A woman who was initially offered a plum $500,000-a-year New York trade job – only for it to be given to John Barilaro – has launched legal action accusing the former New South Wales deputy premier and former cabinet minister Stuart Ayres of misusing their power.
A statement of claim filed in the NSW supreme court alleges Barilaro, Ayres and the former head of Investment NSW, Amy Brown, each engaged in “misfeasance in public office” over the trade job saga.
