Anthony Roberts
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| Assumed office 22 March 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kerry Chikarovski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 1970 Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | University of Technology, Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony John Roberts (born 19 April 1970[1]) is an Australian politician. Roberts is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Lane Cove for the Liberal Party since 2003.[1] He is the longest-serving Member of the Legislative Assembly and so holds the honorary title of "Father of the House."
He was a senior minister in the
Before entering politics, Roberts was a director of the public relations firm Flagship Communications.[2]
Early life
Roberts was elected to
Political adviser
Between 1992 and 1996, Roberts was employed as an adviser to the
Orange Grove accusations
After Roberts was elected to parliament in 2003, Flagship Communications acted on behalf of owners of the Orange Grove site.[7] Then NSW Premier Bob Carr claimed in 2004 that, "there appeared to be a warm relationship between Gazcorp and Mr Roberts, evidenced by a stream of faxes and emails giving the Liberal MP questions to ask of the Labor Party about the factory outlet".[8] On 14 September 2004, Roberts said in Parliament that he had ceased being a director of Flagship Communications prior to being elected to Parliament and had never received any payment from Flagship Communications.[9]
Political career
Roberts left Howard's office when he was elected as the Member for Lane Cove in 2003, following the retirement of Kerry Chikarovski.[1] Roberts was re-elected in 2007, increasing his margin from 3.2 points to 12.4 points.
In May 2008, Roberts was appointed to the
On 24 April 2010 Roberts was unanimously endorsed by the Liberal Party to contest the 2011 state election. He was re-elected to Lane Cove with a swing of 13.4 points and won the seat with 77.3 per cent of the
Minister (2011-2023)
On 3 April 2011, subsequent to the state election, Roberts was appointed as the
Following the resignation of Mike Baird as Premier,
He was
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "The Hon Anthony John Roberts, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- Legislative Council of New South Wales. 10 September 2004. Archived from the original(PDF) on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "To dream the unthinkable". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 September 2004.
- ISBN 978-1-74175-156-7.
- ^ McClymont, Kate; McMahon, Neil; Ricketson, Matthew (23 October 2006). "Write again: Jones and his potent pen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Mitchell, Alex (12 May 2008). "Debnam resigns over NSW electricity privatisation". Crikey. Private Media Pty Limited. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Mitchell, Alex (26 September 2004). "Lowys told to appear at inquiry". The Sun-Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Davies, Anne (15 September 2004). "Orange Grove owner is PM's landlord". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Designer Outlets Centre, Liverpool, Closure (Personal Explanation)". Hansard – New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Parliament of New South Wales. 14 September 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ Green, Antony (5 April 2011). "Lane Cove". NSW Votes 2011. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ^ Gerathy, Sarah (9 December 2013). "Anthony Roberts appointed NSW Resources, Energy and Special Minister for State". ABC News. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Barry O'Farrell quits as NSW Premier over memory fail". The Australian. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Nicholls, Sean (22 April 2014). "Mike Baird's cabinet reshuffle a preparation for next election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Mike Baird's NSW cabinet". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Jacques, Owen (19 January 2017). "Baird resigns: NSW Premier to quit top job and Parliament". The Satellite. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Swearing-In of The Honourable Gladys Berejiklian MP, the 45th Premier of New South Wales, and The Honourable John Barilaro MP, Deputy Premier". Vice Regal Program. Governor of New South Wales. 23 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Ministers". www.parliament.nsw.gov.au. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ Clennell, Andrew (26 January 2017). "Premier Gladys Berejiklian plans major reshuffle for cabinet". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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