Clare Blumer
Verified- Editor, Innovative Storytelling, Investigative Journalism and Current Affairs, ABC News (Australia)
Sydney
Editor of Innovative Storytelling, Investigative Journalism and Current Affairs at ABC News.
Formerly triple j Hack. My views are my own.
Articles by Clare Blumer
How Israel has redrawn the map since the October 7 terrorist attack
After years of war and widespread upheaval, one corner of the Middle East has fundamentally changed. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, and many multiples more injured and displaced. The devastating chain of events has resulted in the map of the region being redrawn, mostly shaped by the decisions of one country and enforcement by its military. The Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, killed around 1,200 people and resulted in 251 people being taken hostage.
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The US Department of Justice, the FBI and New York City forensic experts might have moved on from the possibility Jeffrey Epstein did not take his own life, but many have not, and now suspicions around his death have gone mainstream.
Consistency might sound boring, but it’s made this player one of the greats
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Sport / Posted 4 minutes ago In AFL circles, Scott Pendlebury is in rare air. He has touched the ball more times than anyone in the history of the game. He has laid more tackles. He's a dual premiership player, a Norm Smith medallist, a six-time All-Australian, the longest-serving Collingwood captain, and five-time club best and fairest. Tonight, against historic rivals Carlton, he will play game 400, a feat achieved by just five other players in VFL/AFL history.
By Brody Smith, Katia Shatoba, Thomas Brettell, Jack Fisher, Mark Doman Verified, Clare Blumer Verified
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Jim Chalmers faces voters on Q+A a week after delivering budget
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces voters on Q+A a week after delivering budget
Hello, and welcome to our companion live blog ahead of tonight's special episode of Q+A. Six days after delivering his third federal budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins Patricia Karvelas to hear directly what voters think. From 9:35pm AEST, Q+A will be live from the Logan Entertainment Centre in the heart of the teasurer's electorate of Rankin on Brisbane's southern fringes. You can tune in on ABC TV or catch up anytime on ABC iview.
Nemesis live updates: We unpack Tony Abbott's rise and fall as David Speers answers your political questions
I must admit, I'm rather excited about this series and particularly the first episode. What a smorgasbord Tony Abbott's relatively brief reign as Prime Minister presents! Swingeing budget cuts, broken election promises, overwhelming male Cabinet dominance, cosying up to Xi Jinping, chomping on onions, knights and dames… And that's before we get to the (not unrelated) decision by Abbott's own colleagues to ultimately and unceremoniously turf out the bloke who had just brought them back into power.
Join us as we unpack Tony Abbott's rise and fall in Nemesis
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Why rooftop solar is so crucial for Australia's renewable targets
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Why rooftop solar is so crucial for Australia's renewable energy targets
Posted Monday 30 Oct 2023 at 7:40pm, updated Tuesday 31 Oct 2023 at 12:34am In 2003, a single set of solar panels is installed on a rooftop somewhere in the Centenary suburbs of Brisbane. For a year they sit alone, soaking up the Queensland sunshine. Then in 2004, a few bends further downriver, another set pops up in Indooroopilly. For the next few years, growth in both areas is limited to a handful of solar panels a year.
The Bondi cluster will be NSW's biggest COVID cluster so far. Here's how it compares to the other outbreaks
Bondi is about to become the state's largest cluster of the COVID pandemic, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. Yesterday, the Bondi cluster count was at 141 cases, so today, the case numbers are likely to surpass the Northern Beaches cluster, which peaked at 151 cases. But it's not all bad news and may take a similar amount of time to control as the northern beaches cluster, according to an epidemiologist, with high testing rates and the lockdown helping to contain the spread.
The FinCEN files: Dirty little secrets of the world's banks revealed in mass US government leak Original
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Ian Taylor sells high-end jet skis from his four-bedroom waterfront townhouse in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac on the Gold Coast.
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Coronavirus cases confirmed in 17 nursing homes in Australia - here's what we know
By Anne Connolly, Suzanne Dredge and Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Posted April 02, 2020 20:44:17 There have now been 41 residents and staff in 17 nursing homes diagnosed with COVID-19, the Federal Department of Health says. The numbers obtained exclusively by the ABC were updated on Thursday afternoon. The figures show a rise by seven residents and staff and four affected nursing homes over the previous two days.
Julian Assange and his Australian lawyers were secretly recorded in Ecuador's London embassy
Barrister Geoffrey Robertson shuffles into the entrance to Ecuador's embassy in London, a camera recording the sound of his shoes echoing on the hard tiles.
ClubsNSW whistleblower reveals the 'alarming' scale of money laundering in pokies rooms at local clubs and pubs
A whistleblower and former employee of ClubsNSW has claimed that money laundering through poker machines is rife in pubs and clubs across the country.
