Gladys Berejiklian told Jenny West she had the job in August but that offer was later rescinded and the role readvertised
, insisted Barilaro’s job was a “public service appointment”, but the Guardian understands the other trade commissioner appointments were given the rubber-stamp by cabinet.
Once the candidate was endorsed by those three people, the email stated, “a Cabinet appointment form is prepared and added to the Cabinet agenda item”.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morningThe documents seen by the Guardian show that in May last year the government had prepared cabinet appointment forms for the Tokyo and London positions before a final meeting with Berejiklian for sign-off.
The motion will also seek to note that Barilaro’s appointment “was not approved by cabinet”, and that “taxpayer-funded government appointments must be undertaken with the utmost probity and integrity with all formal processes followed”. It was “important to do Americas early on”, a Treasury official said in an email from May 2021, when the initial interviews were arranged.
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