The National Association of Testing Authorities visited the lab a number of times but never asked management to remove an unusually high testing threshold that meant crucial DNA evidence was being ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The backlog of cases at a forensic DNA lab has increased to more than 41,000 as Queensland’s ...

Scientists persisted with an automated extraction method despite concerns it yielded 90 per cent less DNA, a commission into a state-run lab has heard. An inquiry is looking at Forensic and Scientific ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Queensland’s state forensic lab failed to get police to agree to limit their testing demands when ...

The second commission of inquiry into the state-run forensic lab issued a scathing criticism of an automated DNA extraction system, known as Project 13, revealing it extracted “less DNA than ...

The Australian Federal Police's (AFP) motto is "fight crime together and win" and science is proving one of its most potent weapons in that fight. As criminals find new ways to commit offences online, ...

A "dirty lab" has sparked fears victims may be in danger as they wait more than a year for DNA test results that can be processed in days. A damning review has exposed more flaws at Queensland's ...

Dr Kirsty Wright’s comments on national television on Saturday significantly increase the pressure on Queensland’s Palaszczuk government to order an inquiry into the forensics laboratory’s litany of ...

A forensic scientist has told DNA testing inquiry that she noticed her DNA profile results started returning tainted after November 2020 which she alleges coincided with the introduction of a new ...