Domestic violence campaigners say new three-week timeline is better but still ‘not good enough’
Queensland’s royal commission into police handling of domestic violence allegations has extended its deadline for submissions after fears were raised that victims’ voices would go unheard. However, campaigners say the new three-week timeline is still “not good enough”.
The commission will hold its first sitting on Friday, and is due to hand the final report of the inquiry to the government by 4 October. A female police officer said she was concerned that the call for submissions appeared to have been made quietly and that the deadline was so soon. Angela Lynch, who heads the Queensland Sexual Assault Network, said the new three-week deadline for submissions was “better” but “still not good enough” – especially given the call for submissions had not been “publicised very well”.
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