Australia news live: federal election 2025 results; AEC and Senate vote count continues today – latest update
Tim Wilson speaks after claiming victory in Goldstein
Tim Wilson is speaking live after claiming a Liberal victory for Goldstein over independent Zoe Daniel:
The reality is, three years ago we were written off …
I’m very proud, genuinely very proud to say that we are pleased to accept that we have won the seat of Goldstein back for the Liberal party.
Key events
Caitlin Cassidy
More than 25% of Australian school students receive educational adjustments for a disability
More than a quarter of school students receive an educational adjustment due to their disability, new data from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (Acara) shows.
Disability adjustments are actions taken in schools to enable students to better access and participate in education, such as providing larger print materials, visual aids or allowing students extended time to complete assessments.
The 2024 data, updated on Wednesday, found just over 1 million students were provided an adjustment, representing 25.7% of total enrolments. It was up from 24.2% in 2023 and 18% in 2015.
Some 2.5% of all school students were provided extensive adjustments to help them participate on the same basis as others, while 4.7% were given substantial support, 11% were offered supplementary support and 7.3% were supported through “quality differentiated teaching practices”.
The majority of students who received an adjustment were due to a cognitive disability (53.9%), followed by a socio-emotional disability (35%), a physical disability (8.6%) and sensory disability (2.5%).
Valerie the miniature dachshund reunited with owners
After 529 days on the run, Australia’s favourite fugitive has been reunited with her owners. People have been trying to find Valerie the miniature dachshund since she went missing in November 2023, when her owners, New South Wales couple Georgia Gardner and Josh Fishlock, were holidaying at Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia
Here’s the video:
Nick Evershed
More seat counting
The count in Bradfield, NSW between the independent Nicolette Boele and the Liberal Gisele Kapterian is extremely close and will likely require a full count of the absent, provisional, declaration and postal votes before a decision can be made.
