Both the NSW premier and opposition leader have made their election pitch to the business community at an event in Sydney where Gladys Berejiklian was confronted by an elderly climate change protester.
Michael Daley promised business leaders at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia forum on Friday he would not lead a chaotic government in a speech centred on "fairness and certainty".
Mr Daley said the last eight years had been a period of "squandered opportunity" and criticised the government's spending priorities.
The Labor leader singled out the NSW government's handling of the delayed Sydney CBD light rail.
"If you treated your shareholders' money like that there would be a royal commission," Mr Daley told the Shangri-La Hotel ballroom, packed with business leaders.
Mr Daley criticised the Baird/Berejiklian governments' privatisation of $80 billion worth of public assets, including "that beautiful big electricity company" Ausgrid.
He reiterated the opposition's promise to stop any further privatisation of state assets, including the water utility.
Mr Daley said while the coal industry had "many years" ahead of it, he added investment in coal-fired power stations was all-but-finished.
"It is highly unlikely indeed that anyone will invest in new coal-fired power stations in NSW in the foreseeable future," he said.
Instead, the Labor leader said his government would invest in renewable energy if elected, which would stoke private interest.
"Industry will invest. You know industry will invest in leadership and certainty," he said.
Ms Berejiklian used her speech to delve into the mechanics behind her government's economic successes, including a record 3.9 per cent unemployment rate.
The premier's speech was briefly interrupted by a protester who confronted her at the stage with a sign reading "Gladys: Stop ignoring the climate crisis".
Ms Berejiklian said "that's OK, she's just expressing a view, thank you," before asking the room to give the protester a round of applause.
"I did this for my grandchildren's future," 76-year-old Gabi Duigu said in a statement issued by Greenpeace.
"Gladys Berejiklian and her government have had eight years to deal with the problem and they have done nothing, it's unacceptable."
Addressing reporters after his speech, Mr Daley took aim at the government's handling of the Opal Tower controversy hours after an independent report into the cracked building landed.
The report found support beams in the apartment block were left susceptible to "bursting" because they were under-designed and some made from lower strength concrete.
Mr Daley said the opposition had been told by some residents they were still too scared to move back into the Sydney Olympic Park tower.
Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean earlier in the day pointed to the builder and developer would be liable for the defects.
"We'd encourage people to get independent legal advice," he told reporters.
