Live: Gambling the focus at second day of Labor National Conference

live Federal politics live: Gambling the focus at second day of Labor National Conference A push to strengthen the government's action to reduce gambling harm will be the focus of the second day of Labor's National Confernece Follow all the updates in our live blog. Submit a comment or question Live updates Fri 24 Jul 2026 at 7:10am Anthony Albanese calls new UK PM Andy Burnham Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the United Kingdom's newly minted PM Andy Burnham to congratulate him on taking the top job. Burnham rose to the UK's top political office on Monday, after a weeks-long process to replace Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader. The pair discussed AUKUS, boosting trade and economic investment and the federal government's under 16s social media ban. They also discussed the conflict in the Middle East and the government's approach to artificial intelligence. Fri 24 Jul 2026 at 7:00am Good morning 👋 Hello and welcome to the federal politics live blog! It's great to have you join us on this chilly Friday morning. I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news. Shipyards which are set to construct Australia's fleet of AUKUS submarines will receive a $4.6 billion funding boost for expansion. And we're entering the second day of Labor's National Conference in Adelaide where we expect gambling to be the focus. Let's get right into the day and see what today brings us in the unpredictable world of politics!! Loading