Hon Anoulack Chanthivong MP

Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade,
Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building,
Minister for Corrections

After moving to Australia from Laos with his parents at a young age, Anoulack grew up in and around the Southwest Sydney suburb of Raby.

On the weekends and after school, Anoulack helped out at his family’s small grocery store where he learnt the value of hard work and the challenges of small business.

Anoulack completed a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Sydney and later undertook postgraduate studies in economics and public administration at the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics.

Before entering Parliament as the as Member for Macquarie Fields in 2015, Anoulack worked as an economist and served as a councillor at Campbelltown City Council, where he later became Mayor.

Following the election of the Minns Labor Government in March 2023, Anoulack was appointed Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building and Minister for Corrections.

Anoulack and his wife continue to live in Southwest Sydney with their two children.