Newly released documents raise new questions about ministerial involvement in recruitment process
were waiting for “ministerial feedback” on the lucrative New York trade job – which eventually went to former deputy premier John Barilaro – in late April, documents show.leader, Stuart Ayres, held a media conference in Mumbai denying he influenced the decision to hire Barilaro, a trove of files released under a parliamentary order raised new questions about the government’s insistence that the recruitment process had been handled at arm’s length from ministers.
Similarly, internal agency emails suggest Ayres was involved in plans to re-advertise the role after the decision toOn 14 December an email from the senior Investment NSW officer Kylie Bell states Ayres had given instructions for which publications he wanted the job to be advertised in. On Thursday the Guardian revealed that in February, Ayres met with Brown to talk about a shortlist of candidates for the role, and that the minister had asked for a name to be added.
During his press conference in Mumbai, Ayres said he had “no power to influence” the decision to hire Barilaro.
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