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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

NSW Labor labelled ‘amateurs’ by Perrottet after analysis shows election policy risks budget blowout

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns addresses media during the NSW Labor Party election campaign at Warragamba Dam
Chris Minns insists Labor has identified savings to offset the effect of scrapping the public sector wages cap including freezing the pay of senior public servants. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales opposition leader, Chris Minns, has been forced to defend the cost of his signature wages policy after the state’s independent budget analysis agency noted “significant risks” of a blowout.

In a frantic final week of campaigning that has seen Dominic Perrottet set out on a two-day tour through the state’s south, focus has shifted to Labor’s promise to scrap the Coalition’s longstanding public sector wages cap.

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