Queensland’s ex-top cop blasts corruption watchdog over claims of discrimination against men
by Ben Smee from on (#5HVDV)
Ian Stewart says a parliamentary inquiry is needed after the state's human rights commissioner queries the CCC's findings
The former Queensland police commissioner Ian Stewart has called for a parliamentary inquiry into controversial findings by the state's Crime and Corruption Commission that police recruitment practices discriminated against men.
The controversial CCC report, released on Wednesday, found 200 men had missed out on joining the Queensland police force because recruiters had favoured women in order to try to meet a 50/50 gender strategy.
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