The former chief of staff of John Barilaro tells an inquiry that her former boss had never expressed any personal interest in a lucrative $500,000-a-year New York-based trade role.
The former chief of staff of John Barilaro has told an inquiry that her old boss had never expressed any personal interest in a lucrative $500,000-a-year New York-based trade role.Acting managing director of Investment NSW Kylie Bell also gave evidence todaySiobhan Hamblin today fronted a parliamentary inquiry into the former deputy premier's appointment to the role.
She agreed that those conversations took place around the same time as he had asked his staff to prepare an urgent submission to cabinet seeking to change the trade jobs into ministerial appointments. Labor's Daniel Mookhey pressed Ms Hamblin on the timing of Mr Barilaro's request for his staff to prepare an urgent submission to cabinet to turn the New York-based role into a ministerial appointment.
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