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Gambling
Why veterans want pokies clubs to remove ‘RSL’ from their names
RSL boss Mick Bainbridge made the call as analysis shows the $1.3 million that clubs donated to veteran welfare is about the same that one club donated to its own golf club.
- by Harriet Alexander, Andrew Taylor and Nigel Gladstone
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What do Greater Sydney’s council candidates really think? We asked all of them
We surveyed candidates across 34 LGAs before Saturday’s elections, and one topic dominated. See what your council candidates say in our interactive map.
- by Anthony Segaert, Nigel Gladstone, Kathleen Adele and Cindy Yin
Power outages as earthquake shakes the Hunter and Sydney
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has rumbled across the NSW Hunter region at a depth of about 5km early on Saturday morning, with more than 800 people across Sydney and NSW reporting the quake to Geoscience Australia.
- by Nigel Gladstone
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Crime
Video footage captures alleged stabbing attacker circling bloodied car
Wearing a white shirt covered in blood and cradling an injured arm, the suspect was filmed swearing at the bystanders before sprinting up a footpath pursued by a police officer.
- by Nigel Gladstone, Adam Pengilly, Clare Sibthorpe and Angus Dalton
Police called after brawl at under-13s rugby league game
An under-13s rugby league game in Bankstown descended into an ugly brawl as players and adults threw punches at each other.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Nine bushwalkers rescued in the Blue Mountains
The bushwalkers were rescued in two separate operations as NSW Police launched a new platform to link the community directly to police dispatchers and first responders in emergencies.
- by Nigel Gladstone
‘We have a few secrets up our sleeve’: The Sydney girls' school rising in the HSC charts
An analysis of HSC average scores shows all-girls fully selective and comprehensives outperform all-boys counterparts.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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HSC
Revealed: The state’s top schools for HSC English, maths and science
North Sydney Boys is the state’s top-ranked HSC school. But plenty of Sydney’s comprehensive schools are not far behind when subject averages are examined.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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HSC
Sydney’s top-ranked school has an HSC average subject score of 89.4. How does your school fare?
By band sixes or averages, North Sydney Boys is the state’s top school. A new analysis of HSC scores has shaken up the top five.
- by Lucy Carroll and Nigel Gladstone
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Domestic violence
Emma’s husband was a first-time DV offender. Her experience told a different story
When Emma’s husband hit her and dragged her along the floor, she stayed quiet. The next time it happened, she couldn’t be silent.
- by Clare Sibthorpe and Nigel Gladstone
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Domestic violence
The Sydney suburbs with the most alcohol-related domestic violence
The Herald has built an interactive map, pinpointing domestic violence incidents across the state’s local government areas over the past decade.
- by Heath Gilmore, Sally Rawsthorne and Nigel Gladstone