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New documents have been released as part of the parliamentary inquiry into how former deputy premier John Barilaro was appointed to the lucrative $500,000-a-year role.
John Barilaro's former chief of staff has said the former deputy premier claimed he would take a job in New York after getting 'the f*** out of' Sydney, in an open letter released by parliament.
A government lawyer has hit back at suggestions top public servant Jenny West was offered a plum trade job at the parliamentary inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to the New York role.
A senior government lawyer will be pressed to explain the controversial hiring process for the state’s US trade commissioner after he purportedly told the woman overlooked for the role that he was “horrified” by her treatment.
The whole Barilaro affair is a major red flag for any ambitious private sector executive looking to ‘make a difference’ by working in government.