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Selection panel documents show John Barilaro was ranked second for NY trade role

Businesswoman Kimberly Cole had earlier been recommended for the posting after scoring top marks

The Guardian - AU

Ayres was to have final say on Barilaro — and Barilaro’s interview report was changed

More documents have emerged in the John Barilaro scandal that further wreck the government’s insistence the whole process was done at arm’s length from politicians.

Crikey

John Barilaro was ranked second by New York trade role selection panel, new documents reveal

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown intervened to alter an initial report on best candidates for the job, trade minister says

The Guardian - AU

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Perrottet backs Ayres over Barilaro job

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is standing by his deputy Stuart Ayres in the face of mounting criticism over his role in John Barilaro landing a US trade job.

AAP

A ‘female focus’ and short shortlists: the long road taken to fill NSW’s New York trade role

A series of revelations has raised new questions about how former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro ended up appointed to the trade commissioner job

The Guardian - AU

NSW Premier says political dramas 'frustrating' but backs under fire ministers

Dominic Perrottet once again backs under-fire minister Stuart Ayres over the John Barilaro US job scandal, admitting events back home have overshadowed his trade tour of Asia.

ABC News

Barilaro saga 'frustrating': Perrottet

Pressure is mounting on the NSW government over how John Barilaro landed a plum US trade job, with Labor ramping up criticism of the hiring process.

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Email shows Stuart Ayres added name to shortlist for New York trade role given to John Barilaro

New South Wales opposition says an email suggests the Trade Minister "walked" former deputy premier John Barilaro into the high-paid role.

ABC News

Emails reveal Stuart Ayres involved in recruiting for New York trade role awarded to John Barilaro

Documents obtained through parliamentary order show NSW deputy Liberal leader helped produce shortlist of candidates

The Guardian - AU

Barilaro to appear at NY trade job inquiry

John Barilaro will appear at an inquiry probing his appointment to a New York trade job, as the NSW investment minister rejects claims he misled the parliament.

AAP

Date set for John Barilaro to appear at inquiry into New York trade job

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown to be recalled while Labor presses Liberal deputy Stuart Ayres to appear

The Guardian - AU

Barilaro scandal snags Ayres in a government adrift and maladroit

It used to be that if a minister misled Parliament, they had to quit. Stuart Ayres misled the NSW Parliament. No ifs, no buts.

Crikey

NSW Police investigating scuffle between John Barilaro and cameraman in Manly on Saturday

Police are investigating a public scuffle between former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro and a cameraman outside a Manly bar on Saturday night.

ABC News

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's staffer sought advice on New York trade role, inquiry told

A former staff member of John Barilaro tells an inquiry into the former NSW deputy premier's appointment as a trade commissioner to the US that he has never worked with someone so "keen and ambitious".

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The Guardian - AU

Senior public servant sought legal advice about NY position before John Barilaro was appointed, inquiry told

Chris Carr disputes parts of evidence of Jenny West, who says she was offered the role, NSW parliamentary inquiry hears

AAP

NSW govt lawyer disputes job offer claim

Evidence given by a former public servant who said she was offered a job that eventually went to John Barilaro was "not correct", the official says.

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Perrottet 'not aware' of West's job offer

The NSW premier says he's not aware of a note signed by Gladys Berejiklian telling a public servant she had landed a desirable trade role.

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Jenny West’s betrayal is a story that needs to be told, its lessons heeded by politicians and those who serve them

Does Barilaro’s appointment into a plum NY job at the expense of Jenny West constitute corruption? Time will tell. But its indecency is stark.

AAP

Barilaro inquiry a 'huge scandal': Labor

Findings from an inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to a lucrative overseas trade role are a "huge scandal", NSW Labor says.

The Guardian - AU

Advisers to John Barilaro to be called to give evidence at inquiry into New York trade job

NSW premier says there’s ‘no place for gifts of government jobs’ after claim New York trade role would be ‘a present for someone’

ABC News

Evidence from NSW inquiry into John Barilaro's US trade job referred to ICAC

Evidence from the parliamentary inquiry into the process that saw former deputy premier John Barilaro given a plum trade job will be referred to NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Crikey

Barilaro scandal raises big questions for a strangely passive premier

If NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet doesn’t show some leadership on this shameful affair, his government will be consumed by it.

Crikey

An almighty Überstench … Barilaro’s ‘present’ … woke up, Oz! … Bates rates

As Uber has shown, what’s a little bit of geopolitical courting, law avoidance and violence leveraging among friends? This and plenty more from the bunker.

AAP

Barilaro staffers called to public inquiry

Two staffers of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro have been asked to give evidence at an inquiry into how he was appointed to a trade role in the US.

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