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The Latest Breaking News from John Barilaro

Questions are now raised around what other big decisions were fast-tracked by the disgraced NSW deputy Premier, John Barilaro, and why

The Canberra Times

Public service boss wouldn’t have signed off on John Barilaro NY trade job ‘if I had known’, inquiry hears

Kathrina Lo tells inquiry she had not been aware of Stuart Ayres’ input into recruitment process

The Guardian - AU

Public Service Commissioner would not have endorsed Barilaro appointment had she known of ministerial interventions

NSW Public Service Commissioner Kathrina Lo has told the John Barilaro inquiry she would never have signed off on the former deputy premier's appointment as New York trade commissioner had she known of the level of ministerial involvement.

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Sydney news: Political staffer, public servants to appear at John Barilaro's fourth US trade job hearing

MORNING BRIEFING: Three people, including one of John Barilaro's former political staffers, are due to give evidence today at the New South Wales upper house inquiry into the appointment of the former deputy premier to a lucrative US trade role.

ABC News

'Unconscious bias' in Barilaro recruitment

A member of the selection panel for a New York trade role that went to John Barilaro says the recruitment firm involved may have been biased against him.

AAP

Community leaders call on new western Sydney minister to invest in local people, talent and diversity

Stuart Ayres’ replacement, David Elliott, urged to broaden scope of his portfolio beyond ‘roads and sports’

The Guardian - AU

Senior NSW public servant set to face questions over recruitment for London trade job

Investment NSW’s Kylie Bell among those to appear before parliamentary inquiry on Friday

The Guardian - AU

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NSW Transport Minister David Elliott puts name forward for deputy Liberal leadership

The veteran minister says he's told NSW Premier Dominc Perrottet "I'll make myself available" in search to fill job vacated by Stuart Ayres.

ABC News

Trade commissioners are all over the world, but what do they do for taxpayers?

State governments spend over $40 million a year on trade representatives overseas. What do they get for it?

Crikey

Why do politicians think they can get away with whatever they want?

Why did the Perrottet government think they could get away with appointing John Barilaro? They’d fallen into a trap common to long-term incumbents.

Crikey

Elliott to run for NSW Liberal deputy post

The NSW Liberal Party will vote for a new deputy leader after a tumultuous week that saw the departure of two ministers.

AAP

Perrottet government exposed as Barilaro inquiry lays bare ministerial behaviour

Barilaro saga smacks of entitlement

Newcastle Herald

Reef beats the heat

In some exciting news for the Great Barrier Reef a monitoring program has found it has a record amount of coral, and rebel Liberal MP Bridget Archer will cross the floor to vote for Labor’s climate bill.

Crikey

The John Barilaro affair has stripped the shine off NSW’s hardman premier Dominic Perrottet

His handling of this crisis, which led to the resignation of his deputy Stuart Ayres, has colleagues questioning whether he has the right stuff under pressure

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The Guardian - AU

London trade rep said he would ‘go to’ Dominic Perrottet over contract negotiations, NSW inquiry hears

Inquiry also hears Amy Brown reveal Stuart Ayres’ praise for John Barilaro before New York appointment

Crikey

Confirmed: Ayres’ fingerprints were all over the Barilaro appointment, Brown’s testimony shows

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown’s testimony to the inquiry into John Barilaro reveals how close the now-resigned minister was to the New York trade role appointment.

AAP

Ayres quits over Barilaro US job scandal

NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has quit after a review into the John Barilaro US job saga "demonstrated the process was not at arm's length", the premier says.

ABC News

John Barilaro's New York job put on 'separate path' to others, inquiry hears

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown has been grilled for a second time at a parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of Mr Barilaro as the state's senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas.

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Ayres out: a sunken minister in what now appears to be a sinking government

Stuart Ayres is the latest casualty of a party at war with itself, but can his departure close the book on the Barilaro saga? Probably not.

The Guardian - AU

Stuart Ayres resigns as NSW minister after questions raised by John Barilaro trade role review

Ayres denies any wrongdoing but says he will stand down as deputy NSW Liberal leader to allow matters to be investigated

Crikey

Stuart Ayres resigns after Perrottet admits ‘engagement’ concerns with Barilaro recruitment

The trade minister’s premier has decided questions had been raised about his role in the appointment of John Barilaro to a NY trade post.

ABC News

New South Wales Trade Minister Stuart Ayres resigns after inquiry into John Barilaro appointment

Premier Dominic Perrottet reveals Stuart Ayres has resigned after a review into the former deputy premier's controversial appointment to an US trade role.

ABC News

Sydney news: Saudi sisters' Canterbury apartment for rent, with prospective tenants told of deaths

MORNING BRIEFING: The Sydney apartment where two Saudi sisters were mysteriously found dead in their beds has gone back on the rental market, with a disclaimer from the real estate agent.

AAP

CEO 'nervous' appointing Barilaro to role

The Investment NSW chief says former trade minister Stuart Ayres "was not at arm's length" from the decision to appoint John Barilaro to a New York trade job.

The Guardian - AU

Public servant who recruited for NY role taken by John Barilaro to appear at inquiry for second time

Amy Brown, the chief executive of Investment NSW, is expected to be asked if she felt pressured to deliver certain outcomes in the recruitment process

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