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Former judge finds lab manager focused on speed over accuracy and ‘deliberately crafted series of lies’ to cover up problems

Former judge found that lab managers had focused on speed rather than accuracy, in damning report after four-month inquiry.

A probe into Queensland’s troubled forensic laboratory has zeroed in on the lab’s failure to obtain DNA from the unsolved murder of a young woman in Mackay.

Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan has claimed he was kept in the dark for more than six months about serious issues with the states DNA laboratory.

An issue at the state’s forensic lab was left unresolved for eight years, during which time up to 400 samples may have gone untested, a Queensland inquiry has been told.

Scientist Alicia Quartermain concerned evidence may have been omitted from criminal cases

In response to the forensics lab inquiry, the attorney-general announced the extra funding to support victims revisiting trauma during “a full audit of identified samples” relating to major crimes.

Health official given ‘disingenuous’ representation of impact of changing thresholds, forensic testing inquiry hears

The troubling evidence emerging within Queenslands DNA inquiry is a snapshot of the toxic culture and lack of accountability which has characterised the Palaszczuk Government bureaucracy over the past seven years.