John Barilaro

Guardian Australia can reveal that until September 2019 the NSW government was paying about $584,000-a-year for its San Fransisco trade operations, before ...

They had previously worked out of a WeWork office in the city, part of what a spokesperson for Investment NSW called “a longstanding” working arrangement. The agency said the half-a-million dollar figure included wages for the two staff members and “office costs”. The office did move, however. In a submission to the upper house inquiry probing the appointment, his former chief of staff Mark Connell said he had a conversation with Barilaro in April 2019 in which the then deputy premier told him he was “off to New York”. The evidence “only serves as a reminder as to why we had to part ways”, Barilaro said in a statement. A New South Wales trade commissioner based in San Francisco was forced to work out of the front room of his home after the government closed its office on the west coast of the US in favour of a new base in New York.

Former NSW deputy premier says he is fed up with being "intruded on and harassed", especially now that he has exited state politics.

"Without them, the inquiry is stuck having to put together a puzzle without all the pieces." "Our preference is for the government to obey the law and hand over the documents. He said MPs should consider "the government's failure to comply with an order of the house to produce certain documents regarding the appointment" of Mr Barilaro to the position of Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas. "We're having to take the rare step of recalling parliament to help bring an end to the government's obstruction," he said on Monday. The NSW opposition is trying to recall state parliament on Friday to force the government to hand over documents relating to how the appointment was made. The scuffle is the latest controversy to hit the former Nationals leader, who is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into how he was appointed to a plum government trade job in New York.

The NSW upper house is likely to be recalled on Friday after the state government failed to release documents relating to the appointment of John Barilaro ...

But without them, the inquiry is stuck having to put together a puzzle without all the pieces,” he said. Perrottet had already said he would not appear. Parliament was not due to sit again until late next month.

In her letter the Clerk of the NSW Parliament, Ms Faehrmann said on behalf of the three Green members of the Legislative Council, she is asking that the House ...

A further call for papers regarding the appointment of Mr John Barilaro to the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner position in New York; The report of an arbiter into a claim for privilege made by the government over certain documents regarding the appointment of Mr John Barilaro to the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner position in New York; The government’s failure to comply with an order of the House to produce certain documents regarding the Dungowan Dam project. ‘Using your power under standing order 36 to allow for the Council to consider the following business: The government’s failure to comply with an order of the House to produce certain documents regarding the appointment of Mr John Barilaro to the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner position in New York; The government’s failure to produce certain documents following an order of the House made in October last year regarding senior trade and investment commissioner positions. Ms Faehrmann said the unreleased documents are just another attempt to shroud the selection process for this role in secrecy.

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has broken his silence after footage emerged of an altercation between him and a cameraman in Manly.

“I’m calling on the Labor Party to stop playing games in the upper house. The way I’m being harassed. She confirmed “the committee’s intention to invite you as a witness to a future hearing for the inquiry” in the letter. “I was confronted in the dark out the front of a bar. “The way I’ve been treated. Call me to the inquiry.

Police are investigating an incident involving former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro and a cameraman after he accused the media of harassment and having a ...

“I was confronted in the dark outside of the bar. I’m available to turn into an inquiry hearing this week to talk about my side of the story. On strong advice I really need this time for me,’’ he said. “I’m struggling. I applied for a job, a trade job and the process can be detailed if given the opportunity to go to a hearing. All I did was push a camera.

Former New South Wales deputy premier John Barilaro has been filmed in a tussle with a news cameraman outside a Sydney restaurant over the weekend.

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The hiring of Jennifer Lugsdin, Barilaro's former media adviser (and now partner), to a senior Investment NSW role warrants a wider inquiry.

That may only be possible in a powerful inquiry fully independent of the government, one with the ability to compel evidence. The opposition has flagged that it may recall the upper house for an urgent sitting this week if the government doesn’t play ball. Barilaro had also employed 25-year-old Bridgette Joyce, daughter of then National Party leader Barnaby Joyce, as a senior adviser. The opposition-run inquiry received bombshell evidence last week from former Barilaro staffers that the then deputy premier had sought urgent advice on how to convert the role into a ministerial appointment — and that he had earlier wanted the trade posting “for when I get the fuck out of this place [NSW Parliament]”. This has been denied by Barilaro. In the wake of his resignation, (unfounded) rumours surfaced that Barilaro had been having an affair with Bridgette Joyce. It later emerged that Barilaro was involved in a relationship with Lugsdin, who had also left her marriage. It was later revealed that Lugsdin and Barilaro were in a relationship after leaving their spouses.

John Barilaro says he was out with friends when a camera was 'shoved in my face'. Now police are investigating the incident.

