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Ex-public servant to probe Barilaro role

Ex-NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been blocked from starting a $500,000 a year post he created (AAP)

A former top-ranking NSW public servant has been named to helm a departmental probe into the controversial appointment of John Barilaro as the state's US trade commissioner.

The former NSW Nationals leader has been blocked from starting the $500,000 a year post he created as trade minister until a parliamentary inquiry examines the circumstances of the appointment, with its first hearing on Wednesday.

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