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A [[Public inquiry|commission of inquiry]] was created in May 2022 to examine policing responses to domestic and family violence prevention, with an August appearance of Commissioner Carroll.<ref name=ABC20220818>{{cite news |last1=JONES |first1=Ciara |title=Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll questioned at inquiry over senior officers' misogynistic comments |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-18/dfv-inquiry-qld-police-commissioner-carroll-misogynistic/101343216 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=19 August 2022 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818192917/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-18/dfv-inquiry-qld-police-commissioner-carroll-misogynistic/101343216 |url-status=live }}</ref> The commission was told of a lack of staffing of the Domestic, Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Command compared to other areas, of discrimination within the organisation,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Cait |last2=Kelly (earlier) |first2=Cait |date=2022-11-21 |title=Queensland police domestic violence inquiry final report handed down – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/nov/21/queensland-qld-police-service-final-report-commission-of-inquiry-responses-domestic-and-family-violence-dv-qps-culture-commissioner-katarina-carroll |access-date=2023-04-23 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> and of senior officers' racist and misogynistic behaviour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-21 |title=Inquiry's damning findings 'rips bandaid off' Queensland police culture of 'fear and silence' |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/qld-police-domestic-violence-commission-inquiry-report-release/101677316 |access-date=2023-04-23}}</ref> A deputy commissioner resigned the next day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=JURSS-LEWIS |first1=Tobias |title=Queensland Police's Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor resigns after evidence heard at inquiry into domestic violence and police responses |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/qld-deputy-commissioner-paul-taylor-resigns-police-inquiry/101352508 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819064644/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/qld-deputy-commissioner-paul-taylor-resigns-police-inquiry/101352508 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2022, following a review by State Disaster Co-ordinator Steve Gollschewski, it was announced that the [[Queensland Fire and Emergency Services]] (QFES) would be dissolved in June 2024, resulting in the largest reform of emergency services in Queensland since 1990. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service along with the Rural Fire Service would form the Queensland Fire Department, with a new central headquarters.<ref name="Split">{{cite web |title=QFES, SES To Split Up |url=https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/10/27/qfes-ses-to-split-up/ |website=southburnett.com.au |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="QFD">{{cite web |title=New Fire Department to call Albion home in 2025 |url=https://www.miragenews.com/new-fire-department-to-call-albion-home-in-2025-1173585/ |website=miragenews.com |access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> On 1 July 2024 the State Emergency Service will be merged with the
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