Lawyer tells inquiry Barilaro's plum US job was not 'fully offered' to bureaucrat first
The general council for the NSW government department that handed former deputy premier John Barilaro the job of trade commissioner to the US says it is “not correct” that a former bureaucrat was fully offered the job first.Candidate Jenny West last week told the inquiry she was formally offered the role of trade commissionerMr Barilaro was appointed to the role but has since stood down
Department of Enterprise Investment and Trade's Chris Carr gave evidence to a parliamentary inquiry, which is investigating the controversial appointment of Mr Barilaro to the position. Mr Barilaro's appointment, which comes with a $500,000 annual salary package and is based in New York, was confirmed last month.A week ago, former bureaucrat Jenny West told the inquiry she had been verbally offered the job in August last year and had also negotiated her contract.
John Barilaro stood down from his appointment as NSW's trade commissioner to the US after political fallout.
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