“Let me make this very clear:our police service does an exemplary job,” Palaszczuk said. “Countless lives have been saved because of the men and women of our police service.
“But many survivors report that they did not receive an adequate response at their particular point in time.”
She said “historic and wide-reaching reforms” would ensue after more than 700 submissions to the taskforce drove its 89 recommendations. The taskforce,chaired by former court of appeal president Margaret McMurdo,is due to deliver itssecond and final report in June.
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“Not one of us will solve the incidence of domestic and family violence,” Palaszczuk said. “It’s going to take all of us. Together.”
The government hadwelcomed the publication of the first report in early January,but stopped short of accepting all of its recommendations until Tuesday.
A commission of inquiry into the police service,an idea rejected by Commissioner Katarina Carroll and the police union at the time but considered by advocates to be key to the broader success of reforms,will be held over four months and hear from victims and survivors.