Alexandra Blucher
Alexandra Blucher is a journalist for ABC Investigations in Brisbane. She has also worked as a journalist at ABC bureaux in Tasmania and New South Wales, and in Beijing at China Radio International. In 2023, Alexandra won Queensland Journalist of the Year and the Investigative Journalism category at the Queensland Media Awards for her investigation into the state's child protection system. She was also nominated for an investigative journalism Walkley Award in 2023. She was part of the team that worked on Mark Willacy's 2020 Gold Walkley Award-winning Four Corners story, Killing Field. In 2018, Alexandra won a Walkley Award for her investigation into local government corruption allegations. She also won three Queensland Media Awards in 2017 and 2018 for online investigations, and in 2018 she was part of the team awarded the Australian Council of Agricultural Journalists' Star Prize for Excellence in Rural Broadcasting. She is a co-winner of the Queensland Press Club's Rural Journalism Prize. Alexandra works for all ABC news and current affairs programs. You can contact Alexandra on blucher.alexandra@abc.net.au. For secure communication, message her on Signal +61437448326 or email IRTbrisbane@protonmail.com
Latest by Alexandra Blucher
Why Four Corners had to go to court to tell the story of a forensic patient
ABC Investigations reporter Alexandra Blucher gained unprecedented access to forensic patients and their families to produce the Four Corners program, Trapped, but she had to overcome huge legal and editorial challenges.
Human rights complaint lodged over 'cruel' treatment, indefinite detention of Brisbane man
Concerns about the "cruel, inhuman and degrading" treatment of a man with an intellectual disability has prompted a complaint.
'Get me out of here': Adrian's been pacing this caged area for more than a decade
Adrian's been held for years in solitary confinement without a release date, living with an intellectual disability and chromosomal disorder. The public has never seen how he lives until now.
The lending boom is biting back against millions of Australians. Glenn's rules were meant to safeguard us
The scrapping of the interest rate floor five years ago has led to "bad outcomes" for many Australians who secured ultra-cheap home loans during the pandemic and are now facing a fall over the mortgage cliff, says a former head of credit risk at the nation's financial regulator.
Nadia and Jasper's repayments are about to jump. They say if they'd listened to the bank, they'd be in deep trouble
As hundreds of thousands of Australian households brace for a steep hike in their mortgage repayments, there are calls for lenders to better explain to prospective borrowers the risks of interest rate rises or other changes to their circumstances.
Father of daughters left to die in hot car pursues legal action against child safety department
Peter Jackson is pursuing legal action, seeking damages for personal injuries he says stem from the deaths of his daughters.
'Clear red flags' overlooked before two sisters were left to die in a hot car, review finds
The report found the child safety department did not put enough safeguards in place, overlooked "clear red flags" before their deaths, and there was a lack of information-sharing across agencies.
Calls for Qld government to release full child safety investigation after mother left daughters to die in hot car
Queensland's opposition demands the state government release the full investigation report examining its handling of the child safety case involving two toddlers who died in a hot car.
Alexandra Boscoe says that if she had more time and a lower caseload, she could have saved Darcey and Chloe
A former caseworker says that systemic problems within Queensland's Child Safety unit may have prevented her from saving Darcey and Chloe.
Weeks before Darcey and Chloe died in a hot car, child safety was warned. Why didn't it intervene?
Before Darcey and Chloe Conley died inside a hot car, authorities prematurely closed their file on the children and failed to heed later warnings that the toddlers were at risk, an ABC investigation reveals.
Queensland MP accuses Morrison of 'one of the biggest election deceptions' in Australian history
Queensland Energy Minister Mick de Brenni raises questions about who approved a delay in releasing national energy prices until after the May election.
10yo in tears after Andrew Laming’s argument with her mother at a netball grand final
A mother and daughter tell the ABC they were left shaken after a heated exchange with federal government MP Andrew Laming at a netball event in Brisbane.
Professor says Andrew Laming's alleged behaviour on a flight made her feel 'deeply uncomfortable'
Four women speak out about interactions with federal politician Andrew Laming that they say made them feel uncomfortable.
Defence chief cites 'negative public attention' in decision to wind back move to revoke honours for soldiers in Afghanistan
The chief of Defence pulled back on revoking honours awarded to Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, citing a desire not to "be at odds" with the government's position on the issue.
'That's our livelihood': Roy fears a massive new coal mine will deplete the water keeping his cattle alive
Documents obtained by ABC Investigations reveal a huge coal mine that was a key platform in Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's election campaign gained environmental approvals despite the regulator raising serious concerns about lasting impacts on surrounding waterways.
The mother of a man killed during SAS raid says her son's death 'ruined us'
These families are waiting for real justice for their loved ones, who were killed during an Australian special forces raid in their village eight years ago.
'We crossed a very bad line … and we need to pay that price now,' former SAS medic says
Medic Dusty Miller says he witnessed murder while serving with the SAS in Afghanistan. For him, the release of findings from the war crimes inquiry is a "complete vindication" after speaking up.
'An outrageous loophole': Donation to LNP prompts Greens complaint to electoral commission
A cash gift to the Liberal National Party from a property developer's company has prompted a complaint to Queensland's electoral watchdog by Greens MP Michael Berkman, who says it uses a loophole in prohibited-donor laws.
Investors felt 'comfortable' with a scam company because its accounts were with reputable Australian banks
Carmelita deposited $6,000 for an online trading platform into an Australian bank account and watched it grow to nearly $100,000. Then the company's website disappeared.
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?
Child safety 'self-imploding' amid fears more children could die on their watch
Queensland child safety officers say they cannot keep up with the "untenable" workload, with figures showing 58 children already known to the department died in one year.
Queensland punter stole $10m from engineering firm to gamble, police allege
Paul John Montgomery has appeared in a Brisbane court charged with siphoning the money from civil engineering firm RDS in what could be Australia's biggest case of gambling-related fraud.
Footage shows Australian soldiers signalling US Black Hawk with Confederate flag
Australian special forces soldiers photographed and filmed themselves posing with a Confederate flag with "Southern Pride" stitched on it during an operation in Afghanistan.
Evidence mounts of a mass shooting of Afghan civilians by Australian soldiers
ABC Investigations uncovers allegations that Australian special forces unlawfully killed up to 10 civilians in a single day in a raid witnesses describe as a "mass shooting".
Witnesses say SAS soldier killed another civilian in an incident known as 'the village idiot killing'
SAS patrol members who witnessed the newly uncovered killing say an intellectually disabled man was shot by their colleague in the back of the head as he was trying to "limp" away.