“I’m calling on the Labor Party to stop playing games in the upper house. “Chris Minns is turning this inquiry into a circus. Call me to the inquiry. Let’s do that before this gets uglier.” The scuffle is the latest controversy to hit the former Nationals leader, who is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into how he was appointed to a plum government trade job in New York. “On Saturday night, I went out with friends for a few drinks, for a pizza, to come out in the dark to have a camera shoved in your face, a microphone in your face,” he told Sydney radio 2GB.

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says “things go from bad to worse” for former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro following his confrontation with a ...

Justice Kevin Nicholson found him guilty of murder and attempted murder last month, but Perre has now lodged an application in the Court of Criminal Appeal to ...

- John Barilaro.Police are investigating a scufflebetween the former NSW deputy premier and a cameraman that was filmed by onlookers. Experts are pleading with the public to wear masks, get PCR tests if symptomatic and make sure they're up-to-date with their COVID vaccines. Justice Kevin Nicholson found him guilty of murder and attempted murder last month, but Perre has now lodged an application in the Court of Criminal Appeal to appeal the conviction.

John Barilaro says he was being harassed when a scuffle broke out with a television cameraman on a...

Advertisement Advertisement Call me to the inquiry. "The majority of those documents will be produced by the end of the day and any outstanding documents will be produced by the end of the week," Mr Perrottet said. Because it's you causing this intrusion and harassment," he told Sydney radio 2GB on Monday. Advertisement

The NSW upper house is likely to be recalled on Friday after the state government failed to release documents relating to the appointment of John Barilaro ...

But without them, the inquiry is stuck having to put together a puzzle without all the pieces,” he said. Perrottet had already said he would not appear. Parliament was not due to sit again until late next month.

NSW Trade Minister Stuart Ayres has been interviewed as part of the independent inquiry into the controversial appointment of John Barilaro to a plum New ...

She said the upper house would “consider a date for a hearing once these documents have been received”. “I’m calling on the Labor Party to stop playing games in the upper house. Call me to the inquiry. The Barilaro saga has continued to overshadow the premier’s first trade mission. “Minister Ayres has serious questions to answer. Barilaro has since withdrawn from the role.

Former Deputy Premier John Barilaro has defended his actions after being caught in an altercation with a news cameraman.

Police are investigating an incident involving former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro and a cameraman after he accused the media of harassment and having a ...

“I was confronted in the dark outside of the bar. I’m available to turn into an inquiry hearing this week to talk about my side of the story. On strong advice I really need this time for me,’’ he said. “I’m struggling. I applied for a job, a trade job and the process can be detailed if given the opportunity to go to a hearing. All I did was push a camera.

A cameraman has said he was just trying to do his job when the former NSW deputy premier allegedly lunged at him on a Sydney street.

Call me to the inquiry because it’s you causing this intrusion and harassment,” he said. Let’s do that before this gets uglier,” Mr Barilaro said. “I’m calling it out. He was very irate that we were there.” “On Saturday night, I went out with friends for a few drinks, for a pizza, to come out in the dark to have a camera shoved in your face, a microphone in your face,” he told Sydney radio 2GB. Mr Barilaro confirmed the altercation, saying he was sick of his privacy being invaded and that he felt harassed.

New documents have been released as part of the parliamentary inquiry into how former deputy premier John Barilaro was appointed to the lucrative ...

Parliament was not due to sit again until next month, but the house will now sit at 10am on Friday if the full tranche of documents are not released by then. Dozens of documents handed to the upper house on Tuesday – including applicant CVs and selection panel reports – have been marked privileged. The documents also reveal that NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s office received the same briefing.

The cameraman involved in a scuffle with former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro outside a Sydney northern beaches bar has spoken out.

Call me to the inquiry because it’s you causing this intrusion and harassment,” he said. Let’s do that before this gets uglier,” Mr Barilaro said. That could only be determined by the CEO of Investment NSW as this is public service appointment. He was very irate that we were there.” “I’m calling it out. Ms West was told the following month the job offer would be retracted and that the role would instead allegedly be a “present for someone”.

The US trade job saga continues as documents released to the NSW parliament cast doubt over previous statements given by Premier Dominic Perrottet and Trade ...

That could only be determined by the CEO of Investment NSW as this is public service appointment," he said. The documents released to the parliament show neither Mr Barilaro nor Mr Perrottet signed the briefing note but Mr Ayres did. Almost identical briefing notes were sent to all three ministers to notify them of the "outcome of the recruitment search for a STIC (Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner) Americas" in August 2021.

Files released by parliament show Barilaro was also sent brief saying Jenny West selected following 'full recruitment process'

However, that decision was later reversed and it returned to being a public service appointment, with the position being readvertised in December after Barilaro left politics, and his appointment announced in June. Ayres told the Guardian earlier this month: “the department secretary made it clear in her evidence to the Legislative Council committee that at the end of the first round of recruitment there was no suitable candidate and a new round of recruitment commenced”. The parliamentary inquiry has been told the first round of recruitment was discontinued after a cabinet decision to make the position a ministerial appointment.