Premier leaves turmoil at home as he sets off on overseas trade mission | AlexSmithSMH LucyCormack
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will fly overseas on a trade mission as his government is engulfed in turmoil, after a former Liberal cabinet minister was found corrupt and an ex-senior Coalition staffer claimed John Barilaro told him he was creating a plum New York role for his post-politics life.
The premier’s trade mission will start in Tokyo, where he will officially open the trade commissioner’s office. The delegation will then head to South Korea and India, where Minister for Enterprise, Investment and Trade Stuart Ayres will join the premier.Janie Barrett Connell claimed Barilaro then told him: “I don’t want to go to London, f--- that, I’m off to New York ... I’ll get them to put one in New York, that’s where I’m off too [sic].
“The continued drip feed of select information from the inquiry into the public domain goes against all procedural fairness.”Connell is a long-time Liberal staffer and a former deputy state director of the NSW Liberal Party. He previously worked for former NSW premier John Fahey, and as an adviser on energy policy in Treasurer Matt Kean’s office after leaving Barilaro’s office. He is now a private consultant.
“I reject in the strongest possible terms any suggesting or inference that the recruitment for the [state trade and investment commissioner] Americas role was orchestrated to deliver the role to Mr Barilaro,” he said, adding that the suggestion was “incredibly offensive”.
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