NSW Premier Mike Baird has given his verdict on Kim Kardashian, budgie-smugglers and the perils of accepting bottles of Grange.
With four days until NSW voters head to the polls, Mr Baird took a break from the usual campaign fodder on Tuesday in a radio interview with Brendan "Jonesy" Jones and Amanda Keller.
He has revealed he never dreamed of a life in politics as a young man.
"I wanted to be captain of the Australian cricket team, that would have been my dream job," Mr Baird told the duo on the Australian Radio Network.
"In fact at university I wanted to be a journalist - I mean I knew that I wasn't going to get (to the Australian cricket team) on my ability ... so I put in an application in to the ABC to be a sports cadet.
"And I still haven't heard back from them."
He also sought to distance himself from his Liberal party colleagues Peter Debnam, Ted Baillieu and Tony Abbott - at least insofar as their beach attire is concerned.
Even his father, former politician Bruce Baird, has also been known to sport Speedos.
"He proudly walks around in sluggos," the premier said.
"It's inappropriate. It's inappropriate. I'm definitely boardies - boardies is the appropriate attire."
When asked to indulge in a spot of word association, Mr Baird declared reality TV star Kim Kardashian as "bad", poles and wires "good" and a fine bottle of Grange as "okay" and "in moderation".
"If you don't take the bottle," he added.
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