Overview
- Attorney-General Deb Frecklington suspended director Linzi Wilson-Wilde and ordered a halt to routine DNA testing after contamination issues were detected
- Forensic Science Queensland will continue urgent casework in a limited capacity under enhanced controls during the pause
- A formal assessment of the paused operations is set for seven days to determine whether testing can safely resume
- Wilson-Wilde has less than one week to reply to a show cause notice that could lead to her official removal as director
- The lab has been under scrutiny since 2022-23 inquiries exposed a flawed automated DNA extraction method and triggered a review of over 40,000 historical samples