Queensland police spruik more inclusion and diversity – but new intake tells a different story

Exclusive: Less than a quarter of recent recruits are women, with First Nations people and those from diverse backgrounds also underrepresented

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Earlier this month the Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, stood in front of the state’s largest-ever cohort of police recruits and said strategies to attract new officers were “clearly working”.

“We are committed to getting the right people,” Carroll said.

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