Despite some speculation that the government may tweak the policy before the pre-election caretaker period commenced on March 3,the tax hike is expected to remain in a major budget outlook to be released by NSW Treasury Secretary Paul Grimes on Wednesday.
The budget outlook is required to be delivered by law in the final weeks before a state election.
NSW Labor,which public polling suggests may form a minority or majority government at the March 25 election,has not taken a public position on whether it would keep,amend or abandon the casino tax hike.
Opposition treasury spokesman Daniel Mookhey described the situation as “a mess of Matt Kean’s making”.
“We are waiting for the pre-election budget outlook to see if he’s cleaned it up,” he said.
But Kean challenged Labor to tell the public whether it would lower taxes on the gambling industry.