Sports betting and gambling need a royal commission, Tim Costello and Andrew Wilkie say
By Steve Cannane, Kyle Taylor and Clare Blumer Updated December 06, 2019 16:58:47 Federal MP Andrew Wilkie and Reverend Tim Costello are calling for a royal commission into gambling that includes the sports betting industry. It follows revelations by the ABC that one of the largest sports betting agencies is using secret algorithms, restrictions and delaying tactics to skew the competition and drive up profits.
Schools to shut and what else you should know for 'catastrophic' Tuesday
Updated November 11, 2019 19:00:13 Around 500 schools will be closed across NSW as 'catastrophic' fire conditions threaten highly-populated areas around Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle. Childcare centres in high-risk areas will also close, with parents being urged to contact centres directly for more information. Some TAFE campuses will also shut for the day. Early on Monday, Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency for NSW for the next seven days.
Missed emails, bureaucratic bungles: How Home Affairs and the AFP contributed to Hakeem al-Araibi's time in a Thai jail
By Steve Cannane and Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Updated October 11, 2019 08:50:32 The plight of Hakeem al-Araibi captured the nation's attention last summer. The footballer had travelled from Australia to Thailand for his long-awaited honeymoon when he was arrested at Bangkok Airport. Hakeem had been granted a refugee protection visa by Australia after he was tortured in his home country of Bahrain.
#LetHerSpeak: Grace Tame finally wins right to share her story of abuse
/ By Lorna Knowles, ABC Investigations Posted Sunday 11 Aug 2019 at 6:45pm, updated Tuesday 10 Jan 2023 at 2:27am Her abuser could speak out. And he did. Now, she can too. Her story has been told many times by many people, including the maths teacher who groomed and molested her when she was just 15. "Journalists, commentators and even my perpetrator have been able to publicly discuss my case, I'm the only one who was not allowed to." Until now.
What do the AFP raids on the media mean for journalists and their sources?
By Elise Worthington and Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Updated June 07, 2019 06:35:53 On Wednesday morning, Australian Federal Police officers and computer technicians entered the ABC's headquarters in Sydney armed with a warrant to access the national broadcaster's databases. Quartered in a room with ABC lawyers and IT personnel, police categorically searched all files that might be related to a series of 2017 stories known as The Afghan Files.
ABC raid: AFP leave Ultimo building with files after hours-long raid over Afghan Files stories
Australian Federal Police officers have left the ABC's Sydney headquarters more than eight hours after a raid began over a series of 2017 stories known as the Afghan Files.
Federal election sees supporters for Liberal Gladys Liu spread scare campaigns in hidden chatrooms
By Echo Hui and Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Updated May 17, 2019 16:38:29 Liberal Party candidate Gladys Liu's supporters have been spreading scare campaigns on Labor's policies to the Chinese-Australian community via closed social media groups.
You can't usually see neglect, but we have hidden camera footage
By Anne Connolly and Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Posted May 12, 2019 05:31:10 Within days of Eva Rinaldi taking her father to a nursing home in November last year, she knew something was wrong. Despite his dementia, diabetes and blindness, 80-year-old Luigi Cantali kept telling her he wasn't showered, his continence pads were not changed, and he was left inside all day with no exercise.
The real food inside aged care facilities in Australia
“My stomach has really toughened up since working in aged care,” Nicole* told the ABC.“I once saw a sign in the kitchen saying ‘essence of chicken’ in a big bucket … it is a disgrace.
'Truly disgusting': Would you eat this? The food inside aged care facilities
By Clare Blumer, ABC Investigations Updated September 18, 2018 12:48:57 "My stomach has really toughened up since working in aged care," Nicole* told the ABC. "I once saw a sign in the kitchen saying 'essence of chicken' in a big bucket … it is a disgrace.
Young Greens resign 'in disgust' over handling of sexual misconduct allegations
Young Greens have written an open letter to the party demanding it "reshape its culture around sexism within the party", as dozens "resign in disgust" over the handling of sexual misconduct allegations.
My Health Record agency adds 'reputation', 'public interest' cancellation options to app contracts
My Health Record is scrambling to put tough new restrictions on mobile phone apps that use its sensitive patient data, including an option to cancel if the companies damage the system's reputation. Companies Telstra, HealthEngine, Tyde and Healthi already have access to My Health Record information such as Medicare records, test results, scans and prescriptions, for their app users to view on mobile phones.
'Social media creates terrorists' and other myths of Australian jihadists debunked
A desire to understand how Australians become radicalised has created some popular ideas about the creation of jihadists that are misleading or completely incorrect, a leading expert on terror networks has warned. At the heart of this misunderstanding is the idea that terrorists can be created in a vacuum, just by viewing Islamic State propaganda online.
