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Conservationists label report ‘utterly damning’ as opposition and crossbench MPs call for overhaul of state’s biodiversity market

The NSW Premier had some words for his former deputy when told he learned he would apply for a cushy taxpayer-funded job in New York, John Barilaro says.

Labor's leader in the NSW Legislative Council wants to expand the scope of the inquiry into the appointment of John Barilaro to a plum US trade job.

Evidence given by a former public servant who said she was offered a job that eventually went to John Barilaro was "not correct", the official says.

MORNING BRIEFING: The state opposition says there is "something rotten" in the New South Wales government after explosive evidence was given at an inquiry yesterday detailing how John Barilaro was given a plum US Trade Commissioner role after a highly qualified woman had already been offered the role.

A NSW public servant was told she no longer had a trade job in New York that would "be a present for someone", before it was given to John Barilaro.

Papers reveal another highly credentialed female candidate was shortlisted for a plum US trade commissioner role which was eventually given to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro.

The US-based trade job that was controversially given to former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro could have gone to multiple qualified women, documents reveal.

NSW Labor and others warn failure to bring land clearing under control is ‘unsustainable’ and threatens Coalition pledge to cut emissions by 2030