Submission to the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence, by Associate Professor Terry Goldsworthy and Senior Teaching Fellow Joseph Crowley

• Main Authors: Goldsworthy, Terrence, Crowley, Joseph
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Queensland; First Nations
• Online Access: https://research.bond.edu.au/en/publications/b22a83d2-f6d5-48db-a441-fe0ea05150f1; https://pure.bond.edu.au/ws/files/168491187/Submission_to_the_Commission_of_Inquiry_into_Queensland_Police_Service.pdf; https://www.qpsdfvinquiry.qld.gov.au/; https://www.womenstaskforce.qld.gov.au/about-us/news/news-items/hear-her-voice-queenslands-women-heard-loud-and-clear-in-taskforces-first-report; https://www.qpsdfvinquiry.qld.gov.au/live-stream.aspx

On 10 May 2022, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced an independent Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence as recommended by the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce report, ‘Hear her voice’. Also on 10 May 2022, the Government provided it’s response to the report including supporting recommendation 2, to establish a Commission of Inquiry to ensure full public confidence in the ability of our police to protect victims and to hold perpetrators to account. The independent Commission of Inquiry will examine Queensland policing responses to domestic and family violence. Her Honour Judge Deborah Richards has been appointed as the Commissioner for the Inquiry. This Commission of Inquiry was set up following recommendations made in the Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce: Hear her voice Report One—Addressing coercive control and domestic and family violence in Queensland. The Inquiry will run for four months, commencing 30 May 2022. A final report is due to the Premier and Minister for Olympics, the Attorney-General and Minister for Women and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, and Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services, by 4 October 2022. In summary, the Commission of Inquiry will examine: - whether there is, and if so, the extent and nature of, any cultural issues within the Queensland Police Service that negatively affects police investigations of domestic and family violence - if there are any cultural issues, whether these cultural issues have contributed to the overrepresentation of First Nations people in the criminal justice system - the capability, capacity and structure of the Queensland Police Service to respond to domestic and family violence, and - the adequacy of the current conduct and complaints handling processes against police officers. In carrying out the Inquiry, the Commission will take into account the findings and recommendations of the Women’s Safety and Justice ...