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 ...

A fresh inquiry will be launched into Queensland's forensic DNA lab to investigate concerns about an automated DNA extraction method, Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has announced. The new inquiry ...

This is the question that potentially arises out of disturbing new claims about the lab that has the crucial role of providing evidence relied on by police, prosecutors, defence lawyers, judges and, ...

Security officials censored a submission to the Covid Inquiry which highlighted the failure of intelligence agents to gather evidence which points to the virus having originated in a laboratory in ...

A second review into the state’s scandal-plagued DNA lab labelled an extraction method “fatally flawed”, likely resulting in critical evidence for criminal trials being missed. A second Commission 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 ...

catastrophically flawed DNA extraction method that has been blamed for forensic samples failing to identify Shandee Blackburn’s killer in 2013. The inquiry, which began on Thursday, came after weeks ...

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