The Queensland government will double the number of court-reporting scientists employed by its embattled forensics lab in a bid to clear a DNA testing backlog stretching up to four years.

Attorney-General Deb Frecklington made the announcement alongside former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller, who was appointed the director of Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ) and tasked with overhauling the state-run facility by the Crisafulli government in August.

FSQ will increase the number of employed court reporting scientists from nine to 19, with six positions signed off in recent weeks, and a further four to be brought in by the end of the month.

Deb Frecklington, Premier David Crisafulli, Dr Kirsty Wright and Mick Fuller at an announcement in August. Credit: Courtney Kruk

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