Nigel Gladstone
Investigative journalist
Nigel Gladstone is an investigative journalist at The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Education
Sydney private schools harness parent donations for scholarships
A Herald analysis of financial reports from more than 20 schools shows scholarship and bursary budgets have grown to a total value of more than $200 million.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Investigation
Domestic violence
He called himself The Destroyer and ransacked his partner’s home. Here’s how police took him down
Domestic violence is the biggest challenge facing NSW Police: they get 500 call-outs a day and spend up to 60 per cent of general duties dealing with the cases.
- by Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone
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Schools
School students missed more than 9 million days of learning last year. Here’s why
Attendance levels remain below pre-pandemic levels, while a third of public school students are leaving before finishing year 12.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
Breaking
Police
Multiple people killed in Bondi Junction stabbing attack
Six people have died in a stabbing spree at Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.
- by Sally Rawsthorne, Nigel Gladstone, Perry Duffin, Amber Schultz and Sarah McPhee
Analysis
Housing crisis
How the rental crisis ate its way into the middle class
Renters will prove a political powerhouse at the 2027 election. Will the Minns government have done enough to help them?
- by Max Maddison and Nigel Gladstone
Analysis
State Parliament
Nine marginal seats could cement Labor in power for a decade
There’s a very good reason the premier has full confidence in his housing blitz.
- by Max Maddison, Nigel Gladstone and Anthony Segaert
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Cycling
‘It shouldn’t take a kid to be killed’: Warning over bridge cycleway choke point
The southern Harbour Bridge bike ramp, promised in 2016, is still unbuilt, and parents at Fort Street public are in despair.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Analysis
Population
Which Sydney suburbs are bearing the brunt of the population surge?
Sydney’s population is booming overall, but half the city’s suburbs still have fewer people than before the COVID pandemic.
- by Matt Wade and Nigel Gladstone
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Education
Schools in wealthy areas claim more HSC exam help as provisions double in a decade
More than 44 per cent of students at high-fee private schools, including Redlands and The McDonald College, claimed HSC disability provisions last year.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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Education
The winners in radical shake-up of opportunity classes at Sydney schools
Lindfield East and Maroubra Junction Public are among the schools gaining new classes for gifted students, while others will have their OC intakes halved.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone