The debate for the future of NSW got fiery as Premier Dominic Perrottet and Opposition Leader Chris Minns swapped barbs during the first leaders' debate. 9News
to decide whether Labor or the Coalition will govern the state.
He accused Perrottet of "not listening" to frontline staff - saying that hospital beds had been cut in NSW but had increased in Queensland and Victoria.to receive our daily newsletters and breaking news alerts, sent straight to your inbox."You don't see the investments anywhere else in the country that you see in NSW."
Minns used the opportunity to attack Perrottet on the Coalition government's privatisation of public assets."The big problem with your plan is that once you've privatised everything the NSW government owns, how do you build infrastructure after that?"Perrottet repeatedly interjected to say "How would you pay for it?", finally prompting the Labor leader to say his government would rely on dividends from state-owned corporations to pay for infrastructure projects.
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