Dominic Perrottet promises not to sell any more NSW public assets if re-elected

Dominic Perrottet, the NSW premier, agreed a returned Coalition government would need to borrow to fund infrastructure. Photograph: Edwina Pickles/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has declared he will not sell off any more of the state’s assets and conceded the government will go deeper into debt to pay for infrastructure if re-elected at the coming election.

Speaking in western Sydney on Tuesday, the premier ruled out introducing new taxes and said the state’s debt position would be “sustainable and manageable” while it increased to pay for the state’s ballooning infrastructure build.