Dominic Perrottet

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he is "truly sorry" for wearing a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party, saying it has caused him "much anxiety" through ...

anywhere in our state". "He's apologised to community leaders, he's apologised to the Jewish community, and he's apologised to the people of NSW." "I'm deeply ashamed of what I did. He said he was "not the person today that I was when I was 21" and had since become a "very passionate supporter of the Jewish people". The premier said he was "naive" at the time of the incident and "didn't understand the significance of that decision". - He says he was "naive" and did not understand the "gravity" of wearing the uniform

While some Jewish community leaders have appreciated the NSW premier's apology, they said this incident will serve as a reminder that "dressing as a Nazi is ...

I made a terrible, terrible mistake," he said. It disrespects the millions of innocent civilians who were murdered during WWII, including six million Jews and thousands of Australian Diggers who died fighting against the Nazis." They said Mr Perrottet has been a staunch supporter and friend of the state's Jewish community, and that he has acknowledged the mistake he has made. That's not me. That's not the person I am." - The premier said he was "naive" and "didn't understand" the significance of the mistake he made.

'I wish I could go back in time and do that day again.'

Perrottet said he had thought about addressing the incident several times before and knew it was important the revelation came from him to apologise for “the hurt and the pain this is going to cause”. “It was a terrible mistake at that age in my life, I just did not understand the gravity and the hurt of what that uniform means to people not just in our state but around the country and around the world,” he said. Perrottet said his colleague raised the issue in the “context of a broader discussion” but would not specify why it came up or who the call was with. He said he was “deeply ashamed” of the decision and apologised for the hurt it would cause the wider community. The premier admitted he studied World War II history in school and had Jewish friends at 21 but says he was “naive” and did not realise the gravity of his actions. Perrottet said he was unaware whether any images existed of him wearing the costume but he wanted to address the “massive mistake”.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has admitted that he wore a black Nazi uniform with a Swastika at his 21st “fancy dress” themed birthday party.

It is clear that Mr Perrottet understands the gravity of his past actions, and I take him at his word when he says that dressing in this uniform was borne out of ignorance and naivete. “The Premier has been a staunch supporter and friend of the NSW Jewish community throughout his time in public life. They also said Nazi symbolism should “not to be taken lightly and dressing as a Nazi is not a joke”. I also appreciate his efforts to immediately reach out to the Jewish community. Mr Perrottet said he rented the Nazi costume and the party was “uniform” themed. Mr Perrottet confirmed that he had spoken with Jewish community leaders, before the press conference. In October 2022, Mr Perrottet called for life bans and harsh punishments on football supporters caught doing the Nazi salute at the Australia Cup. I learnt Nazis were genocidal racists through history at a state high school, books from a mobile library and productions like Rise and Fall. With a private school and heaps of privilege how did young Perrottet miss out? “My experience in ife, I’ve become a very passionate supporter of Jewish people. While the Premier was asked multiple time, he didn’t confirm whether photos had been taken that night. “I’m deeply ashamed of what I did.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet apologises for wearing a Nazi uniform at his 21st birthday party during a press conference on January 12, 2023.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has made a shock admission that he dressed up as a Nazi for his 21st birthday party. The premier fronted the media ...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed to atone for his actions after admitting he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday.

“The Premier has been a staunch supporter and friend of the NSW Jewish community throughout his time in public life. “My experience in life, I’ve become a very passionate supporter of Jewish people. “I expressed to them how painful I know this must be for the community ... “In some ways that’s probably fair commentary, but ... The NSW Premier has attempted to atone for the hurt he caused after admitting to wearing a Nazi costume on his 21st birthday. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has vowed to atone for his actions after admitting he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday.

