I believe he/she is talking about Thomson's DNA. Fyi, DNA is now a very effective tool in solving criminal offences.
I would imagine that DNA evidence would be in existance in most matters under investigation by police in Australia.
The turtles in Sussex St may be a little behind the times on this, but they need to embrace a world now where you may chose to dispute a valid signature on an invoice, but then have to explain your DNA being all over an Amex credit card receipt...............