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Michael McGowan

Chris Minns says documents show Liberals considered privatising parts of Sydney Water

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns will tell a ‘save Sydney Water’ rally in Parramatta on Sunday the future of the utility is ‘on the ballot’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Documents canvassing the possible partial privatisation of a Sydney Water asset were compiled at the request of the New South Wales Treasury department, which the state Labor opposition will rely on to argue that the government was contemplating a broader sell-off of the asset.

Chris Minns will mark the start of the NSW election campaign’s final week on Sunday by continuing his pursuit of the Coalition over its record on privatisation, seeking to use documents compiled by the consultancy firm KPMG to argue that the premier, Dominic Perrottet, directed the public service to investigate a possible sale.

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