Date set for John Barilaro to appear at inquiry into New York trade job

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown to be recalled while Labor presses Liberal deputy Stuart Ayres to appear

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Former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro will be called to appear next month at a parliamentary inquiry investigating his now-abandoned appointment to a lucrative New York trade job.

As pressure mounts on the government and the deputy Liberal party leader, Stuart Ayres, over the appointment, the Labor opposition announced on Thursday that hearings would resume after it secured the release of hundreds of documents related to the appointment.

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