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1096 Justice Wood, “<strong>Forensic</strong> Sciences from the Judicial Perspective”, address to the 16th Symposium on <strong>Forensic</strong> Sciences, May 2002,<br />
available from the Supreme Court website: www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au, accessed 22 November 2005.<br />
1097 ABC, Catalyst, “DNA Doubt,” aired 16 September 2004. Transcript available at www.abc.net.au, accessed 6 December 2005.<br />
1098 Peter Gill & Amanda Kirkham, “Development of a simulation model to assess the impact of contamination in casework using STRs”,<br />
Journal of <strong>Forensic</strong> Science, May 2004 Volume 49 Number 3 available at www.astm.org accessed on 16 August 2005.<br />
1099 E O’Dwyer, “Barnes cleared of Allen murder”, Illawarra Mercury, 29 May 2004.<br />
1100 Peter Gill, “Application of Low Copy Number DNA Profiling”, Croatian Medical Journal 42(3):229-232 (2001).<br />
1101 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />
1102 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />
1103 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />
1104 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />
1105 Information obtained through <strong>Ombudsman</strong> review of COPS records.<br />
1106 Confidential LAC survey response<br />
1107 Information supplied by DAL on 28 February 2005.<br />
1108 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />
1109 During the review period we received one complaint regarding the packaging of crime scene exhibits and possible tampering. This is<br />
discussed in chapter 15 as complaint number .<br />
1110 Some jurisdictions have developed best practice guides on DNA sampling, which include information on how to minimise<br />
contamination risks. For example, the United Kingdom Association of Chief Police Officers published “Guidelines for the Avoidance of<br />
Contamination in the Recovery, Packaging and Submission of Material for DNA Analysis” in its DNA Good Practice Manual: see<br />
www.forensic.gov.uk/forensic_t/inside/news/docs/DNA_Good.pdf, accessed 21 November 2005. Interpol published a Handbook on<br />
DNA Data Exchange and Practice in 2001, which includes quality assurance information for collecting and managing samples: see<br />
http://www.interpol.int/Public/<strong>Forensic</strong>/dna/HandbookPublic.pdf, accessed 17 February 2006. See also Justice Wood, “<strong>Forensic</strong><br />
Sciences from the Judicial Perspective”, address to the 16th Symposium on <strong>Forensic</strong> Sciences, May 2002, available from the Supreme<br />
Court website: www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au accessed 22 November 2005.<br />
1111 <strong>NSW</strong> Police College advice on Constable Education Program, received 29 November 2005.<br />
1112 <strong>NSW</strong> Police Detective Training Unit advice on Specialist Courses, email dated 13 December 2005.<br />
1113 Control or reference samples are defined in the SOPs as material of similar composition to a suspect sample collected from a scene<br />
or item. The purpose of a control sample is to allow an analyst to separate the original material from “introduced substances” resulting<br />
from the crime incident.<br />
1114 FSG presentation to DAL, attached to agenda for DNA Advisory Committee meeting 6 August 2004.<br />
1115 Minutes of meeting between <strong>NSW</strong> Police <strong>Forensic</strong> Services Group and DAL, 27 April 2004.<br />
1116 Minutes of the DNA Advisory Committee, 13 October 2004.<br />
1117 FSG presentation to DAL, attached to agenda for DNA Advisory Committee meeting 6 August 2004.<br />
1118 DAL comments on <strong>Ombudsman</strong> statement of provisional findings, 17 October 2005.<br />
1119 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />
1120 <strong>NSW</strong> Police response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 2 June 2006.<br />
1121 <strong>NSW</strong> Health response to <strong>Ombudsman</strong> draft report, 7 June 2006.<br />
1122 For an example of quality assurance guidelines, see the FBI’s “Standards for <strong>Forensic</strong> DNA Testing Laboratories”, located at<br />
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/codis/qualassur.htm, accessed 29 July 2005.<br />
1123 J Goodman-Delahunty and B Newell, “One in how many trillion DNA evidence and the juror”, Australasian Science Magazine, August<br />
2004, p. 14 to 17.<br />
1124 Sydney Morning Herald, “Beyond reasonable doubt”, 22 April <strong>2000</strong> http://cjpa.freeswervers.com/smh.htm accessed 20 July 2005.<br />
1125 New Zealand Environmental Science and Research Limited website, http://www.esr.cri.nz<br />
1126 DNAResource.com Report dated 24 June 2005.<br />
1127 National Association of Testing Authorities Australia, Report on Reassessment: ICPMR, 30 July 2004.<br />
1128 Minutes of meeting between <strong>NSW</strong> Police <strong>Forensic</strong> Services Group and DAL, 1 June 2004.<br />
1129 DAL comments on <strong>Ombudsman</strong> statement of provisional findings, 17 October 2005.<br />
<strong>NSW</strong> <strong>Ombudsman</strong><br />
DNA sampling and other forensic procedures conducted on suspects and volunteers under the <strong>Crimes</strong> (<strong>Forensic</strong> <strong>Procedures</strong>) <strong>Act</strong> <strong>2000</strong> 241