Robodebt legality flagged with department
A senior public servant who worked for a department overseeing the botched robodebt scheme did not raise questions about its legality with his superiors.
A senior public servant who worked for a department overseeing the botched robodebt scheme did not raise questions about its legality with his superiors.
The managing scientist at Forensic and Scientific Services Queensland has again been accused of lying as she returned to an inquiry into the lab.
A Melbourne robodebt victim slugged with a false $4000 bill for Youth Allowance has told a royal commission how she took her case to the Federal Court and won.
The managing scientist at Queensland's DNA lab has repeatedly denied lying in evidence before an inquiry investigating a decision not to test certain samples.
The managing scientist at Queensland's DNA lab has rejected the idea she deliberately gave misleading advice when the state government was in damage control.
Queensland Health's director-general was given incorrect information about crime scene DNA sample tests by the director of the state forensics labs.
The boss of Queensland's forensics lab believed no cases were being compromised and she failed to understand the issue with DNA testing being raised by police.
A probe into Queensland's public forensics lab has heard it couldn't get police to limit testing requests when it was facing capacity and budget pressures.
The forensics lab at the centre of a Queensland inquiry has been described as an unhappy, stressful and dysfunctional place to work.
An inquiry looking at the 2022 federal election has been told Australia must tighten campaign finance laws to stop big money distorting the political system.
Life at the Northern Territory's strategically significant military bases will be a new focus of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
Some 400 samples of DNA were missed by a Queensland forensic lab due to issues with sperm sampling, an inquiry has been told.
The NSW Independent Casino Commission has fined Star Entertainment a record $100 million and suspended the gaming licence for its Sydney casino.
A disability activist and writer has called for the eSafety commissioner to do more to stop online abuse towards Australians with disabilities.
Public hearings into the robodebt scandal are fast approaching but the royal commission is still waiting for a stack of important documents.
Livestock transporters have told a senate hearing the border with Indonesia should be closed until foot and mouth is contained, but producers warn against it.
For the past two years a scientist has noticed something strange at Queensland's forensics lab, as more bone samples show mixed DNA instead of a single source.
Household and small business energy bills are soaring and the consumer watchdog is monitoring the industry for signs of price-gouging.
A forensic scientist says she warned superiors that some samples from crime scenes in Queensland weren't being fully tested, but her concerns were ignored.
A Paralympic gold medallist has told a royal commission about being verbally abused by strangers in public, including at sports fixtures and shopping centres.
An extra million dollars will go to sexual assault services in response to a likely increase in demand due to Queensland's forensic lab inquiry.
The Queensland premier admits the police force has "deep-seated" cultural issues with misogyny, sexism and racism, but those exist throughout society.
Queensland's police commissioner has told an inquiry she was subjected to sexual harassment early in her career.
Queensland's police commissioner admits there's a "deep fear" in the force about speaking out about sexual assault, harassment and bullying by senior officers.
An internationally renowned forensic expert has criticised Queensland's government-run forensic lab at an inquiry into DNA testing failures.
Queensland Police didn't understand changes to testing proposed by a government-run forensics lab, an inquiry into the state's DNA scandal has heard.
Frustration among Queensland police at the state-run forensics lab has been aired at an inquiry into delays and ineffective DNA testing by the facility.
More than 21,000 evidence samples collected from crime scenes across Queensland were never initially tested by a forensic laboratory, an inquiry has been told.
A royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme has heard opening statements from the two people in charge of running the inquiry.
The mother of slain Mackay woman Shandee Blackburn hopes the probe into Queensland's troubled forensic laboratory is another step on the path toward justice.
John Barilaro has pulled out of his second appearance at an inquiry probing his appointment into a plum trade role due to illness.