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Andrew Charlton
House of Representatives · Australian Labor Party · Labor Right
Biography
Andrew Henry George Charlton (born 26 September 1978) is an Australian politician and economist who has served as the Cabinet Secretary and the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy since 2025. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Parramatta since 2022. Charlton has been described in the media as a "centrist, evidence-based, data-driven economist with entrepreneurial flair". He is the author of several books on economics including Fair Trade for All which he co-authored with Joseph Stiglitz. From 2007 to 2010, he worked as the chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, before founding his own consultancy firm…
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- Date of birth
- 1978-09-26
- Place of birth
- Sydney, Australia
- APH identifier
- I8M
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Chris Bowen · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Karen Grogan · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Jana Stewart · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Alison Byrnes · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Cassandra Fernando · Shared faction: Labor RightWikipedia (opens in a new tab)
- Carina Garland · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Richard Dowling · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Joanne Ryan · Shared party: Australian Labor PartyParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 13 May 2025–presentCabinet Secretary
- 13 May 2025–presentAssistant Minister — for — Science, Technology and the Digital Economy
Committee service
- 3 August 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Select — Workforce Australia Employment Services
- 28 July 2022–presentJoint Standing — Treaties
- 28 July 2022–presentHouse of Representatives Standing — Economics
Qualifications
- 1 January 2005–presentPhD Econ
- 1 January 2003–presentMEc
- 1 January 2000–presentBEc
Occupations
- 1 January 2020–1 January 2022Managing Director of Accenture from 2020 to 2022.
- 1 January 2015–1 January 2020Founder and Managing Director of AlphaBeta from 2015 to 2020.
- 1 January 2010–1 January 2014General Manager at Wesfarmers from 2010 to 2014.
- 1 January 2008–1 January 2010Senior Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister and G20 Sherpa from 2008 to 2010.
- 1 January 2005–1 January 2008Research Fellow at the London School of Economics from 2005 to 2008.
- 1 January 2003–1 January 2003Analyst for the United Nations Development Programme, 2003.