting in profile found to match offender Fears crucial evidence was being missed by the government-run forensic lab ...

The managing scientist at a Queensland DNA lab at the centre of an inquiry has been accused of deliberately misleading police. Managing scientist Cathie Allen faced a second gruelling day of ...

The government-run lab, a major focus of The Australian’s ­investigative podcast, Shandee’s Story, by award-winning journalist Hedley Thomas, has been ­ordered to ­change expert witness statements ...

Hundreds of semen samples taken as evidence of sex crimes were not tested for DNA by Queensland's forensics lab, an inquiry into its processes has heard. Processes did not change until five months ...

A state-run laboratory initially refused to test a number of possible samples from Queensland murder and sexual assault cases that later returned ‘full profiles’, a senior police officer has told a ...

A forensic scientist at a state-run lab formally raised concerns about the testing of DNA samples from major crimes twice but was dismissed by management, an inquiry has heard. Reporting scientist ...

The surge in cases sparked calls for the second inquiry, which Health Minister Shannon Fentiman is expected to announce on Thursday. Retired Federal Court judge Annabelle Bennett SC will be appointed ...

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