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 ...

In a stunning admission to the inquiry into the catastrophic failings of Queensland’s state-run forensic laboratory, police say they were never told about a flawed process for testing crime scene ...

Headed by recently retired Court of Appeal president Walter Sofronoff, the inquiry is examining whether there have been ­errors or failings in the collection, testing and analysis of forensic DNA ...

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 ...

Inspector David Neville’s team at the Queensland Police Service received a result from the Queensland Health forensic lab that said 33 DNA samples had returned with a result of “insufficient for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...