ANALYSIS: The whole Barilaro affair is a major red flag for any ambitious private sector executive looking to ‘make a difference’ by working in government.
, leaving the powerful upper house public accountability committee to rake over the coals of the whole fiasco.
A lease was organised for the role to be located within the Australian Consulate in New York at a cost to NSW taxpayers of $88,000. The office had to be refit at a further $900,000 cost. This was despite the five other investment roles having already been “approved” without statutory amendment, plus the inconvenient fact the government does not have a majority in the upper house.
According to a file note of West, Brown said: “I have spoken to minister Ayres who has taken over the deputy premier’s portfolio and he has confirmed you will not be getting the America’s role. It will be a “present” for someone. There will not be a role in New York for you.
In another bizarre twist in the current imbroglio, the transcript of a supposed in-camera hearing with Brown in front of the parliamentary committee was leaked to the Australian’s Margin Call column.
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