New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet was left stumped during his first televised debate with Opposition Leader Chris Minns before the NSW election on March 25.
a month ago and started in a slightly chaotic fashion after a fire alarm began ringing while the two leaders made their opening statements.
Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns have gone head to head in their first online debate. Image: 7NEWS Sydney. “I’m going to build as much infrastructure in as many places as soon as I possibly can. But I have to go into this election campaign honest with the people of this state and say I will not sell infrastructure in this state to build infrastructure. The Premier has a $50 billion infrastructure plan that is completely unfunded,” Mr Minns said.
“The Premier has been a constant advocate of asset recycling and privatisation his entire professional career, and yet we’re all expected to believe on the eve of an election campaign that privatisation is out?” Mr Minns asked.“We have ruled out privatisation here you make the decisions that suit the times,” Mr Perrottet replied.Later in the discussion, which aired on International Women’s Day, Mr Perrottet was unable to answer what percentage of Liberal candidates were female.
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