Stuck in limbo, Katarina Carroll was a scapegoat for Queensland’s anxieties over youth crime

Despite hand-wringing over youth crime, data shows domestic violence – which the outgoing police commissioner had hoped to tackle – is the real threat

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Some cabinet ministers wanted Katarina Carroll, the outgoing Queensland police commissioner, sacked in late 2022.

A commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic violence had just found that “a failure of leadership” had allowed racism, sexism and misogyny to flourish in the Queensland police service.

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