Police search for sports coach after colleague’s body found at CBD school
Police were called to St Andrew’s Cathedral School just before midnight and found the body of Lilie James, a water polo coach in her early 20s. Police are searching the eastern suburbs for her colleague, also a sports coach at the school.
- by Jordan Baker and Olivia Ireland
Latest
Anxiety, ADHD, ‘snowplough parents’: Behind our worsening school discipline crisis
Australian classrooms are more disorderly than ever – prompting an intensifying debate about how to control bad behaviour.
- by Jordan Baker
Hungry, thirsty, desperate: An Australian family’s struggle to survive in Gaza
They queue for four hours for food, collect bore water in jerry cans and try desperately to distract the children from the sound of explosions.
- by Jordan Baker
Families camp at border fearing airstrikes as 45 Australians remain trapped in Gaza
An Australian family trying to flee Gaza has followed the government’s instructions. Now they are camped at the Egypt border awaiting answers.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Jordan Baker
‘Heinous crimes’: Twitter fined $600,000 over child safety failures
The eSafety Commissioner said proactive detection of child abuse fell from 90 to 75 per cent over the three months after billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X).
- by Jordan Baker
Analysis
Voice to parliament
A tale of three Sydneys: The suburbs deeply divided on Yes and No
Analysis of every Sydney seat shows the electorate responded to the Voice referendum in wildly different ways.
- by Matt Wade and Jordan Baker
‘It hit me with a thud’: The moment Jessica Rudd realised how naive she’d been
Jessica Rudd admits she led a life of privilege until she had children, when she realised how the inequality built into the childcare system hurt working women
- by Jordan Baker
Exclusive
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘We may die at any time’: Australian family stuck in Gaza pleads for help
An Australian family, including two children, are stuck in Gaza and fear for their lives as their food runs out, their phones lose battery and buildings are bombed next door.
- by Jordan Baker
Pro-Palestine protesters planning second rally despite police warnings
Activists say they will rally in Sydney on Sunday, as Australian Muslim groups urge mosques to be illuminated with the colours of the Palestinian flag.
- by Alexandra Smith, Jordan Baker and Michael McGowan
One life for 1000: The cruel arithmetic of Hamas hostage taking
Israel puts a premium on the lives of its citizens. With perhaps dozens of them in enemy territory and at risk of public execution, it faces diabolical decisions.
- by Jordan Baker
For decades, passersby would peer into Nicolas’ shop. Nobody knew the real story behind the iconic milk bar
The mysterious owner of Stanmore’s stuck-in-time Olympia Milk Bar has fascinated many, and scared others. Now, upon his death, his story can be revealed.
- by Jordan Baker and Garry Maddox