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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Queensland’s premier has confirmed an inquiry will be held into the state-run forensics laboratory after potential problems with ...

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