Analysis: Labor leader Chris Minns is not bypassing any chance to peddle his central campaign pitch: that Premier Dominic Perrottet will sell off the last of the state’s public assets, specifically Sydney Water. What has Perrottet actually said?
On the home stretch to polling day, Labor leader Chris Minns is not bypassing any chance to peddle his central campaign pitch: that Premier Dominic Perrottet will sell off the last of the state’s public assets, specifically Sydney Water.
The premier has repeatedly said he has “no plans” to privatise the state asset, but Minns says the claim cannot be trusted, urging voters to recall the Coalition’s 2019 election promise not to sell WestConnex. “At the last election, when it came to the sale of toll roads … the NSW treasurer said it was fake news. Just after the election was over, he sold it all off,” Minns said on Monday. “It’s the same record played at the same time before the next election.
It said a “partial or full sale of Sydney Water shareholding through an offer to buy shares” was among options analysed to fund future investments in critical water infrastructure.Credit:While Labor will say the three-year-old documents are the smoking gun that proves the Coalition government has actively considered privatisation, Perrottet has resolutely denied it.leaders debate: “No one has spoken about privatising Sydney Water except Labor,” he said. “We are not selling Sydney Water.
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