Mark Connell tells inquiry in letter that former NSW deputy premier had spoken about wanting NY trade role in 2019 ‘when I get the fuck out of this place’
John Barilaro’s former chief of staff claims the then-deputypremier had stated as early as 2019 that he wanted a New York trade job for “when I get the fuck out of this place”.
Connell, who served as the former deputy premier’s chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, alleges Barilaro came to see him following a meeting with then-treasurer Dominic Perrottet and minister for investment, Stuart Ayres, over plans to create six senior trade postings in cities around the world. “If this inquiry is genuine in its intent to understand the process and the truth by which I was appointed, then surely I would be called up to provide this detail immediately.
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