The appointment of former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro to a plum US trade commissioner role had all the trademarks of a 'job for the boys', an inquiry has found. 9News
former trade minister Stuart Ayres"The committee found that when it comes to the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner recruitment processes, there was a pattern of Ministerial interference and lack of transparency conducted by the Government," Faehrmann said.
It also found failures to disclose West's appointment to the role, confusion among the Investment NSW ranks and that Barilaro's actions created a vacancy for him to take up the plum job. The government also announced policy changes to the ministerial code of conduct, ethics advice and the recruitment process for the trade commissioner roles.Meanwhile, the scrutiny for Barilaro is not yet over after the state's opposition leader Chris Minns called on Barilaro to explain why his office intervened in the $100 million Black Summer bushfire recovery program.
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