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Victoria students receive VCE results and Atar scores
Adeshola Ore
Ethan Bundle-Bell is among more than 65,000 Victorian students who will graduate with a Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) today.
At the same time, Victorian students will be the first in the country to receive Australian Tertiary Admission Rankings (Atar) scores, with the remaining states and territories to follow next week.
Bundle-Bell, a Gunditjmara and Butchulla man, became the first in his family to complete grade 12 after undertaking the vocational training program at Braybrook Secondary School in Melbourne’s west. The program is a practical and alternative way for students to obtain a high school certificate.
Although the group does not receive an Atar score, they receive their VCE and a statement of results.
They account for 9,777 of the record 65,586 students graduating with their VCEs this year, according to the state government.
You can find out more about Bundle-Bell’s alternative route to VCE here:
More than 15,300 students achieved at least a study score of 40 or higher, while 664 students achieved at least a maximum study score of 50.
Additionally, more than 1,150 students took the Victorian Pathways Certificate, which prepares students for future studies or entry into the workforce.
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Aukus meetings begin in Washington
Pete Hegseth He has launched a series of meetings with British and Australian defense counterparts in Washington aimed at advancing a major nuclear submarine-building and technology-sharing agreement between the three countries, known as Aukus.
“It’s great to meet Minister Hegseth and John Healey today,” the deputy prime minister and defense minister said. Richard Marles he told reporters.
Our focus was on delivery. As our governments came to power, we saw evaluations in each of our three countries. These were done and the absolute focus for all three countries was to use our systems to deliver the first pillar of Aukus to ensure that we do everything at full speed, that is, full throttle forward. President Donald Trump gave us this slogan: in terms of the delivery of submarines.
In column 2, we talked about how we can make sure we have the momentum we need to see collaboration around advanced technology. So there’s a really important meeting today. There’s a lot of energy and momentum around the distribution of Aukus, but this is a very important meeting, especially in the context of this being Minister Hegseth’s first meeting.
The agreement was first signed in 2021. The Pentagon recently determined that the agreement was in the national security interest of the United States.
This includes the sale of three US-built nuclear submarines to Australia from 2032.
To read Ben Doherty Analysis of where the deal stands now:
Treasury’s optimistic forecast for commercial investments
Patrick Komins
The Treasury believes business investment will grow twice as fast this financial year than previously forecast, according to extracts from next week’s mid-year budget.
National accounts figures showed an increase in spending by companies in the three months to September; The Australian Bureau of Statistics attributed this to “major data center investment in NSW and Victoria”.
Updated Treasury forecasts show business investment is expected to grow by 3% in 2025-26, compared to a pre-election forecast of 1.5%, before returning to the expected 1.5% pace in the next financial year.
“Construction of data centers has accelerated and the accompanying equipment buildout has increased sixfold in the past five years,” the documents state.
Non-mining investment growth was also significantly raised; The estimate for this fiscal year has increased from 1% to 4% in the latest estimates.
Jim Chalmers said the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook “will show that the private sector recovery we have planned and prepared for is really taking shape.”
Sarah Malick He also wrote about the anniversary of the riots. He was a young journalism student when he watched news footage of hundreds of young white men storming the beach.
Geographically, Bankstown’s Arab youths and Cronulla’s Shire boys were neighbours, but culturally, the consequences of violating West Side Story’s beach boundaries were clear. The beach riots of 2005 made international headlines. Patriots with Southern Cross tattoos marked their territory by scrawling “100% Australian pride” in the sand and popularizing the slogan: “You flew here, we grew up here.”
For a young feminist Muslim woman from Western Sydney who donned a hijab after moving out of home, it underlined every political nerve I balanced like a tightrope artist.
The rebellion myth that the beach is not for people like him is a myth he has given up. Read his thoughts here:
Today, December 11, marks 20 years since the Cronulla riots. Daisy Dumas recently looked at whether attitudes have changed in the decades since.
Some say Australia is still failing to tackle racism and fear social media is a more powerful tool than the text messages and talkback radio that galvanized rioters in Sydney in 2005. Read more here:
Victoria students receive VCE results and Atar scores
Adeshola Ore
Ethan Bundle-Bell is among more than 65,000 Victorian students who will graduate with a Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) today.
At the same time, Victorian students will be the first in the country to receive Australian Tertiary Admission Rankings (Atar) scores, with the remaining states and territories to follow next week.
Bundle-Bell, a Gunditjmara and Butchulla man, became the first in his family to complete grade 12 after undertaking the vocational training program at Braybrook Secondary School in Melbourne’s west. The program is a practical and alternative way for students to obtain a high school certificate.
Although the group does not receive an Atar score, they receive their VCE and a statement of results.
They account for 9,777 of the record 65,586 students graduating with their VCEs this year, according to the state government.
You can find out more about Bundle-Bell’s alternative route to VCE here:
More than 15,300 students achieved at least a study score of 40 or higher, while 664 students achieved at least a maximum study score of 50.
Additionally, more than 1,150 students took the Victorian Pathways Certificate, which prepares students for future studies or entry into the workforce.
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Victoria students’ Atar and study scores will be available online from 7am, marking the end of more than 13 years of education. They will be the first to receive their scores, and the remaining states and territories will follow next week.
Melbourne police have uncovered suspicious human remains while investigating the disappearance of a toddler more than a decade ago. We will have more details shortly and provide updates as they become available.
The Treasury believes business investment will grow twice as fast this financial year than previously forecast, according to extracts from next week’s mid-year budget.
We have more details and more economic news at 11.30am, including the latest unemployment figures.
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