The Queensland Human Rights Commission has found systemic discrimination and sexism in the state's police force.
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00:00Systemic discrimination, outdated recruitment standards and old-fashioned boys club attitudes.
00:09The Human Rights Commission says the Queensland Police Service needs major reform.
00:15Rather than just a problem of a few bad apples, it is the systems that shape QPS workplace
00:22culture and it is the systems that allow discrimination to thrive.
00:27The review, a recommendation of the 2022 Commission of Inquiry, spoke to more than 2,800 employees.
00:35Finding women, First Nations and culturally diverse staff face discrimination, including
00:41slurs about female officers sleeping their way to the top, racism being justified as
00:47banter and workers who complain branded dogs.
00:52One worker said they wouldn't let their daughter join the QPS because it's the men in the
00:57police, that's where the danger is, I would never recommend this job to anyone.
01:02I don't think it's anything new in terms of what we saw in the Commission of Inquiry,
01:06I think it's a continuation of that piece of work that gives us more understanding of
01:10the challenge we have in that space and paints a way forward.
01:13The Commission made 36 recommendations, including flexible work options for caregivers and a
01:19review of both recruitment standards and diversity targets.
01:23I'm just really concerned that the Queensland Police Service is obsessed with delivering
01:28on these thought bubble recommendations.
01:30The union argues diversity hire slurs will get worse if the service pursues targets and
01:36they won't help the front line.
01:39Right now we've got about six crews in Logan that are drowning in about 100 unresourced
01:43jobs and we're sitting here and talking about aspirational targets and quotas.
01:47Those issues and the culture around that needs to change if we're going to attract
01:54and retain a police service that reflects the community of Queensland.