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The sprawling technology has become a subject of intense debate within Labor’s inner sanctum.

Australia has escaped the brunt of Trump’s new tariff rates for now, with the White House moving to hold Australia’s tariff rate at 10 per cent. Follow live.

But the corporate tax rate would be slashed to 20 per cent for small and medium companies under a new Productivity Commission recommendation.

The regional centre’s population has slumped by almost 20 per cent over the past two decades. Without taxpayer help, that will be just the start, locals fear.

AI regulation will be the union’s key demand to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ economic reform round table in August.

Australian exporters may face tariffs of 15 to 20 per cent, with the government yet to strike a deal and President Donald Trump flagging a new, higher baseline.