Senate debates
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Artificial Intelligence
2:37 pm
David Pocock (ACT, Independent) | Hansard source
Minister, I'm interested, if you think it's a problem that—it doesn't sound like you've read the assistant minister's speech, but he says:
… the most urgent economic question before us is how Australia remains a first-rank nation in a world shaped by AI.
I think many people would agree with that. Why is Mr Charlton not a full cabinet minister? Why do we have an assistant minister in charge of AI, given the importance of it?
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