Labor National Conference LIVE updates: Gas tax, AI on agenda as PM set to address party’s 50th National Conference in Adelaide

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Labor Party’s 50th national conference.

The three-day triennial convention, which will serve as a launchpad for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s 2028 election bid, will see Labor insiders hash out what should be adopted into, or dropped from, the party policy platform.

While there are internal fears that the historically pugnacious affair has been too tightly stage-managed, expect to still see some debate.

Labor will lay the groundwork for a striking set of green energy moves including winding back tax credits for miners, while ministers have been downplaying the prospect of a tax on gas exports ahead of a fight on the popular proposal at the conference.

Former close allies have clashed after Labor dropped a call for listed terror group Hamas to disarm from its draft policy platform, jeopardising a plan for Jewish and Palestinian MPs to present a united front around the proposal.

Albanese has been toughening up his language on AI as unions prepare to push for greater worker protections.

And all against the backdrop of a surging populist movement in Australia. Stay with us as we bring you all the most important updates.