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Sydney news: Inquiry into John Barilaro US trade appointment reveals 'something rotten' in NSW, says Labor

MORNING BRIEFING: The state opposition says there is "something rotten" in the New South Wales government after explosive evidence was given at an inquiry yesterday detailing how John Barilaro was given a plum US Trade Commissioner role after a highly qualified woman had already been offered the role.

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Dream job became career curse as Barilaro pushed for new hiring process, inquiry told

Executive Jenny West was congratulated on the promotion of a lifetime, only to see the job as career ruin after it became a “present” for someone else.

The New Daily

Five key moments from Jenny West's evidence about John Barilaro's New York trade job

Jenny West's evidence sheds more light on the appointment of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro to the position of senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas. Here are five key moments from today's parliamentary inquiry hearing.

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‘A present for someone’: Jenny West gives explosive testimony at inquiry into John Barilaro’s NY trade job

Former senior public servant says she had been sent a brief signed by Gladys Berejiklian confirming her in the New York role

The Guardian - AU

Candidate Jenny West tells inquiry she was told US trade job was a 'present', before John Barilaro hired

The executive who missed out on NSW's plum New York trade role tells a parliamentary inquiry it was made clear the job 'would be a present for someone', before former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro was hired.

ABC News

Second female candidate was shortlisted for plum US job before it went to John Barilaro

Papers reveal another highly credentialed female candidate was shortlisted for a plum US trade commissioner role which was eventually given to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro.

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Second woman shortlisted for Barilaro job

The US-based trade job that was controversially given to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro could have gone to multiple qualified women, documents reveal.

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Liberal minister signed off on alternative candidate to NY trade job later given to John Barilaro, documents reveal

Document shows Stuart Ayres signed briefing confirming appointment of Jenny West to New York trade commissioner role

The Guardian - AU

Brown’s use of glitter … Home Affairs hook-ups … Larry the cat keeps a secret

Amy Brown gives a masterclass in how to screw over a job candidate, Home Affairs has an interesting sense of the times, and more in Tips and Murmurs.

Crikey

John Barilaro’s decision may stem some bleeding, but questions remain about the New York appointment

Even accepting the government’s argument that the process was above board, it doesn’t pass the pub test

The Guardian - AU

Premier 'squibbed it' on Barilaro: Labor

Labor has criticised the NSW premier for failing to sack John Barilaro from his New York appointment, calling it a lost opportunity to show leadership.

AAP

John Barilaro withdraws from New York trade role due to ‘media attention’

After weeks of controversy, former NSW deputy premier stands down from $500,000 role that he created while in office

The Guardian - AU

‘Do the honourable thing’: NSW minister tells John Barilaro to withdraw from New York job

Barilaro texted his replacement as trade minister to ask about ‘the status’ of $500,000-a-year trade role before it was advertised

The Guardian - AU

Amy Brown’s 2000-year-old career tips … Kurds ostracised, again … let’s drink to Cory!

Finding it tough to make a decision? Do nothing and let God work it out! Or issue a meaningless tweet? All that and more from the bunker.

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Sydney news: Teachers set to strike in city today against 'insulting' 3 per cent pay rise

MORNING BRIEFING: For the first time, thousands of teachers from public and Catholic schools across New South Wales are refusing to work in protest over pay and staff shortages.

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An Inquiry’s Heard Someone Else Was Originally Given A ‘Verbal Offer’ Of John Barilaro’s NY Job

My fave TV show Keeping Up With The NSW Government is back!

Newcastle Herald

Barilaro changed rules before taking $500,000 job

The chosen candidate for a plum overseas trade role was dumped after changes requested by then NSW deputy premier John Barilaro, who later took the job.

The Guardian - AU

Candidate for John Barilaro’s NY role had offer retracted after ‘government decision’, inquiry told

Head of Investment NSW, Amy Brown, told to ‘unwind’ process after an instruction from the office of the then deputy premier John Barilaro

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John Barilaro's office asked if changes to plum trade job recruitment were possible, inquiry told

An inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to a plum New York-based trade job hears the former NSW deputy premier's office asked if a change to the recruitment process was possible.

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet discussed New York trade role with John Barilaro at a social function

Dominic Perrottet reveals that the former deputy premier John Barilaro told him informally that he wanted the plum US posting, an appointment which has since sparked a parliamentary inquiry.

The Guardian - AU

NSW premier learned of John Barilaro’s interest in New York trade job in a ‘social setting’

Dominic Perrottet insists he had nothing to do with hiring process and ‘no recollection’ of being asked for approval

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro approached former NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay about trade role in India

Exclusive: The NSW government has insisted the public service, not ministers, were responsible for the appointments

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro’s bite of the Big Apple: the plum New York posting that set off a firestorm

Revealed: Public servants discussed getting premier’s approval for trade commissioner roles as recently as November

ABC News

CEO of Investment NSW to front hearing into John Barilaro's US trade job

A parliamentary inquiry will investigate the appointment and recruitment process behind John Barilaro's US trade job. It will hold a two-hour public hearing next week, with only one witness.

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Changing rules for recruitment of new trade commissioners discussed days before John Barilaro quit politics

In the days before John Barilaro announced his plans to leave politics, emails show bureaucrats discussing changing the rules for the recruitment of new trade commissioners, then deciding the plum US role would be handled "as an internal matter".

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