Stuart Ayres signed off on Jenny West as successful New York trade candidate | AlexSmithSMH natassiazc
Trade Minister Stuart Ayres signed off on a ministerial briefing identifying former senior bureaucrat Jenny West as the successful applicant for a coveted New York trade post but later told parliament that no suitable candidate had been found.
Despite the August 2021 document showing Ayres signed off on West’s appointment, the minister has repeatedly told parliament and the public that the first recruitment process for the New York-based trade role did not find an appropriate candidate. Then-premier Gladys Berejiklian and former trade minister John Barilaro also received the brief, which noted West was the recommended candidate of a selection panel that included Investment NSW boss Amy Brown and planning department head Jim Betts.and the intervention of Perrottet, who told his department he expected outstanding documents relating to the controversial appointment of Barilaro be produced by the end of this week.
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