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The Prime Minister’s special envoy for cyber security and digital resilience Andrew Charlton says the path to prosperity lies in digitising the national economy, and that Australia’s “meal ticket” will be built in the global digital economy over the next several decades. On a night dominated by policy presentations focused on the impact of artificial intelligence at the Tech Policy Design Institute’s Tech Futures event at Parliament House on Monday evening, Dr Charlton said there was an opportunity to build a “generation of prosperity” through digitisation. “The Hawke and Keating governments signed up Australia to the international economy. They internationalised us, they set up a generation of prosperity,” Dr Charlton said.

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The article highlights Australia's strategic direction toward digitizing its economy as a pathway to sustained prosperity. At an event by the Tech Policy Design Institute, Andrew Charlton, the Prime Minister's envoy for cybersecurity, emphasized the potential for AI to drive economic growth within the context of global digital shifts. This stance builds on historical economic integration strategies but reflects contemporary digital transformations. Though the article addresses AI's role in economic futures, it largely focuses on economic impacts rather than direct AI safety or governance issues.

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