The New South Wales government is in damage control amid two scandals and revelations a second highly credentialed businesswoman was knocked off as the top candidate for a lucrative New York trade job, placing intense pressure on the state’s trade minister, Stuart Ayres.
As Ayres continue to deny wrongdoing and refused to stand aside despite mounting pressure on the government over the trade role saga, a trove of documents showed a second round of recruitment initially recommended the posting go to Kimberly Cole.