Outgoing MP David Elliott told Dominic Perrottet earlier this week 'everyone had heard the rumour that someone was planning to use it against him'

The NSW government truly values its relationship with the Jewish community.” “I’m not the person I am today that I was at 21,” he said. They should,” he said on social media. “There is no excuse.” He must go.” “His words today show he has reflected on the past, owned his mistakes, learned from them, and is focused on building a brighter future in NSW,” he said. “He’s apologised to community leaders, to the Jewish community, he’s apologised to the people of NSW. “The premier’s just admitted that he made a terrible mistake a long time ago,” he said. Perrottet said he was unaware of whether a photo of him wearing the outfit existed and it was unclear whether one had been released to the media. The premier insisted the call from Elliott had not been a threat but said it had prompted him to reveal he had worn the outfit. Perrottet apologised for the “stupid” decision he said had “personally anguished” him for much of his life. The outgoing transport minister did not respond to phone calls and texts from the Guardian on Thursday but told Seven News he called the premier on Tuesday to warn him “everyone knew about the costume”.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet made the stunning revelation after a conversation with Transport Minister David Elliott on Tuesday night.

Minister for Multicultural Affairs Mark Coure said he also stood by the premier. the premier has acknowledged this, recognising that wearing the costume was offensive and will distress many in our community.” that I needed to say sorry for the hurt and the pain this is going to cause people right across our state,” he said. “At that age in my life, I just did not understand the gravity of what the uniform meant ... The revelation has landed months after Perrottet reprimanded soccer spectators who made Nazi salutes at a match in October. At the time he was heavily involved with the Young Liberals, which he later went on to lead. He’s apologised to the people of NSW,” he said. He’s apologised to the Jewish community. The minister said Perrottet had no option or would have been “left compromised by one of his own”. Two right-wing male MPs were sacrificed to make way for female candidates, a move which infuriated several members of Perrottet’s faction. “When I was 21 at my 21st fancy dress party I wore a Nazi uniform. He said the party had a uniform theme and the Nazi outfit he wore was black and rented from a costume shop.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet joins a long list of world leaders forced to apologise after the emergence of photos showing them wearing offensive costumes.

“It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise.” That eventually appeared on the front page of The Sun newspaper in 2005. At a hastily organised press conference at State Parliament on Thursday afternoon, the premier expressed regret for dressing up in a Nazi costume to his own 21st birthday party in September 2003.

The revelation about the 2003 party is likely to hurt the Coalition's chances at a general election in March.

Sportsbet is offering odds of 1.41 for a Labor win and 2.82 for the Coalition to be returned. No one else wore Nazi fancy dress at the party and he was told off by his parents the following day. [Aaron Patrick](/by/aaron-patrick-j7gdh)is the senior correspondent. Mr Bark couldn’t immediately be reached for comment on Thursday. [election is scheduled for March 25](https://www.afr.com/link/follow-20180101-p5cba7). He said he received information about the event two days ago and wanted to disclose it himself, although was unaware of the existence of a photograph from the party.

While some in the Jewish community say the NSW Premier deserves forgiveness for wearing a Nazi uniform to his birthday party 20 years ago, others feel it ...

"I have long believed we need more of what Christians call grace and Jews refer to as ‘chessed’ in our national life. and I do have concern whether people will look at this and think 'oh is that okay?'" "I hope that when he has the opportunity, that Mr Perrottet meets with Holocaust survivors and visits Auschwitz in order to understand first-hand the evils and inhumanity of that period." "That uniform is not just an inanimate object. He said he had been friends with the Premier for many years and he was now "a world away" from the "arrogant, ignorant, heartless and mean-spirited actions of a university student". Mr Abramovich said violence and vilification of the Jewish community was at an all-time high in Australia. "The premier has been a staunch supporter and friend of the NSW Jewish community throughout his time in public life," Mr Bark said. "[He] was mostly concerned about how future generations would take this... She said Mr Perrottet would need to spend a lot of time speaking with the Jewish community to prevent serious political damage in the usually safe Liberal seat of Vaucluse. this is something that we're going to have to carry forward ... Rabbi Benjamin Elton from the Great Synagogue in Sydney said Mr Perrottet wasn't someone he would ever imagine making such a "tasteless" choice and his age at the time was relevant. and conveying that it is not a past issue, it's a present and future issue," said Breann Fallon, the manager of student learning and research at the museum.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform at his 21st birthday party. Dominic Perrottet called a press conference this afternoon ...

NSW premier faces bitter internal battle to save his job after admitting to wearing Nazi costume to 21st birthday party. Get our morning and afternoon news ...

