Late this afternoon, I moved to immediately suspend, pending a show cause notice for removal, the Director of Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ).
This action was taken following advice I received today that FSQ was placing a general pause on routine DNA testing after contamination issues were identified.
FSQ's pause in operations will occur for a preliminary period of seven days and this will be reviewed by FSQ after this period to determine the next steps.
The Government has been advised FSQ will continue to progress urgent matters in a limited capacity during this time and that this can be done with appropriate controls.
I want to assure Queenslanders the Crisafulli Government remains firmly committed to fixing the long-standing issues at Forensic Science Queensland.
