Years of missed alarms won’t cost DNA lab chief
The scientist leading Queensland’s embattled DNA lab out of ruin has been found to have failed to sound the alarm about its biggest catastrophe, but will stay on.
Hedley Thomas
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Expert witness furious at DNA probe findings
A respected academic tells of her shock that Qld’s second DNA inquiry could find scientists did everything wrong but hold no-one accountable.
Scientist not asked about her notes
The scientist at the centre of a DNA scandal was not asked in a commission of inquiry’s hearings about her working notes.
‘It’s horrible’: Evidence was destroyed
Potentially crucial forensic evidence from Queensland crimes was routinely discarded for more than a decade, ruining the chance of retesting and worsening the biggest forensic disaster in history.
Shameful silence of crucial witness
Second DNA inquiry more like a jolly jamboree of legal mediation in a hot tub than an adversarial hard-hitting exploration.
It’s a disgraceful cover-up … and it’s still going on
There are predictable, garden-variety cover-ups. And then there’s the kind of cover-up so big and dangerous you can scarcely believe it.
Inside the making of The Teacher’s Pet
Five months into the investigation, a good friend said I was seriously, unhealthily stressed. Then followed a stroke of luck that changed everything.
How Dawson’s legal gambit almost derailed the case
If the former teacher succeeded in his bid, the fallout and potential financial costs would have been disastrous. Lyn’s family would be inconsolable, their last chance dashed.
The secret behind the crime story of the decade
Hedley Thomas reveals for the first time the personal family tragedy that drove him to pursue The Teacher’s Pet story harder than anything else in his career. | LISTEN to an exclusive audiobook extract
DNA scandal scientists likely to face probe
A second DNA inquiry has been given wide-ranging powers to investigate scientists responsible for a disastrous DNA extraction method that has jeopardised evidence in thousands of Queensland criminal cases.
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