Labor National Conference LIVE updates: Day two of Adelaide event continues after moves on super for teenagers, Fair AI taskforce

Key PostsWelcome to our live coverageBy Good morning and welcome to day two of our live coverage of the Labor Party’s 50th national conference.Party faithful will today debate amendments to the party platform on gambling reform and Israel. The platform guides Labor policy, but changes will still need to be put to and passed through parliament to become law.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the conference on Thursday.Penny StephensYesterday, the party adopted amendments that would allow it to mandate superannuation for all teens, wind back mining tax credits and establish a Fair AI taskforce.The prime minister used the first day to announce a Fair Work Court designed to hasten industrial relations dispute resolution and the expansion of paid prac for allied health students.As if to emphasise the uncertain times setting the backdrop for this conference, overnight US President Donald Trump announced he would hit Australia with a 12.5 per cent tariff rate and threatened to launch a “massive attack” on Iran, plus the price of a barrel of oil surged back past $100 as Houthi rebels attacked Saudi ships.Latest Posts9.45amLabor invests another $4.6 billion into AUKUSBy Brittany BuschFederal funding for the development of nuclear-powered submarines in Adelaide will double, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has announced.Speaking ahead of the Labor Party national conference’s second day, Marles, who also holds the defence portfolio, said it was a crucial investment in AUKUS.Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles addressed the conference on Thursday.Dominic Lorrimer“This is another $4.6 billion, which adds to the $3.9 billion that was announced by the prime minister in February this year to build the submarine construction yard at the Osborne Naval Shipyard here in Adelaide,” Marles told ABC TV this morning.9.08amGrassroots push on green agenda faces resistanceBy Anthony Albanese’s allies are tempering the excitement of Labor’s grassroots by talking down the importance of new commitments to turbocharge the government’s green agenda, as the party gave itself licence to wind back contentious tax credits to miners.The sparring came on the first day of Labor’s national conference as the prime minister tried to position it as the natural party of government, rejecting hardline approaches and warning that “in every way that matters, the Liberals, Nationals and One Nation are already a coalition”.Despite the excitement among Left faction MPs and unionists, senior Labor MPs from resource states such as Queensland and Western Australia are privately staring down environmental advocates and insist that Labor is not about to embark on a radical green agenda outside its existing plans.Read more about what happened on the first day of the Labor Party’s 50th conference.9.08amEd Husic has taken on the role of Labor’s conscience. Will it last?By Paul Sakkal and Natassia ChrysanthosFormer minister Ed Husic has turned into the chief irritant within Labor’s caucus and, as this week’s national conference has highlighted, the lead advocate on nearly all the issues of importance to the Labor base: AUKUS, gas tax, Gaza, Indigenous reconciliation after the Voice.The Middle East conflict is one of the most animating issues. Yesterday, Husic said many people would agree with the term “apartheid” to describe Israeli policy toward Palestinians.Labor ministers are hoping for a moment of unity today that will settle the party’s position on the Gaza conflict: Melbourne MPs Josh Burns, who is Jewish, and Basem Abdo, who has Palestinian heritage, will speak together on the party’s wording. Both have been under huge pressure from their respective communities.Husic has threatened to intervene.Click here to read more from chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos.Welcome to our live coverageBy Good morning and welcome to day two of our live coverage of the Labor Party’s 50th national conference.Party faithful will today debate amendments to the party platform on gambling reform and Israel. The platform guides Labor policy, but changes will still need to be put to and passed through parliament to become law.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the conference on Thursday.Penny StephensYesterday, the party adopted amendments that would allow it to mandate superannuation for all teens, wind back mining tax credits and establish a Fair AI taskforce.The prime minister used the first day to announce a Fair Work Court designed to hasten industrial relations dispute resolution and the expansion of paid prac for allied health students.As if to emphasise the uncertain times setting the backdrop for this conference, overnight US President Donald Trump announced he would hit Australia with a 12.5 per cent tariff rate and threatened to launch a “massive attack” on Iran, plus the price of a barrel of oil surged back past $100 as Houthi rebels attacked Saudi ships.1 of 1