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Harriet Alexander

Harriet Alexander

Harriet Alexander is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

An Australian surveillance reconnaissance vehicle patrols an operating base in Afghanistan in 2005.

‘Profound insult’: Australian veterans wounded by Trump’s war claims

The US president claimed allied troops stayed back off the front line in Afghanistan, where dozens of Australians were killed in combat and hundreds more were injured.

  • Harriet Alexander

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The redevelopment of the Sydney Fish Market has been fraught.

Secret deals, angry tenants and expensive lawsuits: The long road to the new Sydney Fish Market

When it opens on Monday, the new Sydney Fish Market will be a monument not just to seafood, but to perseverance.

  • Harriet Alexander
One of the 10 suspicious customers identified by AUSTRAC allegedly visited the club almost daily and habitually inserted large amounts of cash into the pokies without playing.

‘Prime targets’: The punters ‘washing’ tens of millions and the bosses in the firing line

A mega-club has admitted in court documents that it allowed suspicious customers to continue to play after flagging them with the financial crimes watchdog.

  • Harriet Alexander
As part of the St Ives Shopping Centre redevelopment, Sam Arnaout wants to develop a tavern.

The pokie king and the public land grab to expand a Sydney shopping centre

Iris Capital says its proposal hinges on it taking over laneways so the development can have more room for a gambling den.

  • Alexandra Smith and Harriet Alexander
Merivale’s Justin Hemmes opened Club Rose Bay on Saturday. The company has more than 90 venues across the country.

Merivale’s pokie empire expands to Rose Bay

Billionaire Justin Hemmes has become one of the largest individual gambling machine operators in the state.

  • Harriet Alexander, Nigel Gladstone and Eryk Bagshaw
People swim near the scene of the massacre.

As sand rearranges and hearts start to heal, Bondi eases into a different normal

The flags went up, the promenade reopened and the dawn broke on a sombre Bondi Beach.

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The casket of Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi massacre, leaves the Chevra Kadisha following her funeral.

‘As if our own daughter were taken from us’: Matilda farewelled in funeral for ‘little ray of sunshine’

Matilda’s family is struggling to comprehend how their bubbly 10-year-old could have been murdered.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Julie Power, Lucy Macken, Harriet Alexander and Adam Carey
Kwang Kyung Yoo has been sentenced to life in prison with no parole.

Taekwondo triple murderer ‘Master Lion’ sentenced to life in prison

Kwang Kyung Yoo told his wife they would be getting a BMW, and then became caught in his own lie.

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Inside St James’ Church ahead of the state funeral for Graham Richardson.

Richo’s sins are washed as the Love Boat, Gold Coast and other scandals fade into the mist

The great and the good assembled to farewell Graham Richardson, honoured for his singular talent in wielding political influence.

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NSW Liberal Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane and Federal Liberal Opposition Leader Sussan Ley arrive at the NSW Liberal State Council Meeting in Sydney on Saturday.

Coalition casts doubt on Perrottet’s signature gambling policy

Cashless gaming was a key policy for former Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet in the 2023 election campaign.

  • Alexandra Smith and Harriet Alexander