Exclusive 7NEWS footage of the scuffle between former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro and a cameraman has been collected by police as detectives investigate the incident. 7NEWS
The pair is seen struggling and grab and push one another while the cameraman tries to film Barilaro, who then walks away.“On Saturday night, I went out with friends for a few drinks, for a pizza, to come out in the dark to have a camera shoved in your face, a microphone in your face,” he told Sydney radio 2GB.
“Yet the way I’m being treated, the way I’m being harassed, the intrusion into my life, doesn’t just affect me ... it affects family and friends around me. It is the latest controversy to hit the former leader, who is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into how he was appointed to a plum government trade job in New York.
An unsigned briefing note told Premier Dominic Perrottet the NYC position had been filled by a senior public servant, Jenny West.It even notes “a meeting between the treasurer and Ms West”
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