People in New South Wales will have an opportunity to express their view in March on a more inclusive and more tolerant state of New South Wales in the same way that people had that opportunity nationally in May. That visit is about paying respect to the life and leadership of [Somare]. Treasury’s preliminary estimates are that the loss of economic activity of flooding across Australia in 2022 is about $5bn (equivalent to 0.25% of real GDP in 2021-22) from reduced activity in the mining, agriculture, accommodation and food services, retail trade and construction industries. My view about this is that we want the state of New South Wales and we want Australia to be more inclusive and more tolerant. That gives you a sense of the size and scale of the challenge that we’re up against. I think if the Jewish community in New South Wales can accept the premier’s remorse and apology as genuine, and then that is something that the rest of us should follow and accept as well. a lot of the effort or all the effort was on the response. It was a sincere apology and he outlined that he was ashamed of it. We have seen a normalisation and casualisation of Nazi [signals] in recent times and it is now [our] focus and we are now looking at what actions can be taken into the future. We need to be careful about how we expose the government’s balance sheet to some of these big risks. Circling back to the treasurer, Jim Chalmers’, interview with ABC Radio, he was asked about the problem of insurance for the communities in these disaster prone areas. We’ve got a lot of things going for us in Australia, low unemployment, the beginning of wages growth.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has made a public admission that he wore a Nazi costume at his 21st birthday party. The premier apologised for the “massive ...

“The Premier has been a staunch supporter and friend of the NSW Jewish community throughout his time in public life. It disrespects the millions of innocent civilians who were murdered during WWII, including six million Jews and thousands of Australian Diggers who died fighting against the Nazis,” Ossip and Bark said. The Premier expressed deep remorse and contrition for his past actions and underlined his commitment to Holocaust education and fighting rising levels of antisemitism.

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Will the NSW premier's admission he wore a Nazi costume at his 21st birthday party threaten his prospects at the upcoming state election?

Asked by reporters if he was confident of leading the Liberals into the elections on 25 March, Mr Perrottet answered with a terse "yes" several times. Asked if he was confident of leading the Liberals into the elections on 25 March, Mr Perrottet answered with a terse "yes" several times. "I am not the person I was when I was 21," the 40-year-old said on Thursday. and I appreciate their support but ultimately it's not about me. It's about the hurt and mistake that it caused many people across the state," he told reporters on Friday, flanked by outgoing ministers Brad Hazzard and Victor Dominello. "He will continue to be the premier and I have no doubts that after March, we will win the election and he will continue in that role," Mr Toole said.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he remains confident in his political position, as a storm sparked by revelations he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st ...

"If you want vision look at the courage ... This is generational leadership," Mr Dominello said. And I'm prepared to back him 100 per cent," Mr Hazzard said. "It was a terrible, terrible mistake that I made. When asked if he was "confident in your position as leader of the Liberal Party" he responded: "Yes." - He has said he was ashamed of the "grave error"

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has denied factional warfare was the trigger for his public admission that he wore a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party.

The minister said Perrottet had no option or he would have been “left compromised by one of his own”. “To you, the Jewish community, Holocaust survivors and your families, I am deeply sorry. “When I was 21 at my 21st fancy dress party I wore a Nazi uniform. Perrottet was forced to make the humiliating public admission on Thursday after it was raised in a private conversation with Transport Minister David Elliott on Tuesday. “Without him doing his job he did as part of the crisis cabinet that we went through 2½ years ago in some of our darkest times, it would have been a completely different outcome. And that’s all that I’m prepared to say,” he said.

The current NSW premier's decision to don a Nazi costume for his 21st birthday has been lashed by one of his predecessors.

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies accepted a personal apology from the remorseful premier and said it hoped “this unfortunate incident will serve as a lesson to all”. “Perrottet wearing the Nazi costume speaks to the normalisation of anti-Semitism and how acceptable it is amongst a certain segment of Australian society.” “At that time, the pages of the history books had not had the impression on me that they should have.” “I am not the person I was when I was 21,” the 40-year-old said. “Dominic Perrottet has my support and he also has the support of the Nationals,” Deputy Premier Paul Toole told 2GB on Friday. “At that age in my life, I just did not understand the gravity of what that uniform meant,” Perrottet said on Thursday.