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 ...

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 ...

On its final day of public hearings, the Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland has heard thousands of crime scene samples were not progressed for testing after a controversial ...

Commissioner Walter Sofronoff, who is overseeing a public inquiry into the lab, estimated about 400 DNA samples from sexual assault cases “went through to the keeper” between 2008 and 2016. “So there ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A second commission of inquiry into the catastrophic bungles at the state-run lab this week heard how ...

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 ...

A scientist at a scandal-plagued lab has given evidence at an inquiry into DNA testing in Queensland as to why the process was changed. Allan McNevin told a commission of inquiry into the testing of ...

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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