Ministerial diary of the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy for May 2026

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This FOI release is the May 2026 ministerial diary of the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton, drawn from FOI 300648. It records confirmed and held appointments, with many entries partly redacted under s22 and s47F. The entries cover AI-related events and meetings, including a Deadly Coders and IBM SkillsBuild partnership launch, a UTS speech on backing Australian AI, an AI procurement roundtable, an AI data centres meeting with parliamentary committees, and an AI resilience and safety roundtable with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minderoo. Industry engagements include Amazon, Anthropic, Optus, TechnologyOne, and the Tech Council's new CEO. A UK MOU signing on AI and online safety is scheduled for 25 May. The diary contains no funding figures, programme assessments or internal risk analysis.