Premier Mike Baird denies his campaign is snubbing an unpopular Prime Minister Tony Abbott only days out from the NSW election.
Mr Baird was responding to Fairfax Media reports that voters in Coogee and Blue Mountains were receiving recorded phone messages - known as "robocalls" - from federal MP Malcolm Turnbull in the lead-up to Saturday's poll.
Mr Abbott has largely been kept out of the NSW election campaign and didn't speak at the party's campaign launch over the weekend.
"No, the prime minister has been with me on many occasions on this campaign," Mr Baird told reporters in Sydney.
"Obviously there are people that we're happy to use as part of that.
"I'm proud to have the endorsement of Malcolm Turnbull, I'm proud to have it from Julie Bishop, I'm proud to have it from the Prime Minister Tony Abbott."
Mr Baird added that he was also proud to have the endorsement of former federal Labor minister Martin Ferguson who praised the premier on Tuesday for showing "courage" in arguing his case for leasing the state's electricity assets.
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