Dominic Perrottet: Flippant 'Catholic' comment enrages NSW Premier trends now

Dominic Perrottet: Flippant 'Catholic' comment enrages NSW Premier trends now
Dominic Perrottet: Flippant 'Catholic' comment enrages NSW Premier trends now

Dominic Perrottet: Flippant 'Catholic' comment enrages NSW Premier trends now

The flippant comment that enraged Dominic Perrottet - and forced clubs boss to issue a grovelling apology: 'Time for him to go'  ClubsNSW boss invoked NSW Premier's Catholicism  Perrottet says it was 'incredibly inappropriate, offensive' CEO Josh Landis issues grovelling apology 

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A furious Dominic Perrottet slammed the comment about his Catholicism as 'incredibly inappropriate and offensive'

A furious Dominic Perrottet slammed the comment about his Catholicism as 'incredibly inappropriate and offensive'

A top lobbyist for the clubs industry has issued a grovelling apology after sparking a firestorm with a passing reference to the NSW Premier's Catholic faith. 

As the government and the state's club industry face off over a mandatory cashless gaming card, ClubsNSW chief executive Josh Landis said Dominic Perrottet had 'acted from his conservative Catholic gut' on the issue.

The remark drew a visceral response from the premier.

'It is incredibly inappropriate and offensive to people of faith right across NSW,' Mr Perrottet said on Tuesday.

'(The comments) are an attack on every single person of faith in our state.

'We live in a tolerant state, a tolerant country, and there is no place for comments like that in a modern Australia.'

Making the same comment about Islamic, Jewish or Hindu faiths would result in a resignation, the premier said earlier on Sydney radio 2GB.

Mr Landis had commented on Mr Perrottet's commitment to mandate cashless gaming for poker machines.

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