The revelation about the 2003 party is likely to hurt the Coalition’s chances at a general election in March.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet admitted on Thursday to wearing a Nazi-themed costume to his 21st birthday party in 2003, news likely to hurt his party’s chances at a general election in March.Rhett Wyman
Mr Perrottet, a member of the Liberal’s conservative faction, said he wore a black outfit and a swastika. Radio host Chris O’Keefe, in an interview with Mr Perrottet on 2GB, said he had been told earlier in the week that a photograph existed of Mr Perrottet in the outfit, and had sought clarification from Mr Perrottet’s office.He then asked Mr Perrottet if he disclosed the information because: “You thought someone was going to put it on the front of a newspaper, or a radio station or on television?”Auschwitz survivor Lotte Weiss’s camp photographs in the Sydney Jewish Museum.
Hindu leader Surinder Jain and NSW Jewish Board of Deputies chief executive Darren Bark with a Hindu swastika in April.Mr Bark couldn’t immediately be reached for comment Thursday. The initial response from other Jewish leaders was critical, although there were no calls for the premier to resign.
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