Andrew Charlton
Andrew Charlton | |
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Charlton in 2018 | |
| Cabinet Secretary | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Preceded by | Mark Dreyfus |
| Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Albanese |
| Minister | Tim Ayres |
| Preceded by | Tim Ayres (as Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Parramatta | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Julie Owens |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 September 1978 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Party | Labor |
| Spouse | Phoebe Arcus |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Knox Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney (BEc) Oxford University (MEc, PhD) |
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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 which would later be acquired by Accenture.