The Honourable Anthony Roberts MP |
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Roberts in 2016
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Minister for Planning | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | Rob Stokes |
Minister for Housing | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | Brad Hazzard |
Special Minister of State | |
Assumed office 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Gladys Berejiklian |
Preceded by | new portfolio |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Lane Cove |
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Assumed office 22 March 2003 |
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Preceded by | Kerry Chikarovski |
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy | |
In office 2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017 |
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Premier | Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Himself (as Minister for Resources and Energy) |
Succeeded by |
Don Harwin (as the Minister for Resources) Niall Blair (as the Minister for Trade and Industry) |
Minister for Resources and Energy | |
In office 9 December 2013 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier |
Barry O'Farrell Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Chris Hartcher |
Succeeded by | Himself (as Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy) |
Special Minister of State | |
In office 9 December 2013 – 2 April 2015 |
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Premier | Barry O'Farrell Mike Baird |
Preceded by | Chris Hartcher |
Succeeded by | portfolio abolished |
Minister for Fair Trading | |
In office 3 April 2011 – 9 December 2013 |
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Premier | Barry O'Farrell |
Preceded by | Virginia Judge |
Succeeded by | Stuart Ayres |
Personal details | |
Born | 19 April 1970 |
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
Website | Parliamentary webpage |
Anthony John Roberts MP (born 19 April 1970), an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Planning, the Minister for Housing, and the Special Minister of State since January 2017 in the Berejiklian government. Roberts is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lane Cove for the Liberal Party since 2003.
He has previously served as the is the former Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy between 2015 and 2017 in the second Baird government; as the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Special Minister of State, between 2013 and 2015 in the first Baird government; and as the Minister for Fair Trading in the O'Farrell government.
Roberts was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Technology, Sydney.
In 1998, Roberts was deployed as part of the Australian Reserves to Bougainville as part of Operation Bel Isi. This operation required Australian forces to monitor a ceasefire on the island following years of civil unrest.