Bank details, TFNs, personal details of job applicants potentially compromised in major PageUp data breach
The personal details of thousands of Australians have potentially been compromised, with HR company PageUp, which counts Telstra, NAB, Coles, Australia Post, Aldi and Medibank as clients, revealing a massive data breach. PageUp, which boasts 2 million active users across 190 countries, posted a statement from chief executive Karen Cariss on its website, saying it had noticed "unusual activity" in its IT infrastructure on May 23.
Bank details, TFNs, personal details of job applicants compromised in major Australian data breach
A human resources company that counts the Reserve Bank of Australia, Coles, Australia Post, Aldi and Linfox as clients has revealed a massive data breach that has potentially compromised the personal details of thousands of Australians. PageUp, which boasts 2 million active users across 190 countries, posted a statement from chief executive Karen Cariss on their website, saying they had noticed "unusual activity" in their IT infrastructure on May 23.
This is what's in Sydney Harbour's toxic sediment and whether you should worry
There are dangerous toxic industrial by-products lying at the bottom of Sydney Harbour that could be disturbed if a plan to build another underwater tunnel is approved. A report marked 'Cabinet in confidence' and seen by the ABC and Fairfax Media showed that the preferred option for Sydney's planned Western Harbour tollway would be to lay water-tight concrete tubes to make two tunnels on the harbour floor — one near Balmain and the other near Seaforth.
Teachers, paramedics eye crack in 'unfair, discriminatory' salary cap after Sydney train offer
NSW public servants are seeing an opportunity to overturn the long-running pay-rise cap on salaries as the Government gives rail workers a better offer. Last night, the Rail Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) was offered a deal, including a 3 per cent annual pay rise over four years, to take to their members to consider. This blows open a public service cap on pay rises at 2.5 per cent, which has been in effect since Barry O'Farrell was premier in 2011.
Sydney trains: Union boss tells Transport Minister to fix trains
NSW and Sydney Trains workers' union delegates have rejected the latest pay and conditions offer and told rail bosses to "go away and come back with a better one". The union was set to throw the rail network into chaos with a 24-hour strike last Monday, but last week the Fair Work Commission ordered a suspension on all industrial action until March.
A $1 tax on NSW Uber and taxi rides starts Thursday
Uber has sent out an email to NSW users warning them about a $1 levy which will be charged on each ride by the State Government from Thursday. The tax applies to every trip made in taxis, hire cars and ridesharing services like Uber in the majority of the state. Passengers would be charged $1 plus GST for each ride, on a temporary basis, which would go towards a $250 million taxi compensation package for the taxi industry.
Braille camp teaching vision impaired children from remote and regional towns to read
It's tough teaching kids to read, but try teaching them to read with their fingers, then add in the fact they live in remote locations and attend school over the internet. Tracey McCann is head of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) Teleschool which teaches vision impaired children to read braille. "Braille is not an easy skill to learn and can be quite tedious as any skill is," Ms McCann said.
Sydney train strike threat prompts Labor leader to say Transport Minister belongs 'in a cupboard'
The NSW Opposition Leader has slammed the Government's handling of the "shambolic" train crisis, as the Sydney Business Chamber said the strike could cost the state $100 million. Transport workers across the state network and in Greater Sydney announced yesterday they would stop work for 24 hours from 12:01am on Monday, January 29, the union announced.
Sydney train commuters stuck as staff shortage and weather cause rail meltdown
Sydney commuters are lashing out on social media as sick train drivers and bad weather cause cancellations and hours of delays across the city's rail network. Sydney Trains defended its new timetable after commuters faced delays of up to an hour, yesterday and today. Today, between 65 and 70 train drivers were off work due to illness, Sydney Trains chief executive Howard Collins said.
Help this English family find the last photos of their grandma in Sydney
Grandmother-of-three Patricia Joyce took a dream trip with her husband for his 80th birthday, and she died on the night they returned to England. Now her family are desperately searching for the photos from two cameras misplaced on the trip, which they believe were lost in a taxi in Sydney. "Having the photos back would mean everything to us as a family, because these are the last images we have of my nan," her granddaughter Charlotte Masters told the ABC.
Rory O'Donoghue's memorial: 'Monster talent' of Aunty Jack's Thin Arthur farewelled
Rory O'Donoghue, best known as the child-like, sunny antidote to the bullish Aunty Jack in the cult Australian comedy show, has been farewelled in Sydney. O'Donoghue, 68, died in hospital on Wednesday last week survived by four children and seven grandchildren. His son Ben O'Donoghue is a Christian pastor and led the service at the Riverside Theatres in Parramatta, a venue where O'Donoghue and Aunt Jack star Graeme Bond performed.
