 He has previously served as the Minister for Planning, the Minister for Housing, and the Special Minister of State from 2017 until 2019 in the first Berejiklian ministry; and the 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.Prior to entering politics, Roberts was a director of the public relations firm Flagship Communications.Roberts was educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview and the University of Technology, Sydney.