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Labor will provide $1bn in zero interest loans to help export-focused companies tap alternative markets as Australia seeks to loosen trade ties with the US in response to Donald Trump’s new tariffs. The lending facility would complement a separate government initiative to fund representative bodies of affected sectors “to secure and grow new markets”. The…

The number of videos online of child sexual abuse generated by artificial intelligence has surged as paedophiles have pounced on developments in the technology. The Internet Watch Foundation said AI videos of abuse had “crossed the threshold” of being near-indistinguishable from “real imagery” and had sharply increased in prevalence online this year. In the first…

Barack Obama made an impassioned pitch for Kamala Harris at a Philadelphia rally with Bruce Springsteen on Monday, telling voters: “It’s not just policies that are on the ballot, it’s who we are. “Whether this election is making you feel excited or scared, or hopeful, or frustrated, or anything in between: do not sit back,”…

New South Wales Labor has been accused of trying to minimise the impact of a once-in-a-generation drug reform summit amid last-minute changes and concern from experts over transparency. The long-promised NSW drug summit begins on Friday in the regional city of Griffith before hearings in Lismore and Sydney. All but the opening speeches in Griffith…