The former deputy premier is set to front the parliamentary inquiry into his appointment to a plum trade post in New York today, as Premier Dominic Perrottet enters a politically dangerous sitting week
I have seen with my own eyes – inside my own party – what happens when a government loses the will to place integrity at the centre of everything they do.We all know this money could be better spent and the public has the right to know that if Labor does form government we won’t turn around and appoint our own former MPs to jobs that pay more than the premier.
I’ve met people on my recent trade mission who have said to me that they will now start to look to invest in NSW that they wouldn’t have done before.Premier denies promising David Elliott a trade post, but says a ‘number of roles’ were discussedto consider if he did not recontest the next election, but insists he never made a promise to his colleague.published yesterday
But he said it was “completely false and offensive” to suggest any commitments were made to Elliott. These were his comments:It’s disappointing to see private conversations, in terms of where I would make appointments, ending up in the paper.
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