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.[4][1]
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.[5] She was elected as the youngest Labor member of the Legislative Council.[4] In 2021,she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation in the NSW Minns Shadow Cabinet.[6]
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