Qld budget estimates: Katarina Carroll reveals scrapped project to streamline police work cost $8.7m
Queensland's top cop has revealed in estimates that a maligned project to “streamline” frontline work and cut red tape cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has revealed in estimates that a maligned project to “streamline” frontline work and cut red tape cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
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Originally published as Qld budget estimates: Katarina Carroll reveals scrapped project to streamline police work cost $8.7m
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