Premier’s Nazi gaffe sparks legal complaint

Crossbench MP Robert Borsak says he wants to know if Dominic Perrottet declared he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st when he became a Liberal Party candidate.

Dominic Perrottet said on Sunday that, to his knowledge, no photos of him wearing the offensive uniform at his 21st birthday in 2003 existed. Picture NCA NewsWire/Seb Haggett

A NSW minor party will refer NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet to police over concerns he failed to disclose he wore a Nazi costume on legally binding statutory ­declaration forms required to ­become a Liberal Party candidate.

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party leader Robert Borsak said on Sunday it appeared Mr Perrottet had not told Liberal officials he wore the uniform to his 21st birthday party in 2003 on “nomination for selection” forms.

Mr Borsak said Mr Perrottet was not above the law.

In NSW, swearing a false statutory declaration is a criminal offence punishable by five years in prison.

“I will also be referring Dominic Perrottet on behalf of the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party to the police commissioner for prosecution. It’s long past time that he be held to account,” Mr Borsak said.

He would also call an urgent hearing of the public accountability committee, of which he is deputy chairman, to consider whether Mr Perrottet was fit and proper to remain premier.

Mr Perrottet confessed at a press conference last week – just 10 weeks out from the state election – to wearing the Nazi uniform after being warned by a disgruntled minister rumours were circulating about a photo of the Premier in the uniform.

Mr Perrottet said on Sunday that to his knowledge no photos of him wearing the uniform existed and he retained the support of his colleagues.

“The person I am today is not the person I was back then. You mature on life’s journey and that’s exactly what’s happened,” he said.