NSW ministers say former deputy premier is qualified for trade and investment commissioner job and proper process has been followed
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro was tapped for the $500,000-a-year trade role to the Americas on Friday.Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro was tapped for the $500,000-a-year trade role to the Americas on Friday.deputy premier John Barilaro to a highly paid trade job that he created while in government will be probed by an upper house inquiry.
The opposition leader, Chris Minns, accused the premier, Dominic Perrottet, of making a “captain’s pick”.
The appointment will be put under the microscope at an upper house inquiry to be established later this week. The inquiry will review other applications, any conflicts of interest that arose during the process and if ministers were given the chance to provide feedback. “The usual process where people apply for a position – that’s interrogated by appropriately qualified public servants and they make recommendations,” he said.“I’ve been informed that the proper process has been followed.”
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