NSW election results 2023 LIVE updates: Labor majority remains in doubt as party falls behind in key seats; Premier says chief scientist likely to investigate fish deaths – Sydney Morning Herald

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the state election as the vote count continues.

My name is Angus Thomson, and I’ll be bringing you the latest news as it comes through this morning. Anthony Segaert will be joining me later in the day and taking you through to 6pm, while Matt Wade is on hand to call seats as results come through.

Goulburn, Holsworthy and Terrigal are the three remaining seats still to be called. Liberal candidates are ahead in all three, meaning Labor faces an uphill battle to grab the 47 seats required for majority government.

Thank you to everyone who submitted questions yesterday. We are working on answering them as they come through.

NSW Education Minister Prue Car says the government is considering whether phone-jamming technology similar to that used in prisons could be used to help fulfil Labor’s promise to ban students from using mobile phones in the state’s public high schools.

Car said the newly elected Minns government is considering a “range of options” for implementing the ban, and will look to states such as Victoria and South Australia who have successfully implemented phone restrictions.

But, Australia’s largest telecommunications companies have warned against using the phone-jamming technology in schools, saying it could disrupt services to nearby homes and businesses and block vital communications between students and parents.

“Any technology which disrupts the bands over which mobile base-stations transmit … is likely to also impact legitimate users adjacent to schools and in the surrounding community, as well as compromise important mobile-based services,” said Louise Hyland, chief executive of the Australian Mobile and Telecommunications Association (which represents Telstra, TPG and Optus).

Read more from Zoe Samios and Lucy Carroll here.