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Anthony Roberts

The Honourable
Anthony Roberts
MP
Anthony Roberts 2016.jpg
Roberts in 2016
Minister for Planning
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by Rob Stokes
Minister for Housing
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by Brad Hazzard
Special Minister of State
Assumed office
30 January 2017
Premier Gladys Berejiklian
Preceded by new portfolio
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Lane Cove
Assumed office
22 March 2003
Preceded by Kerry Chikarovski
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy
In office
2 April 2015 – 30 January 2017
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
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
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
Premier Barry O'Farrell
Preceded by Virginia Judge
Succeeded by Stuart Ayres
Personal details
Born (1970-04-19) 19 April 1970 (age 47)
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.


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