Digital Economy ALP Cabinet, Caucus & Ministry.
JOURNALIST:
Will Andrew Charlton have a voice in Cabinet as Cabinet Secretary? Or is he just a more passive role there?
PRIME MINISTER: No, no, Cabinet Secretary is an administrative role, but they obviously have an important role to play in determining the Cabinet agenda, in liaising with the Prime Minister's Office making sure working across government.
Andrew Charlton is very experienced as a Sherpa at various international conferences. I saw firsthand the work that he's done at the G20 meeting that was held in London, I think it was in 2009 at the height of the Global Financial Crisis.
He is, I think, exceptionally qualified to do that and I think he'll play a really important role there. His policy role will be not that, to not go across all of the portfolios.
His policy role will be to particularly work with Tim Ayres in the industry area on new technology, AI, all of that impact that it's going to have on the nature of work and the changing nature of our economy.
And I think Andrew will be a contributor there.
