Nick Ralston
Nick Ralston is the deputy editor and investigations editor for The Sydney Morning Herald. He has previously spent time as news editor, justice editor and world editor.
Fifteen people died at Bondi - this is how they lived
The Herald has published a special tribute to the 15 people who lost their lives in the Bondi terrorist shooting - sharing deeply moving accounts not of how they died, but how they lived.
- Nick Ralston
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New shoes, old debates and the great kindergarten gamble
From education to politics and the NRL, there’s plenty to talk about as Sydney heads back to school and work.
- Nick Ralston
Our city is forever changed, but there is some light in the darkness
As Sydney tries to find a way to heal from the Bondi shootings, there is some comfort in the acts of courage and selflessness that have emerged.
- Nick Ralston
The news story the eyes of the world will be watching
Most adults want it; teens say it won’t work. As Australia’s pioneering social media ban for under-16s comes into force, the world, and the Herald, will be scrutinising its impact.
- Nick Ralston
A year ago it was a ‘national crisis’. Now it struggles to get a mention
It seems absurd that, during an election campaign where politicians are selling us their vision for the future, confronting violence against women has not been more prominent.
- Nick Ralston
Donald Trump’s shadow finally shifts off the federal campaign
Halfway through the campaign, the focus has moved to local issues, and there is no bigger issue affecting people across Sydney than the housing crisis.
- Nick Ralston
Trump inauguration as it happened: Donald Trump signs flurry of executive orders after being sworn in as 47th US president in Washington DC
Donald Trump, who has overcome impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts will this morning be sworn in as the 47th US president.
- Nick Ralston and Jessica McSweeney
‘Shallowness of the American people’: Alleged killer Luigi Mangione’s looks spark debate
The brazen killing of a chief executive in New York prompted widespread debate about corporate greed. Now debate has shifted to those obsessed with the alleged killer’s looks.
- Nick Ralston
Eight detained by police over Laos backpacker deaths: local media
Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying from suspected methanol poisoning.
- Zach Hope and Nick Ralston
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Police ordered back to hostel at centre of Australian poisoning tragedy
The manager of a Laos backpacker hostel served shots of local vodka to Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones but denies that his drinks made them sick.
- Zach Hope and Nick Ralston