Aug 23, 2026 · 20 min · 8 segments
In a speech that put meat on the bones of government ambitions for Australia to become AI makers rather than takers, Assistant Minister for the Digital Economy Dr Andrew Charlton last week outlined…
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[upbeat music] Direct from Parliament House in Canberra, join us as we discuss the most important stories in innovation and policymaking from the past week.

[upbeat music] Hello, welcome to the News Wrap for Friday the twenty-first of August.

I'm James Riley, joined again by the innovationaus.com editor, Justin Hendry, up in Sydney.
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[upbeat music] Direct from Parliament House in Canberra, join us as we discuss the most important stories in innovation and policymaking from the past week.

[upbeat music] Hello, welcome to the News Wrap for Friday the twenty-first of August.

I'm James Riley, joined again by the innovationaus.com editor, Justin Hendry, up in Sydney.