Queensland to open fresh inquiry into forensic DNA testing as compromised cases rise to nearly 40,000

Health minister Shannon Fentiman announces six-week review after another 7,000 police cases found to be affected

Queensland health minister Shannon Fentiman says a second inquiry into DNA testing at the state-run forensic lab will ‘leave no stone unturned’.Queensland health minister Shannon Fentiman says a second inquiry into DNA testing at the state-run forensic lab will ‘leave no stone unturned’.Another inquiry into DNA testing at Queensland’s beleaguered state-run forensic lab will be held after the number of cases affected rose to nearly 40,000.

The retired federal court judge Annabelle Bennett has been appointed to conduct the new inquiry, which will look at claims made about an automated DNA extraction method relating to a process known as Project 13.“If we have missed some really important facts when it came to Project 13 as part of the previous inquiry, then we’re going to leave no stone unturned now in getting to the bottom of that,” Fentiman said.

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