Harriet Alexander
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Past articles by Harriet:
Is Sydney in the grip of a crime wave? The facts are surprising
The harbour city is one of the safest cities in Australia and the world when it comes to crime. And there’s an unexpected reason why. → Read More
Ben Roberts-Smith agrees to pay costs of failed defamation action
The disgraced war veteran has agreed to pay the legal costs of his failed defamation action - but his billionaire backer Kerry Stokes will fight on against any repayments. → Read More
‘Deeply suspicious’: Hackers target cashless gaming trial
The only customers whose data was accessed were those participating in a trial of cashless gaming. → Read More
Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith committed war crimes
A Federal Court judge has found the decorated war veteran murdered four unarmed Afghan prisoners and bullied a colleague. → Read More
PM and premier lead guest list at Sandilands’ wedding
There was an eclectic guest list at the controversial radio host’s marriage to his former assistant. → Read More
‘That’s what money laundering is’: Crime Commission pushes cashless gaming card to target dirty money in pokies
NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes says a mandatory cashless gaming card will only threaten the viability of pubs and clubs if their business model is predicated on the proceeds of crime. → Read More
James Packer hits out at ClubsNSW’s ‘ruthless unethical behaviour’
Legal action against a dying man is damaging the entire clubs industry, the former casino mogul says. → Read More
A dead pig, some cassowaries and an unholy fight over the Daintree
Two charities are raising millions to buy up blocks in the towns of the Daintree Rainforest and restore them to their natural state. The locals say there is nothing to ‘save’. The battle is heating up. → Read More
Court in the trenches: Behind the scenes of the Ben Roberts-Smith trial
The off-stage drama in Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation trial included political manoeuvring, backstage machinations and a secret affair – though not the one people were talking about. → Read More
Witness for Ben Roberts-Smith hit with criminal charges after finishing his evidence
Hours after he finished giving evidence, a former SAS soldier was charged with harming and resisting a Commonwealth official. → Read More
NSW records 7893 new COVID-19 cases, 28 deaths
Case numbers have dropped below 8000 for the first time in months. → Read More
‘What am I going to do?’: Testy moments in a COVID queue
The Premier discouraged people from getting PCR tests unless they have symptoms, but most people standing in the rain have good reason to be here. → Read More
Macquarie University considers investigating suspected research fraud
A Macquarie University neuroscientist, who this year became a Member of the Order of Australia, has been linked to 25 papers that contain potentially doctored images. → Read More
Teen charged with killing 10-year-old cousin pleads mental illness
The body of the 10-year-old girl was found at a property near Gunnedah in July last year. → Read More
The challenge of finding a final resting place for old mattresses
Close to a million mattresses are sent to landfill each year, but the industry is trying to change that. → Read More
How a false science ‘cure’ became Australia’s contribution to the pandemic
When Australian researchers breathlessly reported a potential COVID-19 treatment, the course of the pandemic was altered and many countries are still paying the price. → Read More
‘The journey is not over’: The NSW experiment
The state of NSW is embarking on an experiment when it reopens from lockdown with high vaccination coverage but little background immunity. → Read More
The sprawling damage wrought by Kenja
Kenja became notorious for the child sexual abuse claims against its late founder, Ken Dyers, who the group is still trying to defend. But there were many other vulnerable individuals whose lives were irrevocably damaged by the ‘cult’. → Read More
Testing times: inside the crisis at Laverty Pathology
When turnaround times blew out at one of NSW’s busiest pathology networks, many assumed the laboratory was overwhelmed. The actual reason was more mundane. → Read More
‘I think we’re on here’: de Belin tells court he suggested threesome
Callan Sinclair told his mum that the complainant was “hanging around us like a bad smell” on the night he allegedly raped her. Jack De Belin said he didn’t know her “from a bar of soap”. → Read More