Analysis

The man who is the frontrunner to replace Berejiklian

The favourite to be NSW’s next premier, Dominic Perrottet, is a lockdown cynic, pro-business and wants to abolish stamp duty.

John KehoeEconomics editor

Oct 1, 2021 – 5.47pm

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Dominic Francis Perrottet is the frontrunner to become the 46th premier of NSW, and his likely rise to succeed Gladys Berejiklian could have significant national ramifications.

Perrottet is a lockdown cynic, is strongly pro-business and has ambitions to reform the federation’s tax system. At the age of 39, Perrottet could become NSW’s youngest premier in history.

John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury.