PM announces Fair Work Court, defends tax changes at ALP national conference

Speaking at the ALP national conference, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government will create a Fair Work Court. Follow all the updates in our live blog.Treasurer Jim Chalmers is up now, building the case for the government's poorly received budget measures aimed at shaping a fairer housing market for first home buyers.He says the government's reforms begin with a "simple, undeniable truth: there is an intergenerational crisis in housing"."Acknowledging that then presents us with two options: to deal with it, or to deny it," he says."But if we had left this problem for somebody else to fix, we would be consigning another generation to a broken housing market that has locked too many Australians, and particularly young Australians, out of housing for too long."Half a dozen Save Scott Reef protesters were outside the Adelaide Convention Centre this morning as well as about a dozen pro-Palestinian supporters who were seen banging on drums.Protests have so far been peaceful It's exactly what critics say this party conference is all about.At $100 a ticket for MPs and supporters, $50 for "staff and unwaged" and reportedly $1,000 for lobbyists, last night's gig also served as a handy Labor fundraiser, of which there will be several over the coming days.To dismiss this Labor conference as being nothing but theatrics, however, isn't entirely fair.Read the full story from national political lead David Speers in the link below.As we've been discussing, Labor members and heavyweights have descended on Adelaide for the start of the party's national conference.It's set to kick off within the hour