Second Inquiry Into Queensland DNA Testing Launched

‘It’s vitally important Queenslanders have faith in all aspects of their justice system including the collection, extraction, and testing of DNA.’

Dr. Paul McKay, who is working on an vaccine for the 2019-nCoV strain of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, poses for a photograph using a microscope to look at bacteria containing coronavirus, COVID-19, DNA fragments, in a research lab at Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM) in London on Feb. 10, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images

The Palaszczuk Labor Government has announced a second independent Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA testing and extraction methods in Queensland, known as Project 13.

Queensland Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said she had received concerns about the matter since the last Commission of Inquiry.