Six days out from the NSW election, rivals Dominic Perrottet and Chris Minns both give speeches in Western Sydney, with the cost of living and privatisation high on the agenda.
abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-dominic-perrottet-chris-minns-rallies/102116600NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says his government will cap commuters' Opal card public transport costs at $40 a week rather than $50.Former PM John Howard praised Mr Perrottet's pokie machine reformsAbout 150 Liberal Party faithful this morning gathered at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in Penrith to hear from the Premier, six days out from the state election.
Mr Perrottet used the event to make another cost of living policy announcement, giving commuters more free trips on public transport.For an adult travelling from Penrith train station to Town Hall during weekday peak times, at $7.24 each way, the cap would be reached on the sixth trip.Mr Perrottet said the measure would most help those in Sydney's outer suburbs.
"For the average commuter who hits the cap every week and works 11 months of the year, this could provide up to $480 in transport cost relief," he said.Penrith is held by Stuart Ayres with a slim 0.6 per cent margin and retaining the seat is key to the government's chances at next weekend's poll."We are unashamedly aspirational, and we are positive about the future," he said.
Meanwhile, Labor leader Chris Minns this morning addressed a "final countdown" campaign rally at the Western Sydney University campus in Parramatta. Mr Minns promised to amend the NSW constitution to include protection for Sydney Water and Hunter Water staying in public hands.Labor said the change to the constitution would mean that any attempt to privatise water assets would then have to go before the parliament.The Western Sydney seat is one that Labor is likely to snatch from the Liberals at the election.
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