John Barilaro approached former NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay about trade role in India Exclusive: The NSW government has insisted the public service, not ministers, were responsible for the appointments The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2022
John Barilaro’s bite of the Big Apple: the plum New York posting that set off a firestorm Revealed: Public servants discussed getting premier’s approval for trade commissioner roles as recently as November The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2022
CEO of Investment NSW to front hearing into John Barilaro's US trade job A parliamentary inquiry will investigate the appointment and recruitment process behind John Barilaro's US trade job. It will hold a two-hour public hearing next week, with only one witness. ABC News · Jun 24, 2022
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 · Jun 23, 2022
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 · Jun 23, 2022
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 · Jun 23, 2022
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 · Jun 22, 2022
‘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 · Jun 22, 2022
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 · Jun 22, 2022
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 · Jun 21, 2022