Live blog: What you need to know about the child sexual abuse royal commission's final report
After 57 public hearings spanning five years, 1,300 witness accounts and more than 8,000 harrowing personal stories from survivors, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is over. We're reading through some of the 100,000 pages in 17 volumes to see what the report tells us. Read our full story of the key recommendations. Or follow the live reaction below.
Live blog: What you need to know about the child sexual abuse royal commission's final report
Live blog: What you need to know about the child sexual abuse royal commission's final report Updated December 15, 2017 11:57:48 After 57 public hearings spanning five years, 1,300 witness accounts and more than 8,000 harrowing personal stories from survivors, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is over.We're reading through some of the 100,000 pages in 17 volumes to see what the report tells us.
Geoffrey Rush defamation suit: What the court documents reveal about the actor's claims
The defamation suit filed by Geoffrey Rush against The Daily Telegraph claims the newspaper made him out to be a "pervert" and "sexual predator" with their "KING LEER" headline. The 66-year-old actor has launched defamation proceedings against the tabloid, with a statement of claim filed in the Federal Court today. The documents also allege that Rush was forced out of his role as the AACTA president, rather than voluntarily stepping aside, as he told the media on the weekend.
Geoffrey Rush files defamation suit against Daily Telegraph over 'inappropriate behaviour' claims
Updated December 09, 2017 10:15:17 Geoffrey Rush has filed defamation proceedings against The Daily Telegraph, which published allegations the actor behaved inappropriately towards a female cast member in a Sydney Theatre Company (STC) play. "It is an action I am taking in order to redress the slurs, innuendo and hyperbole that they have created around my standing in the entertainment industry and in the greater community," he said.
AACTA: Actress Rachel Griffiths hits out at gender inequality but says 'Rush is no Weinstein'
In light of the sexual harassment storm which has hit the entertainment industry, actress Rachel Griffiths has taken to the red carpet at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards to say "women have had enough". Joining the stars of the large and small screens, Griffiths said women have not been adequately protected in the industry but actor Geoffrey Rush, recently accused of sexual harassment, "is not Harvey Weinstein".
Coroner delivers open finding in Matthew Leveson inquest
Matthew Leveson inquest: Coroner delivers open finding Posted December 05, 2017 09:26:42 The coroner has delivered an open finding at the inquest into the death of 20-year-old Matthew Leveson, who disappeared a decade ago and whose body was found in the Royal National Park this year.More to come.
Bus explosion with 'extreme' smoke and flames on busy Sydney road
A state public transport bus has exploded into flames on an arterial road on the edge of Sydney's CBD causing "extreme" smoke and 2-metre-high flames. Surry Hills resident Phil Dye was working with headphones on when he heard a loud noise and saw smoke in the sky. He went to his balcony, which overlooks Flinders Street and South Dowling Road intersection, to investigate. "There was smoke pouring out of the bus — all of the doors were open," Mr Dye said.
Manus Island: First look inside refugees' new home allegedly shows unfinished site, no power
Protests about the treatment of refugees on Manus Island were held in cities on Sunday as first footage out of the refugees' new home appears to show unfinished accommodation and no power. On Friday, men who remained in the decommissioned detention centre on the Papua New Guinea island were forcibly removed and taken to their new accommodation.
Greenacre school deaths driver Maha Al-Shennag thanks boy's family for forgiveness
The woman who drove her car into a classroom, killing two boys, has thanked the family of one of the victims who broadcast a message of forgiveness on social media. Maha Al-Shennag is facing numerous charges for the fatal crash into a Banksia Road Primary School classroom in the Sydney suburb of Greenacre on Tuesday. One of the eight-year-old boys' funerals was held yesterday at a packed Lakemba Mosque and he was buried at Rookwood cemetery.
Greenacre school deaths: Father of boy killed in crash forgives driver from inside son's hearse
The father of a boy killed on Tuesday in the horrific Sydney school car crash has appeared on social media alongside an undertaker saying the family forgives the driver. Ahmad Hraichie, whose profile says he is an undertaker, posted a live Facebook video on Thursday afternoon from a hearse, which had the eight-year-old boy's coffin in the back.
The Weinstein effect: Australian women tell their stories of sexual harassment in the theatre
Updated November 08, 2017 12:45:52 The actor made the onstage kiss last longer and longer until the director told them to shorten it. "He asked me if I agreed with the director that it was too long," the actress said. "I did. I wanted it shortened.
'Devout terrorist' and co-conspirators jailed for plotting to attack government sites
Five jailed for terror plot targeting government sites including Lithgow jail Updated November 03, 2017 13:32:45 Five co-conspirators who plotted violent terrorist attacks on government sites in New South Wales in 2015 have been jailed.Sulayman Khalid, described as a "devout terrorist" and the leader of the conspiracy plot by Justice Geoffrey Bellew, was sentenced to a maximum term of 22 years and six months.He will be eligible for parole in 2031. More to come.
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