A former senior Queensland detective has accused police of covering up their own failures in cases where vulnerable women died after seeking police protection, and alleges she was ordered to “protect the organisation’s reputation at all costs”.

And a whistleblower from within the Queensland coronial system who reported alleged systemic failures in domestic and family violence-linked deaths claims she was warned she would be “pulverised” if she ever spoke out.

Both women decided to speak to Guardian Australia because they believe the family members of some domestic violence victims have not been told the whole truth about what happened to their loved ones.

Their courage in breaking ranks laid the foundation for our two-year investigation into the police and coronial handling of domest

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