Alex Palmer
Alex Palmer is a designer with the ABC's Digital Story Innovations team.
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'I feel like we've all been lied to': Fund members shocked to find green retirement savings invested in fossil fuels
By Pat McGrath, Mark Doman, Alex Palmer, Katia Shatoba, Thomas Brettell and Inga Ting / ABC Investigations and Digital Story Innovations
An ABC investigation into the financial disclosures of sustainable or ethical-labelled super options finds extensive investment in shares of companies in the fossil fuel, gambling, alcohol and weapons manufacturing industries.
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'It's basically dead': The legacy of decades of logging
An AI-based analysis of 20 years of logging by VicForests, shared exclusively with the ABC, shows for the first time the potential scale of failed regeneration in Victoria's state forests.
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How Australia's push into rooftop solar is powering the suburbs
By Jessica Davis, Kate Newton, Thomas Brettell and Alex Palmer / Climate reporting team and Digital Story Innovations
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.
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These hotspots dotted across southern Israel reveal the scale of attacks
Satellite and drone imagery capture the aftermath of the ongoing fighting in Israel and Gaza.
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An El Niño could be declared as early as next week: This is what it looks like when it forms
It’s the phenomenon behind some of Australia’s hottest, driest years, and climate change could be making it more extreme. Here’s why that doesn’t guarantee catastrophe this year — or in the future.
At least 1,719 buildings were destroyed in the Lahaina fire. Satellite images show why that number is set to grow
These maps and satellite images show how the Hawaiian town of Lahaina on Maui's west coast has been all but wiped from the map.
It was 'a taste of terrorism' in suburban Australia, but most people have never heard of it
By Dunja Karagic, Alex Mann and the ABC Unravel Podcast team
One by one, Chinese restaurants across Perth were being set alight. It was a coordinated and sustained terrorism campaign, but most Australians have never heard of the attacks.
From the age of 4, Gordi played contact sports. See how it has impacted his brain
The effect of head knocks over Gordi Kirkbank-Ellis's decades-long sporting career isn’t immediately obvious. That is, until you see what’s happening to his brain.
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The game changers — inside the data that shows why these athletes will take the World Cup by storm
More than 700 of the world's best football players will take to stadium pitches all over Australia when FIFA 2023 kicks off this week. The ABC has crunched the data — these are the stars and breakthrough talents you should be looking out for.
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A stutter in Earth's icy heartbeat has 'gravely concerned' scientists searching for answers
Antarctica's sea ice is now reforming as the continent moves deeper into the austral winter, but it's currently the smallest it has ever been for this time of year on record. This blip in the Antarctic pulse is the latest in a string of record lows that is being watched carefully by scientists.
India is on a mission to manage its booming population, and women are bearing the cost
By South Asia correspondent Avani Dias, Som Patidar, Katia Shatoba, Thomas Brettell, Alex Palmer, Mark Doman and Lucy Sweeney
India will soon replace China as the world's most populous country. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a global superpower, but India will need to carefully manage the boom without revisiting its dark history of population control.
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When Robyn saw the news camera flash, she knew this photo would come back to haunt her
By Alex Palmer, Paul Donoughue, and Mon Schafter
What began one night in June, 1978, with a large crowd of partygoers ended in fear, arrests and brutal violence. This is an immersive 3D retelling of Australia's first Mardi Gras.
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From 'moonscape' to 'oasis', the pitfalls of controlling water in worsening climate extremes
By regional climate reporter Jess Davis, Mark Doman, Jack Fisher, Katia Shatoba and Alex Palmer
Tracing the epic journey of rivers from source to sea highlights the complexities of managing water in Australia as drought and flood extremes intensify.
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'Don't tell mum…': Inside the terrifying final journey of Gulf Livestock 1
An ABC investigation can reveal the owner of a ship that sank in a typhoon two years ago, killing 41 people, had repeated safety concerns flagged by maritime authorities and may have been operating while insolvent, according to auditors.
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'How did this happen?': Scientists gobsmacked by new data from Tonga volcano eruption
A team of scientists — with the help of an uncrewed boat remotely controlled from the UK – join forces to produce one of the clearest pictures to date of what took place underneath the water as an enormous volcano erupted near the Tongan mainland.
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'It's gut-wrenching': Old-growth forest logged just days after it was slated for immediate protection
By national science, technology and environment reporter Michael Slezak
It was described as 'the largest environmental protection policy' in Victoria's history, but shortly after the announcement parts of the state's old-growth forests were being logged.
When Sam Kerr honed her 'bat sonar', her goal scoring went into overdrive
Over the past 13 years, Sam Kerr's trajectory has paralleled the rise of women's football. Now she's a finalist in the Ballon d'Or, world football's most prestigious individual award. This dataset traces her evolution from nervous teen to goal-scoring superstar.
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Priced out: These maps show Australia's red zones of rental despair
Advertised house rents have hit record highs in 85 per cent of suburbs profiled in exclusive new data. These maps reveal the areas facing the biggest hikes in rent since the start of the pandemic.
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These 3D models take you inside the ruins of Ukraine's cultural treasures
Using laser scanners and drones, a team of volunteers travelled across Ukraine documenting the destruction of cultural sites. This is the data they collected.
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As their town in north-west Myanmar burned, a young doctor and his pregnant wife faced an impossible choice
Foreign Correspondent spent two weeks inside a resistance army's mountain stronghold as it waged war on Myanmar's military dictatorship.
Insurance costs are set to soar for thousands of Australians. These areas face the biggest hikes
/ By Inga Ting, Katia Shatoba, Alex Palmer, Thomas Brettell, and Bronwyn Herbert
One million households in Australia already face "extreme" levels of insurance stress, new research warns. Exclusive new data reveals how every council area ranks.
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Do you live in a 'millennial hub' or 'boomer base'? Census maps reveal what's special about your neighbourhood
From the remote town leading the nation on housework to the "man-drought" in our wealthiest suburbs, few datasets shine a light on our neighbourhoods quite like the census. See what's happening in yours.
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Gambling groups donated $18m to the states. One party came out far ahead
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One party comes out well in front, according to the first investigation to analyse gambling-related political payments across all seven state and territory databases.
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These maps show how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has stalled
Using satellite imagery, verified social media content and reporting from the ground, the ABC is tracking and mapping the key moments from the war in Ukraine.
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Buddy Franklin is a footy outlier and here's the data that proves it
An analysis of Lance Franklin's goal kicking reveals how he stacks up against the thousands of other players who have take the field in league football's history.