MP says ‘we as NSW Liberals support asset recycling’ despite premier’s pledge to end privatisation

Felicity Wilson said at a candidates forum that a NSW Liberal government would continue to undertake ‘asset recycling’ if re-elected, contradicting a pledge by Dominic Perrottet. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Felicity Wilson, the Liberal MP for the North Shore, has told voters a New South Wales Coalition government would continue asset recycling, spruiking the benefits of privatisation to pay for metro lines, healthcare and schools.

The comments made last Thursday at a candidate forum run contradictory to the premier’s promise not to sell off any more of the state’s assets and come amid political attacks from Labor asserting more privatisations would take place under a reelected Perrottet government.