Trade Minister Stuart Ayres takes to social media to once again defend his role in the recruitment process for the lucrative trade role in New York, saying he is not close friends with John Barilaro.
NSW deputy Liberals leader Stuart Ayres has defended his actions over the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro to a lucrative trade role in New York.He maintains the appointment process was at arms length via the public serviceMr Ayres has been under increasing pressure after
documents released publicly to the parliament called into question his involvement in the recruitment processThe Premier is standing by Mr Ayres, who accompanied him on an overseas trade trip in his role as Trade Minister. Mr Ayres maintains the recruitment process was conducted at arm's length from government, and released a lengthy statement backing his actions on his Facebook page late yesterday.
He said he and Mr Barilaro were not close friends and he described his actions as being driven by his desire to "put the people of NSW first". "While I respected Mr Barilaro in his role as deputy premier, leader of National Party and his passionate advocacy of regional NSW, I don't think we ever called each other close friends", he said."In fact, I can't think of one time in the 11 years we were both in parliament together that we shared a meal or a beer together outside of a work function.
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