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John Barilaro withdraws from $500,000 New York trade job

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro withdraws from his role as the state's Trade Commissioner to the Americas, describing his position as "untenable".

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‘Do the honourable thing’: NSW minister tells John Barilaro to withdraw from New York job

Barilaro texted his replacement as trade minister to ask about ‘the status’ of $500,000-a-year trade role before it was advertised

The Guardian - AU

Barilaro steps away from NYC trade job

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has stepped aside from his trade job in New York after two weeks of intense scrutiny.

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John Barilaro should withdraw from New York trade job, NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says

NSW Transport Minister David Elliott says former deputy premier John Barilaro should withdraw from a plum new taxpayer-funded job in New York.

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Sydney news: Teachers set to strike in city today against 'insulting' 3 per cent pay rise

MORNING BRIEFING: For the first time, thousands of teachers from public and Catholic schools across New South Wales are refusing to work in protest over pay and staff shortages.

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Conscripting doctors to towns just the tonic for chronic GP shortages

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Newcastle Herald

An Inquiry’s Heard Someone Else Was Originally Given A ‘Verbal Offer’ Of John Barilaro’s NY Job

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Barilaro changed rules before taking $500,000 job

The chosen candidate for a plum overseas trade role was dumped after changes requested by then NSW deputy premier John Barilaro, who later took the job.

Newcastle Herald

Candidate for John Barilaro’s NY role had offer retracted after ‘government decision’, inquiry told

Head of Investment NSW, Amy Brown, told to ‘unwind’ process after an instruction from the office of the then deputy premier John Barilaro

The Guardian - AU

John Barilaro's office asked if changes to plum trade job recruitment were possible, inquiry told

An inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to a plum New York-based trade job hears the former NSW deputy premier's office asked if a change to the recruitment process was possible.

ABC News

Sydney news: Upper House inquiry to investigate the recruitment process of John Barilaro's New York role

MORNING BRIEFING: A parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of former New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro as the state's trade commissioner to the US will begin today.

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Morning mail: Turnbull tells French Albanese ‘is not Scott Morrison’, long passport wait times, Ghislaine Maxwell sentence

Wednesday: Malcom Turnbull tells French media Anthony Albanese has ‘a big advantage’ in resetting relations. Plus: liveable, loveable, ‘adorably up itself’ Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet discussed New York trade role with John Barilaro at a social function

Dominic Perrottet reveals that the former deputy premier John Barilaro told him informally that he wanted the plum US posting, an appointment which has since sparked a parliamentary inquiry.

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NSW premier learned of John Barilaro’s interest in New York trade job in a ‘social setting’

Dominic Perrottet insists he had nothing to do with hiring process and ‘no recollection’ of being asked for approval

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Perrottet won't intervene to stop US job

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he won't intervene to stop John Barilaro becoming the US trade commissioner but says an independent inquiry is appropriate.

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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

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Deputy premier questioned Barilaro hiring

NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole has conceded he had questions when he was told John Barilaro had landed a cushy taxpayer-funded role in New York City.

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NSW Premier's office appoints 'independent expert' to conduct John Barilaro US trade job inquiry

A former NSW Public Commissioner will "commence immediately" the Premier's inquiry into the controversial appointment of John Barilaro as a trade commissioner to the US based in New York.

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Ex-public servant to probe Barilaro role

The former head of the NSW Public Service Commission will conduct a probe into John Barilaro's appointment as the state's US trade commissioner.

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Victoria names new ministers; Penny Wong to travel to south-east Asia – as it happened

Jacinta Allan appointed Victoria’s new deputy premier; Australia records at least 56 Covid deaths and Penny Wong to travel to Vietnam and Malaysia

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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

ABC News

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.

AAP

Barilaro appointment facing dual probes

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

Newcastle Herald

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'.

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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".

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