Recruiter told to halt search for New York trade role a day before John Barilaro’s resignation
by Michael McGowan and Tamsin Rose from World news | The Guardian on (#60NV7)
Exclusive: Email from head of Investment NSW said New York position would now be handled as an internal matter'
The public servant responsible for handing John Barilaro a plum $500,000-a-year trade job in New York City told the recruitment firm searching for an appropriate candidate that it would be handled as an internal matter".
On 3 October, the day before Barilaro announced he would resign from parliament, Amy Brown, the chief executive officer of Investment NSW, told a representative of recruiter NGS Global the job would now be a ministerial appointment" and that her services were no longer required.
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