NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has admitted one thing he’d do differently in the John Barilaro trade commissioner controversy, says Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“The trade minister also revealed that one of his cabinet colleagues already had asked him to stand aside,” Mr Kenny said.
“If Stokes had the courage to deliver that message directly, you can bet plenty of his colleagues feel the same privately.”
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