 Australian online political magazine Crikey.com gave Roberts the title, "Minister for Alan Jones".After Roberts was elected to Parliament in 2003, Flagship Communications acted on behalf of owners of the Orange Grove site.Former 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".