Facing the prospect of a third term in office, Dom_Perrottet says the NSW Coalition government is confident it will be successful in the state election on March 23.
New South Wales Treasurer Dominic Perrottet says the state is a better place today than it was eight years ago when Labor was in power.
Facing the prospect of a third term in office, Mr Perrottet says the Coalition government wants to ‘take the state from good to great’ and is confident it will be successful in the state election on March 23. Speaking to Sky News, the Liberal MP says the current 50-50 two-party-preferred polling of the Coalition and Labor is expected when running for a third term.
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