Clare Blumer
Clare Blumer is the Editor of Innovative Storytelling for ABC News current affairs and investigative journalism brands and leads the Digital Story Innovations team. She was formerly the digital lead for the ABC Investigations team and Executive Producer of triple j Hack. While at the ABC she has won multiple Walkley, Quill and Kennedy awards.
Latest by Clare Blumer
Finished Nemesis? We unpacked the rise and fall of Tony Abbott with David Speers
The ABC's political docuseries Nemesis has arrived. We bring you the latest updates from episode one, with political analysis from David Speers.
How Australia's push into rooftop solar is powering the suburbs
Satellite data shows the massive explosion of rooftop solar from above, but the rest of Australia's energy transition is falling behind. Search for your suburb's rooftop solar count.
'Our opinion was never valued': Wilcannia speaks out
Leaked documents reveal a litany of failures in the system to protect Aboriginal communities, which left the remote town of Wilcannia exposed despite high-level warnings stretching back up to 18 months.
'Getting away with it', nude Twister with strippers: How the drinking culture of the SAS eroded its reputation
Candid videos of how some of the SAS spent recreational time during the Afghanistan war reveals the culture of excessive drinking, public nudity and a theme song that summed it all up. WARNING: This story contains nudity.
How a ceremony in NSW Parliament helped a company steal $46 million from retirees
The Premier's ex-boyfriend Daryl Maguire lent government legitimacy to companies now accused of swindling Australians and Chinese pensioners out of vast sums. Then she told him to "stay away".
Bondi is now NSW’s biggest COVID cluster — here’s how it compares to other outbreaks
The Delta strain outbreak in Bondi is now New South Wales's biggest cluster, but it's not all bad news, with two major factors meaning it could be controlled in a similar time to other clusters.
More farmers were killed to cover the tracks of special forces after an accidental shooting, alleges new witness
At the end of a 2012 SAS raid on an Afghanistan village, 13 people were dead. According to Australian and Afghan sources, most of them were unarmed civilians who were shot in cold blood, making it the single deadliest alleged war crime in the conflict.
'They just kept loading him up with drugs that slowed his heart rate and breathing until it stopped'
On his last night, Isaac asked to stay over at his family home because he was worried about the high number of medications he was prescribed to take. He died the next morning.
'They were treating my dad like an animal to be slaughtered': Horror allegations from inside an exclusive home
Dik, Brian and Vera's families paid top dollar for them to live at a "lovely" nursing home, but damning reports from the aged care regulator and allegations by a group of trainee nurses tell another story.
One Gold Coast man is linked to thousands of companies. He's been named in a huge US leak
Opening hundreds, or even thousands, of companies is perfectly legal. But what happens if those companies are used in arms deals or by criminal syndicates?
Michael killed his five-year-old son. This is why his partner has forgiven him
New data shows that over the past decade around 1 in 10 homicide offenders had a mental illness. Four Corners investigates the broken mental health system that is tearing families apart.
'I really don't see when it's going to go back to normal … if it will ever'
Experts compare the disruption and stress of the coronavirus pandemic to living through a war or the Great Depression. Forget Gen Z — young people may be forever known as Generation COVID.
The water stopped at Conjola but the fire kept coming
Residents had no warning, no road out, no power or phone lines, and a failing water supply when an inferno ravaged this small coastal community on New Year's Eve. Here's how it happened.
Health Department confirms 17 nursing homes with coronavirus cases
Aged care facilities in all Australian states have recorded infections of COVID-19, with four new nursing homes recording cases in the last two days.
Assange was meeting his lawyer. He didn't know there were microphones in the room
Julian Assange's conversations, including legally privileged meetings with Australian lawyers Geoffrey Robertson, Jennifer Robinson and Melinda Taylor, were secretly recorded inside his London embassy home.
Whistleblower reveals 'alarming' scale of money laundering in pokies rooms of clubs and pubs
A whistleblower and former employee of ClubsNSW claims that money laundering through poker machines is rife in pubs and clubs across the country.
'Gamblers are being cheated': Wilkie and Costello call for industry royal commission
Federal MP Andrew Wilkie and Reverend Tim Costello call for a royal commission into gambling after the ABC publishes allegations of a sports betting company cheating the winners.
The last thing David Savage remembers was the look of horror on the soldier's face
An Australian Defence Force inquiry found the suicide bomb blast that nearly killed David Savage in Afghanistan was an "unexpected event". Watch it play out on a helmet camera, worn by the US soldier assigned to guard him.
'Do not expect a knock on the door': Around 600 schools to shut as NSW braces for fire risk
Around 600 schools will be closed across NSW as 'catastrophic' fire conditions threaten highly-populated areas around Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle.
While soccer player Hakeem was locked up in Bangkok Airport last summer, the AFP missed a crucial email
Melbourne footballer Hakeem al-Araibi should never have been locked up in a Thai jail instead of being on his honeymoon. Now, the ABC has documents that reveal the series of critical errors made by the Department of Home Affairs and AFP INTERPOL.
Gagged by law, finally this woman can tell her story
Grace Tame was groomed and abused by her maths teacher when she was 15. For the first time, she can finally share her story.
What do the AFP raids mean for journalists and their sources?
When the AFP entered the ABC with a warrant, media around the world were shocked. We answer some of the questions raised about press freedom and protection of sources.
Police leave ABC headquarters with files after hours-long raid over special forces stories
Australian Federal Police officers leave the ABC's Sydney headquarters more than eight hours after a raid began over a series of 2017 stories known as the Afghan Files. In a statement, the AFP said the warrant was "in relation to allegations of publishing classified material".
'Share like crazy': Liberal supporters spreading scare campaigns in hidden chatrooms
Supporters for a Liberal candidate are spreading fake articles on Labor's policies to the Chinese Australian community via closed social media groups. Here's a peek inside.
Eva knew something was wrong, so she hid a camera in her dad's nursing home
Hidden camera footage captured in this blind 80-year-old's room shows the cracks in quality care in Australia's multi-billion-dollar aged care system.