NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has refused to call for Dominic Perrottet to resign over revelations he wore a Nazi costume to his 21st birthday.
Labor leader Chris Minns has refused to call for Dominic Perrottet’s resignation after the premier revealed, saying it was up to the people of NSW to make up their own minds on the bombshell delivered two months before a state election.
“I think the people of New South Wales will make decisions based on the many other issues that the political debate and fight is about,” he said. “I’m not going to offer a running commentary in relation to it. My view is pretty straightforward. It was obviously a big mistake, he’s made an apology. I thought that the apology was sincere.”to his 21st birthday after a conversation with Transport Minister David Elliott and apologised for what he described as a grave and terrible mistake.
The premier made the apology after the issue was brought to his attention by Elliott, who is retiring from NSW parliament after he failed to convince Perrottet’s conservative faction to back his preselection.Minns said that, while voters will make their own decision, the way the revelations came to light hinted at deep divisions within the Liberal Party.
Asked for his view on Perrottet wearing a Nazi uniform two decades ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: “Well, that’s a matter for him.
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