Anoulack Chanthivong (born 20 July 1977) is an Australian politician who was elected to the

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as the member for Macquarie Fields for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Chanthivong was born in

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and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Raby. He was a Campbelltown City Councillor and was mayor from 2011 to 2012. On 11 June 2021, Chanthivong was appointed to the Minns Shadow Ministry, under the portfolios of

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, Industry & Trade. After the

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, Chanthivong was sworn into the Minns ministry as Minister for Building,

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, Innovation, Science, Technology, Better Regulation, Fair Trading, Industry and Trade.

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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Chanthivong, Anoulack 1977 births Living people Laotian emigrants to Australia Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly University of Sydney alumni Alumni of the London School of Economics Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian politicians Australian politicians of Asian descent Australian people of Laotian descent Ministers for corrections (New South Wales) Ministers for better regulation and fair trading