Queensland Indigenous truth-telling inquiry will be able to force police to give evidence

Legislative changes give inquiry power to compel commissioner to appear at hearings which will set foundations for treaty talks

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Queensland’s Indigenous truth-telling inquiry will have the power to force the state’s police commissioner to give evidence under legislative changes passed in parliament.

In March, the Queensland Human Rights Commission raised concerns that the police force had not been included in the government’s list of those who could be invited or compelled to attend the inquiry, despite the institution’s dark colonial history.

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