NSW Opposition leader Michael Daley says he doesn't care about making "enemies" after he vowed to sack the SCG Trust board - including high-profile broadcaster Alan Jones - if Labor wins government.
"I don't care what enemies I pick around town, whether they think they are powerful or not," Mr Daley told reporters in Sydney.
"I will take the side of the ordinary citizens of NSW every day regardless of the peril it puts me, personally, in."
Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Daley told Jones on his radio program he intended to remove the unelected trustees that oversee Moore Park sporting facilities such as Allianz Stadium and the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"If I'm elected, the board will go," Mr Daley said on 2GB.
"Sorry about the SCG Trust, thanks for your service."
Jones replied: "We don't mind, that's your job."
Mr Daley alleged the board had colluded with the NSW government to spend more than $700 million of taxpayer money to demolish and rebuild Allianz Stadium.
"The more I saw, the worst I felt about that board. This morning I took the opportunity so that Alan Jones couldn't accuse me of going behind his back," Mr Daley told reporters.
"It's not personal with Alan. I've always had a good relationship with Alan. It's not personal with any members of the board."
The Labor leader in a statement said he intended to replace the unelected board members with people that "better reflect the diversity of the sports loving people of NSW".
"I want more women on that board," Mr Daley said.
"I want a 21st-century board."
The 15-member board includes 13 trustees who are appointed by the government and two who are elected by some 19,000 SCG members. They receive a small stipend and serve four-year terms.
Two current female trustees would be sacked under Mr Daley's plan.
Elected trustees Phil Waugh and David Gilbert along with former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill would stay.
Mr Daley said Labor hadn't established the process to choose the new board but denied it was a snap decision.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested Labor was expanding its "hit list".
"What is it with the Labor party at the moment drawing up lists of people they want to sack?" Mr Morrison told reporters in Canberra.
"They are drunk with power and they haven't even gone to an election yet - whether it is federally or in NSW. Who's next on Labor's hit list? Everyone seems to be on this list."
Premier Gladys Berejiklian defended the board calling them "outstanding people". She questioned Mr Daley's performance under pressure.
"I would say is this person fit to be the premier of NSW? He made, obviously, a very hot-headed decision under pressure," she told reporters.
The last time a government essentially sacked the SCG Trust was at the height of the battle over World Series Cricket in the late-1970s.
