BRISBANE, Queensland, May 22 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
JOINT STATEMENT
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity
The Honourable Deb Frecklington
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie
A FRESH START FOR QUEENSLAND
Crisafulli Government announces DNA blitz to address Labor's backlog
* Crisafulli Government commits $50 million to outsource thousands of DNA samples and address Labor's DNA backlog.
* Labor's DNA Debacle left Queensland with one of the greatest failures of a justice system in the world.
* Backlog blitz will see DNA samples sent overseas for testing and analysis, including rape kits and major crime cases.
* New outsou...