Paul Scully (Australian politician)

The Honourable
Paul Scully
MP
Minister for Planning and Public Spaces
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 April 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byAnthony Roberts (as Minister for Planning)
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
for Wollongong
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 November 2016
Preceded byNoreen Hay
Personal details
BornWollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseAlison Byrnes
ResidenceWollongong[1]
Websitewww.paulscullymp.com.au

Paul Scully is an Australian politician who has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 12 November 2016, representing the seat of Wollongong for the Labor Party,[2] since the by-election to replace Noreen Hay.[3] He is currently the Minister for Planning and Public Spaces from April 2023.[4]

Before his election, Scully was chief operating officer of the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials at the University of Wollongong.[5] He is married to Alison Byrnes, the member for Cunningham since the 2022 federal election.[6]

  1. ^ "Candidates - The Legislative Assembly District of Wollongong". elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mr Paul Scully". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Wollongong: Two candidate preferred results". Electoral Commission New South Wales. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Minns Labor Government full ministry". NSW Government. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ^ Tonkin, Shannon (18 September 2016). "NSW Labor leader Luke Foley declares by-election candidate Paul Scully 'future of Wollongong'". Illawarra Mercury. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Labor candidate Alison Byrnes launches campaign for Illawarra seat of Cunningham". ABC Illawarra. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.