This Sydney school science lab has shut down until there is money to fix it. How did it come to this?

The problems at one northern beaches school are just the tip of the iceberg as the state education system grapples with budget cuts and frozen funds.

• byLucy Carroll

Low-density luxury development exacerbates housing crisis

I doubt the premier’s housing plan envisaged the demolition of 28 smaller relatively low-cost units and their replacement with 22 large,luxurious and costly apartments.