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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An inquiry into Queensland's forensic DNA lab that has so far revealed details of document shredding, leadership failures and a toxic work environment is due to kick-off again today. The Commission of ...

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 ...

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 woman has delivered a scathing assessment of a state-run DNA lab at a commission of inquiry, branding its workplace as “toxic”. Therese O’Connor, an employee relations worker for Queensland Health ...

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It would have cost just $1m a year for the health department’s lab to continue testing crime scene samples with the low DNA levels, providing crucial evidence for police investigations into murders, ...