Two different versions of job panel reports appear to reveal different scores for John Barilaro, who went from being ranked second for a lucrative US trade role to becoming the recommended candidate.
New secret NSW government documents suggest another candidate was recommended ahead of John Barilaro, at some stage, during the recruitment process for a lucrative trade role based in New York.In one version, the former deputy premier ranked behind another unnamed candidateThere are discrepancies between two versions of the selection panel report, after four candidates on the shortlist for the Trade Commissioner to the Americas role were interviewed in March this year.
Mr Barilaro's appointment has been put under the microscope for several weeks, and is the subject of two separate parliamentary probes.The reports were part of a tranche of documents released today to a parliamentary inquiry probing the appointment of Mr Barilaro to the high-paid US position."The panel came to the view that John Barilaro did have some of the relevant capabilities and experience for the role," the report said.
"However he had not worked internationally in a role aligned to the experience expected for a high-level STIC candidate." It also raised concerns that "he would need to build a team without the business or departmental infrastructure he had previously". "His lack of business development networks would mean that he would have a considerable learning curve in this role."
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