Matt Kean says photo of Dominic Perrottet in Nazi costume ‘doesn’t exist’

The state’s treasurer has slammed the person who started rumours there was a photo of the NSW Premier dressed in a Nazi costume on his 21st birthday, revealing the image “doesn’t exist”.

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has hit out at the person who leaked there was a photo of Premier Dominic Perrottet dressed in a Nazi uniform on his 21st birthday, branding them a “horrible coward”.

“Well whoever did this is a horrible coward and they should come out of the swamp from which they’re living,” minister Kean told 2GB’s Ben Fordham on Monday.

“These nobodies that are hiding behind the keyboard making silly attacks like this should have no place in public.”

The treasurer then denied the existence of a photo circulating after being asked by Mr Fordham whether he had seen it or not.

“No of course not, I don’t believe it exists,” he said.

“I’m not aware of any photo. I don’t believe it exists, I just think this is all gossip.”

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ David Swift

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet. Picture: Seb Haggett

On Monday morning, NSW Labor leader Chris Minns said he didn’t think the scandal would play a major part in the upcoming election.

“My view is that the next election is going to be based on (the) cost of living, the status and the way our hospital system is working and our schools are working and I don’t think it has a lot to do with what Dominic Perrottet did 20 years ago,” Mr Minns told Fordham.

“He apologised, I think that’s a big part of this that can’t be missed. I thought his apology was sincere and my view is that we need to move on and talk about the issues affecting the people of NSW.

“I don’t think it’s relevant, the people I’ve spoken to over the last two days, many of them say they’re not voting for the Perrottet Government but it’s not for that reason, it’s to do with the fact that (the) cost of living is out of control, they’re worried about privatisation, the waiting times at emergency departments are out of control and they want change.”

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns. Picture NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard

It comes after a move to force the beleaguered premier to front an integrity inquiry appears unlikely to succeed after Labor and the Greens refused to commit their support to the hit job.

Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party Leader Robert Borsak is referring Mr Perrottet to the police over a failure to disclose he wore a Nazi costume to his 21st birthday party on legally binding political documents.

Mr Borsak is also seeking to refer the matter to parliament’s public accountability committee.

He said he intended to directly refer the matter to Police Commissioner Karen Webb on Monday on the basis that Mr Perrottet “may have sworn a false oath”.

But his bid to topple the premier — who has thus far managed to garner sympathy from the Opposition and his colleagues and the forgiveness of prominent Jewish leaders — may be unsuccessful with both the Greens and Labor resisting support.

Robert Borsak pushed for an integrity inquiry.

Committee Chair and Greens MP Cate Faehrmann.

Committee Chair and Greens MP Cate Faehrmann said it was “rich” of Mr Borsak to push for Mr Perrottet to be questioned at an inquiry when the SFF leader lost three Lower House MPs last year because of their disapproval of his behaviour.

“I think it’s a bit rich for Shooters’ Robert Borsak to be referring someone else’s behaviour to the Public Accountability Committee when his own party hasn’t been able to hold him to account for his in the Upper House last year,“ she said.

Labor also refused to back an inquiry, 10 weeks out from the election, instead wishing to focus on key cost of living issues in its plea to voters.

“Labor won’t support the inquiry. We remain focused on the increases in cost of living facing families, NSW’s falling education outcomes and the crisis in our hospitals,” a spokesman said.

Mr Borsak said he will speak to members of the committee and called for Mr Perrottet to resign.

“That three-page nomination form is a legally binding Statutory Declaration,” Mr Borsak said in a statement.

”It is clear that the premier may have sworn a false oath on a number of occasions by not declaring that he had worn a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday and if so could be subject to a 5 years goal. He has no integrity and must resign.”

On Sunday, Mr Perrottet and Roads Minister Natalie Ward attempted to make light of the incident with Ms Ward saying she had made the mistake of having “criminally big hair” at her own 21st while Mr Perrottet said he could not recall if his brother Charles also dressed in a Nazi uniform because he used to attend 21st parties every weekend and on some Saturday nights even two.

Mr Perrottet said he was not aware of photos of the event.

A spokesman for the Premier added: “The Premier has apologised for making a terrible mistake for this 21st birthday and this is nothing more than a stunt to distract from the issues plaguing SFF.”