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Water safety
Missing boy swept off rocks identified as search continues on Central Coast
A large-scale sea and air search has resumed after a 15-year-old was swept off a rock shelf on Tuesday.
- by Billie Eder, Riley Walter and Nigel Gladstone
Latest
The state’s top schools for HSC mathematics revealed
Epping Boys High had its highest share of maths students achieving marks above 90 on record, while Abbotsleigh and Meriden were among the top private all-girls schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Exclusive
HSC
The low-fee Sydney schools that outrank expensive rivals in the HSC
Schools including St Clare’s in Waverley and Parramatta Marist High are outperforming high-fee private schools.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
The top schools for HSC English revealed
Eastern suburbs private girls’ school Kambala was the best school for the subject in the 2024 HSC. Here’s how they did it.
- by Christopher Harris and Nigel Gladstone
North Sydney Boys goes back-to-back atop the HSC rankings
The race between North Sydney Boys and James Ruse was close, while a private school has surged into third.
- by Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone, Christopher Harris, Nick Newling and Anthony Segaert
The top student in every HSC subject revealed
Sydney Grammar has scooped eight first-in-course awards, while Knox and Pymble Ladies’ College were not far behind. Search the list for the top student in every course.
- by Lucy Carroll, Nigel Gladstone and Christopher Harris
Police use road spikes to end car chase after stabbing death
Police were forced to use road spikes to stop a man who had fled the scene in a ute after an alleged stabbing in northern NSW.
- by Nigel Gladstone
‘Absolute humidity’: Sydney’s muggy weather set to end
Sydney’s “low-intensity heatwave” is set to end on Sunday, with warnings of severe thunderstorms in the city cancelled.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Revealed: The state’s top primary and high school performers in NAPLAN 2024
Public schools St Ives North and Oakhill Drive achieved similar overall score results to high-fee private girls schools Kambala and Ravenswood.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
The booming areas that will bear the brunt of NSW’s population surge
The number of residents living outside Sydney will spiral higher in the next two decades, triggering calls for infrastructure to keep up with growing demand.
- by Megan Gorrey and Nigel Gladstone
Will your suburb shrink or grow? These charts have the answer
Sydney will add about 1 million people by 2041. Here’s where they’ll end up.
- by Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
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