{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Courtney Houssos | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | honorific_suffix = MLC | image = | caption = | office1 = Minister for Finance | term_start1 = 5 April 2023 | term_end1 = | premier1 = Chris Minns | predecessor1 = Dominic Perrottet | office2 = Minister for Natural Resources | term_start2 = 5 April 2023 | term_end2 = | premier2 = Chris Minns | predecessor2 = Kevin Anderson <small>(as Minister for Lands and Water)</small> | successor2 = | office3 = Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement | term_start3 = 28 September 2023 | term_end3 = | premier3 = Chris Minns | predecessor3 = ''new portfolio'' | office4 = Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | term_start4 = 28 March 2015 | predecessor4 = Amanda Fazio | successor4 = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|16|1998}}<ref name=inaugural/> | birth_place = Forster, New South Wales, Australia | birth_name = Courtney Roche | death_date = | death_place = | party = Labor Party | education = Forster High School | alma_mater = University of New South Wales | spouse = George Houssos | children = One daughter and one son | website = | footnotes = | occupation = }} '''Courtney Houssos''' (born 1981 or 1982) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since the 2015 state election.<ref name="NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=130 |name=The Hon. Courtney Houssos, MLC |former= |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> She is currently the Minister for Finance, Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement and Natural Resources in the Minns government.
Houssos was born Courtney Roche in Forster, New South Wales. She was educated at Forster High School. She later studied for a Bachelor of Arts in international relations at the University of New South Wales, where she met her future husband, George Houssos. At university, she entered student politics as a member of the student representative council protesting against university fee reform, and continued in politics as the first female Labor Party organiser for country New South Wales.<ref name=gladvocate>{{cite news|title=Maiden speech reflects on growing up in Forster|url=http://www.greatlakesadvocate.com.au/story/3103458/maiden-speech-reflects-on-growing-up-in-forster/|accessdate=29 May 2015|work=Great Lakes Advocate|date=26 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=inaugural>{{cite Hansard |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/member/files/130/Inaugural%20speech%20-%20Courtney%20Houssos.pdf |title=Inaugural speech |speaker=Courtney Houssos |jurisdiction=NSW |house=Legislative Council |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=7 April 2019 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407105840/https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/member/files/130/Inaugural%2520speech%2520-%2520Courtney%2520Houssos.pdf |date=7 April 2019 }}</ref>
In 2014, the New South Wales Labor Party removed Amanda Fazio from the party's upper house ticket at the 2015 state election, and Houssos was preselected to replace her.<ref name=smh>{{cite news|title=Dumped Amanda Fazio lashes Sussex Street for 'appalling behaviour'|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/dumped-amanda-fazio-lashes-sussex-street-for-appalling-behaviour-20140702-zstax.html|accessdate=29 May 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 July 2014}}</ref> She was elected as the youngest Labor member of the Legislative Council.<ref name=gladvocate /> In 2021, she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation in the NSW Minns Shadow Cabinet.<ref>{{cite web |title=NSW Shadow Ministry |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/Pages/shadow-ministry.aspx |website=Parliament of NSW |access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref>
In June 2023, The Daily Telegraph raised concerns over claims of a conflict of interest for Houssos involving her husband, George Houssos, who is employed as a lobbyist for the insurance industry. Houssos and Premier Chris Minns denied that there was a conflict of interest.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Doherty |first1=James |title=NSW Minister for insurance regulator married to insurance industry peak body |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw-minister-for-insurance-regulator-married-to-insurance-industry-peak-body/news-story/d64c0ebb9614b6fd76cc7cee5c62b8be |access-date=9 August 2025 |work=The Daily telegraph |date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230616073759/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw-minister-for-insurance-regulator-married-to-insurance-industry-peak-body/news-story/d64c0ebb9614b6fd76cc7cee5c62b8be#selection-629.0-629.76 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Subscription required}}</ref> She was appointed as Minister for Domestic Manufacturing and Government Procurement in September 2023.
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