A senior government lawyer is addressing a parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of John Barilaro to a New York trade post. Follow our live updates
is now questioning Investment NSW general counselabout legal advice he gave regarding whether the trade commissioner roles could become ministerial appointments, as opposed to public service appointments.“One of those two people would have called me,” Carr says, referring to his Investment NSW bossMookhey says this contradicts Brown’s evidence.
He said it was his “understanding of those events that Investment NSW afforded Ms West customary procedural fairness on her termination.”Independent Commission Against Corruptionwas appointed to the lucrative US post after he quit politics., said the transcript of evidence from the former senior public servantFaehrmann said West’s evidence was “nothing short of explosive”, particularly her details around why the role would be awarded to someone else.
Perrottet will head overseas tomorrow to visit South Korea, India and Japan, and officially open the trade commissioner’s office in Tokyo. Questioned about this yesterday, Ayres said he believed that COVID had affected the process while maintaining that Investment NSW bossPerrottet yesterday distanced himself from claims about the impact of COVID, saying he could only comment on advice he had received. “I know the context of advice that’s received by me. And that is … that there was no suitable candidate found,” he said.
The committee was also due to hear evidence from two former aides to Barilaro – former chief of staff. However, Connell has declined to appear and Brayford will give evidence in a private hearing only.
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