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 ...

Why did we have an inquiry? It all started when Queensland police requested further testing on some samples where the Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services lab (QHFSS) had reported ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...