Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from John Barilaro

Inquiries into the appointment of the former NSW deputy premier to a high-paying role he created will investigate how he got the gig.

AAP

Newcastle council and state in stand-off over Stockton beach fix

Council labels push for it to apply for offshore sand-mining licence as 'cost shifting'.

Newcastle Herald

Changing rules for recruitment of new trade commissioners discussed days before John Barilaro quit politics

In the days before John Barilaro announced his plans to leave politics, emails show bureaucrats discussing changing the rules for the recruitment of new trade commissioners, then deciding the plum US role would be handled "as an internal matter".

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Recruiter told to halt search for New York trade role a day before John Barilaro’s resignation

Email from head of Investment NSW said New York position would now be handled as an ‘internal matter’

The Guardian - AU

Govt's review of Barilaro job 'a farce'

The opposition leader says the government's own review of the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a taxpayer-funded role is not good enough.

AAP

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet orders investigation into John Barilaro's New York trade role

Dominic Perrottet says he will make the investigation public once complete, after the former deputy premier's appointment to the $500,000 position came under scrutiny.

ABC News

‘Final decision-maker’ who picked John Barilaro for trade job directly reported to him as public servant

Amy Brown, chief executive of Investment NSW, responsible for hiring former premier over businesswoman Jenny West

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Public servant who reported to John Barilaro was on interview panel for lucrative New York trade job

Exclusive: Investment NSW chief executive did not have ‘conflict of interest’, agency says after former deputy premier’s appointment to $500,000-a-year role

The Guardian - AU

Dominic Perrottet says there were no suitable candidates for trade job before John Barilaro was appointed

Dominic Perrottet again defends the decision to appoint former deputy premier John Barilaro to the New York-based trade job, despite emails showing two earlier candidates met or exceeded all criteria.

ABC News

Barilaro temporarily blocked from NYC job

NSW parliament has blocked former deputy premier John Barilaro from taking up a $500,000 a year taxpayer-funded job in New York City until an inquiry is held.

AAP

Morning mail: bid to halt $16bn gas project to protect Great Barrier Reef, questions over Barilaro job

Wednesday: Activists are seeking to put a stop to the Scarborough development in WA. Plus: Elon Musk warns of US recession

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro received plum New York trade job after senior public servant had already been offered it

Gladys Berejiklian told Jenny West she had the job in August but that offer was later rescinded and the role readvertised

The Guardian - AU

Emails show applicants for John Barilaro's new US trade commissioner job were shortlisted before it was readvertised

Documents show candidates for the New York-based job, worth up to $600,000 annually, were shortlisted in April last year and that appointments were meant to go to cabinet.

ABC News

Australia Offers a Terrifying Vision of an Internet Without Section 230

What happens when YouTube and Facebook can be held liable for their users’ speech?

Reason

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Inquiry to probe John Barilaro’s appointment to $500,000-a-year trade role he created while in government

NSW ministers say former deputy premier is qualified for trade and investment commissioner job and proper process has been followed

ABC News

NSW upper house inquiry to probe John Barilaro's appointment as trade commissioner to US

The NSW upper house inquiry will look into how former deputy premier John Barilaro was awarded the position of trade commissioner to the US, eight months after he resigned from parliament.

AAP

NSW inquiry into John Barilaro's US job

An inquiry will examine the process that led to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's taxpayer-funded job in New York City, amid "jobs for mates" claims.

ABC News

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet defends John Barilaro's appointment as US trade envoy amid claims of 'jobs for mates'

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says former deputy premier John Barilaro was given the job of trade commissioner after an independent process, as Labor doubles down on its criticism of a "$400,000-a-year job for a friend".

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Barilaro posting 'no surprise' to premier

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says it made sense for former deputy premier John Barilaro to be given the overseas posting the ex-Nationals MP helped establish.

AAP

Barilaro appointed US trade commissioner

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been appointed as senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas in a move criticised by the opposition.

The Guardian - AU

Australian defamation law never needed Morrison’s ‘anti-trolling’ legislation

Experts say rulings in actions involving John Barilaro and PRGuy17 demonstrate existing law already achieves aims of former government’s proposed changes

The Guardian - AU

‘Twitter rant’: the tweets that resurrected NSW’s koala wars

Intervention from outspoken Liberal backbencher Catherine Cusack offers different version of the conflict

Newcastle Herald

Hunter united: Region's MPs combine to support Newcastle container terminal

The Hunter's state and federal MPs have rallied across the political divide in an unprecedented show of support for the establishment of a Newcastle container terminal.

The Guardian - AU

‘Powerful’ US laws could shield Google from paying John Barilaro defamation damages, experts say

Tech giant was ordered to pay $715,000 over YouTube videos but academics say courts may struggle to enforce it

ABC News

John Barilaro's win is a reminder for Google to take legal threats seriously, expert says

Google's decision to ignore repeated requests to take down racist videos targeting the former New South Wales deputy premier demonstrates the tech giant's attitude towards defamation laws, one legal expert says.

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian Financial Review

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.