[5] From 2006, he spent seven years working as a tax lawyer with the firm Blake Dawson Waldron (later acquired by Ashurst Australia) where he was a senior associate.

[5] In 2008, Sukkar suffered a cardiac arrest while playing basketball, and was treated by a nurse and anaesthetist who were at the game and an off-duty paramedic who was nearby.

[12] At the 2016 federal election, Sukkar increased his margin by 2.5 points, the Liberal Party's largest swing in Victoria.

[16] Labor MP Tim Watts said in response that the remarks showed the Coalition was "back to where Joe Hockey started on housing affordability".

[23] However, Scott Morrison defeated both figures, becoming Prime Minister leaving Sukkar on the back benches.

[27] Sukkar was accused of branch stacking, of which he was cleared of "serious misuse" of Commonwealth funds when it moved to formal investigation.

[36] In August 2020, there were allegations that Sukkar misused his taxpayer-funded staff for branch stacking and smear campaigns.

Sukkar referred himself to the Finance Department for an investigation, and in October 2020 it was found that there was an insufficient basis to reach a finding of serious misuse of money or resources.

[38] Upon the defeat of the Coalition, he was appointed as the Shadow Minister for Social Services by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in June of that year.

[51] Sukkar is a fan of soccer, and attended the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Australia and Iran when he was 15 years old.