Public servant Amy Brown sacked over hiring process that led to John Barilaro’s New York trade role

Amy Brown, the former head of Investment NSW and secretary of the NSW Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade, has been sacked. She was called to appear three times before an inquiry into the appointment of John Barilaro to a New York trade job. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The department secretary responsible for handing John Barilaro a lucrative $500,000 New York trade job has been sacked.

After weeks of speculation about Amy Brown’s future amid a long-running controversy over the now-abandoned appointment, the state’s senior public servant Michael Coutts-Trotter confirmed on Monday that Brown’s employment had been terminated.